Designates a psychiatric hospital as a state-designated facility for treating civil and forensic patients.

The bill amends the Code of West Virginia to designate a psychiatric hospital that treats exclusively civil and forensic patients as a state-designated facility. This facility must have an average annual inpatient census of more than 95 percent of court-ordered forensic and civil involuntary commitments from state custody or from a state-owned hospital. The bill also establishes a tax on eligible acute care hospitals to fund the Medicaid State Share Fund and the Eligible Facility Directed Payment Program Enhancement Account.

Designates a psychiatric hospital as a state-designated facility for treating civil and forensic patients.

The bill amends the Code of West Virginia to designate a psychiatric hospital that treats exclusively civil and forensic patients as a state-designated facility. This facility must have an average annual inpatient census of more than 95 percent of court-ordered forensic and civil involuntary commitments from state custody or from a state-owned hospital. The bill also establishes a tax on eligible acute care hospitals to fund the Medicaid State Share Fund and the Eligible Facility Directed Payment Program Enhancement Account.