HB4981

Relating to state psychiatric hospital designations

Chamber Passed·2/27/26

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

This bill amends the Code of West Virginia to designate a psychiatric hospital that treats exclusively civil and forensic patients committed to it from the state or from state hospitals as a state-designated hospital. The bill specifies that a licensed psychiatric hospital with an average annual inpatient census patient mix of greater than 95 percent of court-ordered forensic and civil involuntary commitments from state custody or from a state-owned hospital qualifies as a "state-designated facility." The bill also includes provisions for tax rates on eligible hospitals and the transfer of.

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Where it stands

Last
Passed the House · 93–0 · Feb 27
Current
Health and Human Resources Committee
Next
Senate floor vote

Sponsors

0
3
RRR
Democratic CaucusRepublican Caucus

Roll Call Votes

Passed House (Roll No. 224)

93 Yea

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0 Nay

7 Absent

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Calendar

Feb 20

9:30 AM

Standing Committee on Finance Meeting

Feb 17

9:00 AM

Standing Committee on Finance Meeting

History

Mar 4

Senate

Introduced in Senate

Mar 4

Senate

To Health and Human Resources then Judiciary

Mar 4

Senate

To Health and Human Resources