West Virginia

The purpose of this bill is to modify the language in the statute to make it consistent with W.Va. Code §5H-1-2(b) for survivor's benefit payment for first responders for purposes of payment for funeral expenses of law enforcement, safety, and emergency workers.

The purpose of this bill is to cap interest rates for debts of active service members at six percent per annum.

The purpose of this bill is to create a "Responsible Recreation" special license plate and establish a special revenue fund.

The purpose of this bill is to ensure financial or product assistance are available for a prescription drug.

The purpose of this bill is to enhance the ability of the Office of Broadband to receive, transmit, and resolve consumer complaints relating to the safety, adequacy, and reliability of broadband service and providing a mechanism for consumer complaints that the terms and conditions of broadband service are unjust, unfair or unreasonable.

The purpose of this bill is to allow educators in the public school system or in the higher education system to donate leave to employees who use maternity leave. The bill defines maternity leave. Finally, the bill sets forth the process for the leave transfer.

The purpose of this bill is to increase the county solid waste assessment fees by 50 cents per ton.

The purpose of this bill is to create the High School Dual Enrollment Accessibility Act.

The purpose of this bill is to provide funding to county boards of education for certain students not enrolled in public schools in the county that either receive, or are eligible for but don't receive, a Hope Scholarship.

The purpose of this bill is that for every one new regulation issued, at least two prior regulations be identified for elimination.

The purpose of this bill is to increase juror pay from 40 per day to $100 per day.

The purpose of this bill is to establish the Second Look Sentencing Act.

The purpose of this bill is to provide pay increases to members of the judiciary and clarify retirement contributions.

The purpose of this bill is to establish a 10-year grace period for reinstatement of commercial driving privileges when a commercial driver's license holder has failed to maintain a current medical examiner's certificate and to authorize reinstatement without retesting under certain conditions.

The purpose of this bill is to clarify eligibility for the TRICARE program; authorize reimbursement when certain requirements are met; require policies and guidelines; and clarify funding.

The purpose of this bill is to establish rates for and recovering costs of by public utilities, provide for the elective submission of future test year data in certain utility reports, and require the commission to rely on certain submitted data in rate cases.

The purpose of this bill is to require coverage for newly born children up to the age of 19 for medically necessary congenital anomalies of cleft lip and palate.

The purpose of this bill relates generally to municipal elections, and creates a limited-purpose ordinance procedure.

The purpose of this bill is to make decentralized unincorporated nonprofit associations a recognized legal entity in the state and create the Decentralized Unincorporated Nonprofit Association Act.

The purpose of this bill is to streamline and simplify the state hiring system of the Division of Personnel. The bill terminates the State Personnel Board, defines the role of the director and the Division of Personnel, transfers to the Division all State Personnel Board responsibilities, eliminate Division of Personnel exemptions for the Department of Transportation, State Tax Division, and Bureau of Social Services, transferring new hires and promoted employees within the Department of Transportation into the classified-exempt system and exempting these employees from the grievance board. This bill right-sizes state government and refocuses the Division of Personnel to broadly categorize employees, provide training to our agencies, and to act as an advocate for attracting and retaining employees.

The purpose of this bill is to extend State Fire Marshal inspections, generally, to include municipalities with certified fire code officials, certified fire code inspectors and certified fire code plans examiners to perform duties in occupancies under the jurisdiction of the State Fire Marshal; to clarify the difference between certified and uncertified fire officials, fire inspectors, and fire plans examiners; to explain how training and examination for Fire Code Disciplines and Categories are completed; and to delineate the approved categories of examinations.

The purpose of this bill is to allow counties and municipalities to create special assessment districts.

The purpose of this bill is to authorize the West Virginia physician/medical practitioner provider Medicaid enhancement board to examine the current reimbursement rates paid to outpatient psychiatry and psychology services provided in a licensed behavioral health center for outpatient psychotherapy, medication management, and interventional services, including psychiatric interview evaluations and psychotherapy with evaluation and management services for adults, families, and couples, and develop a proposal for increasing those reimbursement rates by no later than July 1, 2026.

The purpose of this bill is to authorize a licensed health care facility to move locations, up to 10 miles from the original location, without obtaining a new license.