West Virginia Senate Bill 524 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: Introduced on January 31 2023 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2023-01-31 - To Health and Human Resources
Pending: Senate Health and Human Resources Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

The purpose of this bill is to improve family planning services. The bill requires insurance coverage for specified sterilization procedures. The bill provides for a one-time tax credit for adoption expenses. The bill provides for early intervention services for newly adopted newborn children. The bill eliminates barriers to contraceptives. The bill requires the state health officer to prescribe self-administered hormonal contraceptive on statewide basis. The bill provides civil immunity to the state health officer. The bill requires local boards of health provide hormonal and nonhormonal contraceptives free of charge. The bill establishes a special revenue account. The bill sets out the purpose of the account. The bill provides for rulemaking. Finally, the bill makes technical corrections.

Relating to family planning services

Sen. Eric Tarr [R]

Sen. Vince Deeds [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-01-31	Senate	To Health and Human Resources
2023-01-31	Senate	Introduced in Senate
2023-01-31	Senate	To Health and Human Resources then Finance
2023-01-31	Senate	Filed for introduction

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
11	21	10a	Amended Code	Citation Text
16	58	3	Amended Code	Citation Text
16	58	4	Amended Code	Citation Text
16	58	6	Amended Code	Citation Text
16	58	7	New Code	See Bill Text
16	5K	7	New Code	See Bill Text
33	15	4x	New Code	See Bill Text
33	16	3ww	New Code	See Bill Text
33	24	7x	New Code	See Bill Text
33	25	8u	New Code	See Bill Text
33	25A	8x	New Code	See Bill Text
5	16	7h	New Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=524&year=2023&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill
Text	http://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb524%20intr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=524
Supplement	http://www.wvlegislature.gov/Fiscalnotes/FN(2)/fnsubmit_recordview1.cfm?RecordID=860923132
Supplement	http://www.wvlegislature.gov/Fiscalnotes/FN(2)/fnsubmit_recordview1.cfm?RecordID=860923162