WEST VIRGINIA LEGISLATURE
2025 REGULAR SESSION
Introduced
House Bill 2253
By Delegate D. Smith
[Introduced ; referredto the Committee on the ]
A BILL to amend and reenact §64-5B-1 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to authorizing the Office of Inspector General to promulgate a legislative rule relating to hospital licensure.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
## ARTICLE 5B. Authorization for the office of inspector general to promulgate legislative rules.
The legislative rule filed in the State Register on August 30, 2024, authorized under the authority of §16B-3-8 of this code, modified by the Office of Inspector General to meet the objections of the Legislative Rule-Making Review Committee and refiled in the State Register on November 26, 2024, relating to the Office of Inspector General (hospital licensure, 71 CSR 12), is authorized.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to authorize the Office of Inspector General to promulgate a legislative rule relating to hospital licensure.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from a heading or the present law and underscoring indicates new language that would be added.