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WEST VIRGINIA LEGISLATURE
      2024 REGULAR SESSION
                   Enrolled Committee Substitute for Senate Bill 31
               By Senator Woodrum [Passed February 5, 2024; in effect from passage]
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1    AN ACT to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding thereto a new article,
2           designated §64-5A-1 and §64-5A-2, all relating generally to authorizing certain agencies of
3           the Department of Human Services to promulgate legislative rules; authorizing the rules as
4           modified by the Legislative Rule-Making Review Committee and as amended by the
5           Legislature; authorizing the Department of Human Services to promulgate a legislative
6           rule relating to collection and exchange of data related to overdoses; authorizing the
7           Department of Human Services to promulgate a legislative rule relating to procedure to
8           contest the substantiation of child abuse or neglect; and authorizing the Family Protection
9           Services Board to promulgate a legislative rule relating to domestic violence program
10          licensure standards.
     Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
     ARTICLE 5A. AUTHORIZATION FOR DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES TO
            PROMULGATE                                LEGISLATIVE                            RULES.
     §64-5A-1.               Department of           Human Services.
1       (a) The legislative rule filed in the State Register on July 18, 2023, authorized under the
2    authority of §16-5T-5 of this code, modified by the Department of Human Services to meet the
3    objections of the Legislative Rule-Making Review Committee and refiled in the State Register on
4    November 7, 2023, relating to the Department of Human Services (collection and exchange of
5    data related to overdoses, 67 CSR 01), is authorized.
6       (b) The legislative rule filed in the State Register on July 13, 2023, authorized under the
7    authority of §49-4-601b of this code, modified by the Department of Human Services to meet the
8    objections of the Legislative Rule-Making Review Committee and refiled in the State Register on
9    November 7, 2023, relating to the Department of Human Services (procedure to contest the
10   substantiation of child abuse or neglect, 78 CSR 27), is authorized with the following amendment:
11      On page 2, subsection 3.1, by striking out the word “either” and inserting in lieu thereof the
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12      word “any”.
     §64-5A-2.              Family Protection Services Board.
1           The legislative rule filed in the State Register on July 13, 2023, authorized under the
2    authority of §48-26-403 of this code, modified by the Family Protection Services Board to meet the
3    objections of the Legislative Rule-Making Review Committee and refiled in the State Register on
4    November 7, 2023, relating to the Family Protection Services Board (domestic violence program
5    licensure standards, 191 CSR 02), is authorized.
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Statutes affected: 
Introduced Version: 64-5-1
Committee Substitute: 64-5A-1, 64-5A-2
Enrolled Committee Substitute: 64-5A-1, 64-5A-2