WEST VIRGINIA LEGISLATURE
2024 REGULAR SESSION
Introduced Senate Bill 792 FISCAL
NOTE
By Senators Chapman and Woelfel [Introduced February 14, 2024; referred to the Committee on Health and Human Resources;
and then to the Committee on Finance]
 Intr SB 2024R3541
1 A BILL to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding thereto a new section,
2 designated §9-2-14, relating to Medicaid coverage for postpartum health care.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
ARTICLE 2. COMMISSIONER OF HUMAN SERVICES; POWERS, DUTIES AND
RESPOSIBILITIES GENERALLY.
§9-2-14. Coverage for postpartum healthcare.
1 Pregnant women and new parents up to twenty-four (24) months postpartum, and children
2 up to age two shall be eligible for participation in the West Virginia Medicaid Program if:
3 (1) They have family income up to but not exceeding one hundred and eighty-five percent
4 (185%) of the nonfarm income official poverty guidelines as promulgated by the Department of
5 Health and Human Services of the United States as revised annually; and
6 (2) They are otherwise eligible for the program.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to provide Medicaid coverage for postpartum healthcare.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from a heading or the present law and underscoring indicates new language that would be added.
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Statutes affected:
Introduced Version: 9-2-14