WEST VIRGINIA LEGISLATURE
2024 REGULAR SESSION
Committee Substitute for Senate Bill 848
By Senator Tarr [Originating in the Committee on Finance; reported February 23, 2024]
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1 A BILL to amend and reenact the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding thereto a
2 new section, designated, §16-1-22d, relating to creating a special revenue account within
3 the State Treasury; placing special revenue account designated the Office of the Inspector
4 General Reimbursement Fund within Department of Health; providing for the purpose of
5 the account; and designating revenue sources for the account.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
ARTICLE 1. STATE PUBLIC HEALTH SYSTEM.
§16-1-22d. Special revenue account within the State Treasury for Inspector General reimbursement.
1 (a) There is created within the State Treasury a special revenue account, designated the
2 Office of the Inspector General Reimbursement Fund to be administered by the Secretary of the
3 Department of Health for the purposes set forth in this article.
4 (b) This special revenue account shall consist of all moneys made available for the
5 purposes of this article from any source, including, but not limited to:
6 (1) Any moneys that may be appropriated and designated for those purposes by the
7 Legislature;
8 (2) All interest or other return earned or received from investment of this fund;
9 (3) Any moneys which this special revenue account is authorized to receive under any
10 provision of this code for the purposes of this article; and
11 (4) All gifts, grants, bequests or transfers made to this special revenue account from any
12 source.
13 (c) Any balance, including accrued interest and other returns, remaining in this special
14 revenue account at the end of each fiscal year may not revert to the General Revenue Fund but
15 shall remain in the special revenue account and be expended as provided by this article. The
16 funds contained in the special revenue account shall be available for appropriation by the
17 Legislature.
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18 (d) The purpose of this special revenue account is to allow the Department of Human
19 Services to reimburse the Department of Health for eligible costs attributed to the Office of the
20 Inspector General.
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Statutes affected:
Introduced Version: 16-1-22d
Committee Substitute: 16-1-22d