WEST VIRGINIA LEGISLATURE
2023 REGULAR SESSION
Introduced Senate Bill 332
By Senator Woodrum [Introduced January 20, 2023; referred to the Committee on the Judiciary]
 78 CSR 25 2023R2363S 2023R2364H
1 A BILL to amend and reenact §64-5-1 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to
2 authorizing the Department of Health and Human Resources to promulgate a legislative
3 rule relating to goals for foster children.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
ARTICLE 5. AUTHORIZATION FOR DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN
RESOURCES TO PROMULGATE LEGISLATIVE RULES.
§64-5-1. Department of Health and Human Resources.
1 The legislative rule filed in the State Register on September 20, 2022, authorized under the
2 authority of §49-2-126 of this code, relating to the Department of Health and Human Resources
3 (goals for foster children, 78 CSR 25), is authorized.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to authorize the Department of Health and Human Resources to promulgate a legislative rule relating to goals for foster children.
This section is new; therefore, strike-throughs and underscoring have been omitted.
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Statutes affected:
Introduced Version: 64-5-1