Source: http://www.wvlegislature.gov/bill_status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb457%20intr.htm&yr=2012&sesstype=RS&i=457
Timestamp: 2018-02-25 23:54:55
Document Index: 742858007

Matched Legal Cases: ['§18', '§18', '§18', '§18', '§18', '§18']

(By Senators Plymale, Unger, Foster, Kessler (Mr. President), Jenkins and Beach)
[Introduced January 30, 2012; referred to the Committee on Health and Human Resources; and then to the Committee on Education.]
(a) This article is known and may be cited as "The Rural Health Initiative Act."
(3) Schools of health science and rural health care facilities are a major resource for educating and training students in these health care fields and for providing health care to underserved areas of West Virginia. The education process must incorporate clinical experience in rural areas in order to make health care services more readily available state-wide and especially in underserved rural areas.
"Schools of health science" means the West Virginia University Health Sciences Center; the Marshall University School of Medicine and the West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine.
The Rural Health Initiative is continued under the authority of the commission and under the supervision of the vice chancellor. The goals of the Rural Health Initiative include, but are not limited to the following:
(b) Each school of health science shall submit a detailed proposal and annual updates to the vice chancellor:
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to continue the Rural Health Initiative; discontinue the rural health advisory committee and assign certain of its duties to Vice Chancellor for Health Sciences; delete the requirement for creation of primary health care education sites; clarify funding mechanisms and auditing and reporting requirements; strengthen accountability; and delete obsolete language.
§18B-16-1, §18B-16-2, §18B-16-3, §18B-16-4, §18B-16-5 and §18B-16-6 have been completely rewritten; therefore, strike-throughs and underscoring have been omitted.