Source: http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB68%20SUB1%20ENR.htm&yr=2016&sesstype=RS&i=68
Timestamp: 2017-09-19 22:44:52
Document Index: 29892434

Matched Legal Cases: ['§16', '§16', '§16', '§16', '§16', '§16', '§16', '§16', '§16', '§16', '§16', '§16', '§16', '§16', '§16', '§16', '§16', '§16']

Enrolled Version - Final Version Senate Bill 68 History
By Senators Ferns and Takubo, original sponsors
[Passed March 7, 2016; in effect 90 days from passage]
AN ACT to repeal §16-29B-19, §16-29B-19a, §16-29B-20, §16-29B-20a, §16-29B-21 and §16-29B-21a of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended; and to amend and reenact §16-29B-1, §16-29B-10 and §16-29B-27 of said code, all relating to the powers of the Health Care Authority; eliminating authority of the Health Care Authority to conduct rate review; eliminating authority of the Health Care Authority to set rates for hospitals; and eliminating antiquated studies to be conducted by the Health Care Authority.
That §16-29B-19, §16-29B-19a, §16-29B-20, §16-29B-20a, §16-29B-21 and §16-29B-21a of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, be repealed; and that §16-29B-1, §16-29B-10 and §16-29B-27 of said code be amended and reenacted to read as follows:
Notwithstanding any other provision of this code or state law, after July 1, 2016, the jurisdiction of the board or authority as to rates for health services care ceases to exist.
The board shall propose rules for legislative approval in accordance with the provisions of article three, chapter twenty-nine-a of this code requiring hospitals, as part of its annual financial disclosure filings, to provide to the authority the average patient charge of the twenty-five most frequently used out-patient diagnostic services. The authority shall publish the information on its website expressed in terminology that can be understood by the general public.
In addition to civil remedies set forth, any person or health care provider violating any provision of this article or any valid order or rule lawfully established hereunder shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not more than $1,000. Each day of a continuing violation after conviction shall be considered a separate offense.