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Charleston, W. Va., Sunday, March 8, 2015
Prayer was offered by Honorable Mike Hall, a senator from the fourth district, and Pastor, New River Presbytery, Pliny, West Virginia.
Pending the reading of the Journal of Friday, March 6, 2015,
Eng. Com. Sub. for Senate Bill No. 374, Permitting in absentia parole hearings in certain instances.
Eng. Com. Sub. for Senate Bill No. 375, Specifying who receives parole hearing notices via regular or certified mail.
Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 50, Providing for issuance of refunding bonds pursuant to Safe Roads Amendment of 1966.
Senator Cole (Mr. President) laid before the Senate the following communication from His Excellency, the Governor:
After the submission of my recommended FY 2016 Executive Budget on January 14, 2015, and my first adjustment letter on January 22, 2015, there have been a few areas that require adjustments, and therefore, pursuant to Section 51, Article VI of the Constitution of the State of West Virginia, I submit additional revisions to the FY 2016 Budget Bill for the TITLE II -- APPROPRIATIONS as follows:
Governor’s Office, Fund 0101, Fiscal Year 2016, Org 0100
(To move GO HELP funding to the Department of Health and Human Resources and to restore budget reductions.)
●Decrease “GO HELP” Appropriation 11600 by $241,571.
●Increase “Current Expenses” Appropriation 13000 by $599,600.
Department of Administration - Office of the Secretary, Fund 0186, Fiscal Year 2016, Org 0201
(To adjust the budget reduction due to vacancies.)
●Increase “Personal Services and Employee Benefits” Appropriation 00100 by $46,824.
●Decrease “Financial Advisor” Appropriation 30400 by $100,000.
Division of Finance, Fund 0203, Fiscal Year 2016, Org 0209
●Decrease “Personal Services and Employee Benefits” Appropriation 00100 by $7,235.
●Decrease “Current Expenses” Appropriation 13000 by $30,000.
●Increase “GAAP Project” Appropriation 12500 by $14,032.
Division of General Services, Fund 0230, Fiscal Year 2016, Org 0211
●Increase “Personal Services and Employee Benefits” Appropriation 00100 by $95,349.
Division of Purchasing, Fund 0210, Fiscal Year 2016, Org 0213
●Increase “Personal Services and Employee Benefits” Appropriation 00100 by $102,829.
●Decrease “Current Expenses” Appropriation 13000 by $50,000.
Travel Management, Fund 0615, Fiscal Year 2016, Org 0215
●Increase “Personal Services and Employee Benefits” Appropriation 00100 by $154,936.
●Decrease “Repairs and Alterations” Appropriation 06400 by $200,000.
Commission on Uniform State Laws, Fund 0214, Fiscal Year 2016, Org 0217
●Decrease “Current Expenses” Appropriation 13000 by $1,000.
West Virginia Public Employees Grievance Board, Fund 0220, Fiscal Year 2016, Org 0219
●Increase “Personal Services and Employee Benefits” Appropriation 00100 by $1,823.
Ethics Commission, Fund 0223, Fiscal Year 2016, Org 0220
●Increase “Personal Services and Employee Benefits” Appropriation 00100 by $30,651.
Public Defender Services, Fund 0226, Fiscal Year 2016, Org 0221
●Increase “Personal Services and Employee Benefits” Appropriation 00100 by $94,785.
●Decrease “Public Defender Corporations” Appropriation 35200 by $120,967.
Committee for the Purchase of Commodities and Services from the Handicapped, Fund 0233, Fiscal Year 2016, Org 0224
●Increase “Personal Services and Employee Benefits” Appropriation 00100 by $1,104.
West Virginia Prosecuting Attorneys Institute, Fund 0557, Fiscal Year 2016, Org 0228
●Increase “Forensic Medical Examinations” Appropriation 68300 by $736.
●Increase “Federal Funds/Grant Match” Appropriation 74900 by $1,533.
Children’s Health Insurance Agency, Fund 0588, Fiscal Year 2016, Org 0230
(To move the Children’s Health Insurance Agency to the Department of Health and Human Resources in accordance with Senate Bill No. 262.)
●Decrease “Personal Services and Employee Benefits” Appropriation 00100 by $110,992.
●Decrease “Current Expenses” Appropriation 13000 by $9,379,734.
●Decrease “Autism Spectrum Disorder Coverage” Appropriation 85600 by $497,035.
Real Estate Division, Fund 0610, Fiscal Year 2016, Org 0233
●Increase “Personal Services and Employee Benefits” Appropriation 00100 by $145.
●Decrease “Current Expenses” Appropriation 13000 by $35,617.
West Virginia Development Office, Fund 0256, Fiscal Year 2016, Org 0307
(To combine the National Coal Heritage Area Authority and the Coal Heritage Highway Authority in accordance with House Bill No. 2227.)
●Delete the directive language from “Highway Authorities” Appropriation 43100 “$85,239 is for Coal Heritage Highway Authority;”.
●Increase the directive language from “Highway Authorities” Appropriation 43100 for the Coal Heritage Area Authority by $85,239.
Division of Natural Resources, Fund 0265, Fiscal Year 2016, Org 0310
(To provide funding for the increase in minimum wage.)
●Increase “Personal Services and Employee Benefits” Appropriation 00100 for $500,000.
State Board of Education - School Lunch Program, Fund 0303, Fiscal Year 2016, Org 0402
●Increase “Personal Services and Employee Benefits” Appropriation 00100 by $24,801.
●Decrease “Unclassified” Appropriation 09900 by $24,801.
●Increase “Personal Services and Employee Benefits” Appropriation 00100 by $150,000.
●Decrease “21st Century Learners” Appropriation 88600 by $150,000.
State Board of Education - Aid for Exceptional Children, Fund 0314, Fiscal Year 2016, Org 0402
(To adjust the budget reduction to maintain federal maintenance of effort.)
●Increase “Special Education - Institutions” Appropriation 16000 by $389,443.
●Decrease “Transportation” Appropriation 15400 by $3,789,007.
●Increase “Improved Instructional Programs” Appropriation 15600 by $1,300,228.
●Increase “21st Century Strategic Technology Learning Growth” Appropriation 93600 by $2,600,457.
●Increase “Less Local Share” line by $12,486,259 from ($443,582,379) to ($456,068,638).
State Board of Education - West Virginia Schools for the Deaf and the Blind, Fund 0320, Fiscal Year 2016, Org 0403
●Increase “Personal Services and Employee Benefits” Appropriation 00100 by $500,000.
Educational Broadcasting Authority, Fund 0300, Fiscal Year 2016, Org 0439
●Increase “Personal Services and Employee Benefits” Appropriation 00100 by $63,825.
●Decrease “Current Expenses” Appropriation 13000 by $63,825.
State Board of Rehabilitation - Division of Rehabilitation Services, Fund 0310, Fiscal Year 2016, Org 0932
Department of Health and Human Resources - Office of the Secretary, Fund 0400, Fiscal Year 2016, Org 0501
(To move funding for GO HELP from the Governor’s Office.)
● Increase “Personal Services and Employee Benefits” Appropriation 00100 by $212,720.
● Increase “Unclassified” Appropriation 09900 by $2,506.
● Increase “Current Expenses” Appropriation 13000 by $26,345.
(To increase the appropriation for Medical Services and to move the Children’s Health Insurance Agency to the Department of Health and Human Resources in accordance with Senate Bill No. 262.)
● Increase “Medical Services” Appropriation 18900 by $9,145,000.
● Add “Autism Spectrum Disorder Coverage” Appropriation 85600 for $497,035.
● Add “CHIP Administrative Costs” Appropriation 85601 for $112,064.
●Add “CHIP Services” Appropriation 85602 for $9,379,734.
Department of Military Affairs and Public Safety - Office of the Secretary, Fund 0430, Fiscal Year 2016, Org 0601
(To restore the budget reduction due to vacancies.)
●Increase “Personal Services and Employee Benefits” Appropriation 00100 by $911.
●Increase “Fusion Center” Appropriation 46900 by $19,128.
●Increase “Homeland State Security Administrative Agency” Appropriation 95300 by $48,609.
Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management, Fund 0443, Fiscal Year 2016, Org 0606
●Increase “Personal Services and Employee Benefits” Appropriation 00100 by $82,634.
●Increase “Radiological Emergency Preparedness” Appropriation 55400 by $11,652.
●Increase “Federal Funds/Grant Match” Appropriation 74900 by $139,625.
●Increase “Mine and Industrial Accident Rapid Response Call Center” Appropriation 78100 by $93,113.
●Increase “Early Warning Flood System” Appropriation 87700 by $35,723.
Division of Corrections - Correctional Units, Fund 0450, Fiscal Year 2016, Org 0608
(To adjust reappropriation language.)
● Add following to the end of the reappropriation language “...with the exception of fund 0450, fiscal year 2015, appropriation 13000 ($8,000,000) and fund 0450, fiscal year 2015, appropriation 53500 ($3,000,000) which shall expire on June 30, 2015.”
Division of Protective Services, Fund 0585, Fiscal Year 2016, Org 0622
●Increase “Personal Services and Employee Benefits” Appropriation 00100 by $132,533.
Tax Division Fund 0470, Fiscal Year 2016, Org 0702
● Add following to the end of the reappropriation language “...with the exception of fund 0470, fiscal year 2015, appropriation 00100 ($1,000,000) which shall expire on June 30, 2015.”
Aeronautics Commission, Fund 0582, Fiscal Year 2016, Org 0807
●Increase “Personal Services and Employee Benefits” Appropriation 00100 by $23,279.
(To move part of the appropriation for Title XIX Waiver from the Lottery Fund.)
● Increase “Transfer to Division of Human Services for Health Care and Title XIX Waiver for Senior Citizens” Appropriation 53900 by $150,000.
Auditor’s Office - Local Government Purchasing Card Expenditure Fund, Fund 1224, Fiscal Year 2016, Org 1200
(To add language relating to statutory revenue distributions.)
● Add the language “There is hereby appropriated from this fund, in addition to the above appropriations if needed, the amount necessary to meet the transfer and revenue distribution requirements to provide a proportionate share of rebates back to the general fund of local governments based on utilization of the program in accordance with W.Va. Code §6-9-2b.”
State Board of Rehabilitation - Division of Rehabilitation Services - West Virginia Rehabilitation Center Special Account, Fund 8664, Fiscal Year 2016, Org 0932
(To adjust the appropriations to add an appropriation for equipment.)
● Decrease “Current Expenses” Appropriation 13000 by $220,000.
● Add “Equipment” Appropriation 00700 for $220,000.
● Decrease “Medical Services” Appropriation 18900 by $9,145,000.
● Decrease “Medical Services Trust Fund - Transfer” Appropriation 51200 by $9,145,000.
Division of Motor Vehicles - Motor Vehicle Fees Fund, Fund 8223, Fiscal Year 2016, Org 0802
(To continue an increase in special revenue spending authority from supplemental appropriation bill.)
● Increase “Personal Services and Employee Benefits” Appropriation 00100 by $184,000.
● Increase “Current Expenses” Appropriation 13000 by $2,000,000.
● Add “Equipment” Appropriation 00700 for $75,000.
West Virginia Development Office - Division of Tourism, fund 3067, Fiscal Year 2016, Org 0304
● Increase “Tourism - Operations” Appropriation 66200 by $150,000.
Bureau of Senior Services - Lottery Senior Citizens Fund, Fund 5405, Fiscal Year 2016, Org 0508
(To adjust the appropriation for Title XIX Waiver moved to General Revenue.)
● Decrease “Transfer to Division of Human Services for Health Care and Title XIX Waiver for Senior Citizens” Appropriation 53900 by $150,000.
Department of Agriculture - State Conservation Committee, Fund 8783, Fiscal Year 2016, Org 1400
(To continue an increase in federal spending authority from supplemental appropriation bill.)
● Increase “Current Expenses” Appropriation 13000 by $12,382,910.
Children’s Health Insurance Agency, Fund 8838, Fiscal Year 2016, Org 0230
●Decrease “Personal Services and Employee Benefits” Appropriation 00100 by $533,752.
●Decrease “Current Expenses” Appropriation 13000 by $47,422,974.
Division of Natural Resources, Fund 8707, Fiscal Year 2016, Org 0310
(To increase federal spending authority for improvements at Wildlife Management Areas.)
●Increase “Repairs and Alterations” Appropriation 06400 by $100,000.
●Increase “Equipment” Appropriation 07000 by $250,000.
●Increase “Other Assets” Appropriation 69000 by $700,000.
Division of Human Services, Fund 8722, Fiscal Year 2016, Org 0511
●Add “CHIP Administrative Costs” Appropriation 85601 for $533,752.
●Add “CHIP Services” Appropriation 85602 for $47,422,974.
National Coal Heritage Area Authority, Fund 8869, Fiscal Year 2016, Org 0941
●Increase “Personal Services and Employee Benefits” Appropriation 00100 by $47,059.
●Increase “Current Expenses” Appropriation 13000 by $152,941.
Coal Heritage Highway Authority, Fund 8861, Fiscal Year 2016, Org 0942
●Decrease “Personal Services and Employee Benefits” Appropriation 00100 by $47,059.
●Decrease “Current Expenses” Appropriation 13000 by $152,941.
Amend the language to read as follows:
“There are hereby appropriated for fiscal year 2016, from the fund as designated, in the amounts as specified, general revenue funds in the amount of $203,331, special revenue funds in the amount of $747,870, and state road funds in the amount of $730,433 for payment of claims against the state.”
Section 9. Appropriations from lottery net profits surplus accrued.
(To adjust appropriation from surplus lottery revenue based on most recent estimates.)
● Decrease “Senior Services Medicaid Transfer - Lottery Surplus” Appropriation 68199 by $10,000,000.
Section 10. Appropriations from state excess lottery revenue surplus accrued.
Division of Human Services, Fund 5365, Fiscal Year 2016, Org 0511
● Increase “Medical Services - Lottery Surplus” Appropriation 68100 by $10,000,000.
Your Joint Committee on Enrolled Bills has examined, found truly enrolled, and on the 6th day of March, 2015, presented to His Excellency, the Governor, for his action, the following bills, signed by the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Delegates:
(Com. Sub. for S. B. No. 357), Creating Coal Jobs and Safety Act of 2015.
(Com. Sub. for S. B. No. 361), Eliminating prevailing hourly wage requirement for construction of public improvements.
Eng. Com. Sub. for House Bill No. 2586, Allowing for an alternative form of service of process in actions against nonresident persons by petitioners seeking domestic violence or personal safety relief.
Eng. House Bill No. 2914, Providing for voluntary dissolution of resort area district.
At the request of Senator Carmichael, unanimous consent being granted, the bills (Eng. Com. Sub. for H. B. No. 2586 and Eng. H. B. No. 2914) contained in the preceding report from the Committee on the Judiciary were each taken up for immediate consideration, read a first time and ordered to second reading.
The Clerk announced the following conference committee report had been filed at 5:15 p.m. today:
Senators Plymale, Gaunch, Yost and Stollings offered the following resolution:
Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 59--Requesting the Joint Committee on Government and Finance study how the accomplishments of the Luke Lee Listening, Language and Learning Lab at Marshall University could be expanded throughout the state in order to provide additional programs in West Virginia that help provide listening and spoken language outcomes to children with hearing loss.
Whereas, The Luke Lee Listening, Language and Learning Lab at Marshall University was founded in 2006 as the first preschool program in West Virginia providing listening and spoken language outcomes to children with hearing loss; and
Whereas, The Luke Lee Listening, Language and Learning Lab provides services to infants, toddlers, preschoolers and school-age children with hearing loss to allow them to mainstream into their home schools with age-level listening and spoken language skills to communicate with their hearing-aged peers; and
Whereas, The Luke Lee Listening, Language and Learning Lab uses hearing technology, including hearing aids and cochlear implants, to help teach deaf children to listen and speak; and
Whereas, The Luke Lee Listening, Language and Learning Lab has had great successes in reaching their goals and has shown itself as a program that should be expanded across the state to help deaf children in other areas of West Virginia; therefore, be it
That the Legislature hereby requests the Joint Committee on Government and Finance study how the accomplishments of the Luke Lee Listening, Language and Learning Lab at Marshall University could be expanded throughout the state in order to provide additional programs in West Virginia that help provide listening and spoken language outcomes to children with hearing loss; and, be it
Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 54, Requesting DOH name stretch of road in Logan County "USMC LCpl Larry G. Williamson Memorial Highway".
Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 55, Requesting DOH name section of road in Logan County "U. S. Army SP4 Terry Robert Albright Memorial Road".
Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 56, Requesting DOH name section of road in Logan County "U. S. Army Colonel Anna M. Butcher Road".
Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 57, Requesting Joint Committee on Government and Finance study public utility regulation by political subdivisions.
Eng. Com. Sub. for House Bill No. 2053, Relating to the form of trust deeds.
A trust deed deed of trust to secure debts or indemnify sureties may be in the following form or to the same effect: "This deed made the .......... day of ................, in the year ........, between .............................. (the grantor) of the one part, and .............................. (the trustee) of the other part, witnesseth: That the said ................... (the grantor) doth (or do) grant unto the said ....................... (the trustee) the following property (here describe it). In trust to secure (here describe the debts to be secured or the sureties to be indemnified, and insert covenants, or any other provisions the parties may agree upon). Witness the following signature."
Every such contract, every deed conveying any such estate or term, and every deed of gift, or trust deed deed of trust or memorandum of deed of trust pursuant to section two, article one, chapter thirty-eight of this code, or mortgage, conveying real estate shall be void, as to creditors, and subsequent purchasers for valuable consideration without notice, until and except from the time that it is duly admitted to record in the county wherein the property embraced in such contract, deed, trust deed deed of trust or memorandum of deed of trust or mortgage may be.
The bill (Eng. Com. Sub. for H. B. No. 2053), as amended, was then ordered to third reading.
Eng. House Bill No. 2100, Caregiver Advise, Record and Enable Act.
On page eight, section five, lines five through nine, by striking out all of subsection (b) and inserting in lieu thereof two new subsections, designated subsections (b) and (c), to read as follows:
The bill (Eng. H. B. No. 2100), as amended, was then ordered to third reading.
Eng. House Bill No. 2272, Relating to the authority of the Board of Pharmacy.
Eng. Com. Sub. for House Bill No. 2368, Relating to child welfare.
At the request of Senator Carmichael, and by unanimous consent, the bill was advanced to third reading with the unreported Health and Human Resources committee amendment pending and the right for further amendments to be considered on that reading.
Eng. Com. Sub. for House Bill No. 2432, Relating to the licensure requirements to practice pharmacist care.
Eng. Com. Sub. for House Bill No. 2462, Relating to certain deposits of tax proceeds.
Eng. Com. Sub. for House Bill No. 2505, Relating to retirement system participation and concurrent employment provisions.
Eng. Com. Sub. for House Bill No. 2507, Relating to membership provisions in the West Virginia Municipal Police and Firefighters Retirement System.
Eng. Com. Sub. for House Bill No. 2527, Creating a Task Force on Prevention of Sexual Abuse of Children; "Erin Merryn's Law".
That the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, be amended by adding thereto two new sections, designated §49-2-8 and §49-2-12a, all to read as follows:
§49-2-8. Task Force on Prevention of Sexual Abuse of Children.
(a) This section may be referred to as “Erin Merryn's Law”.
(23) The Executive Director of the West Virginia Sheriffs’ Association, or his or her designee;
§49-2-12a. Legislative findings and declaration of intent for goals for foster children.
(d) When a child who was previously placed into foster care, but left the custody or guardianship of the department, is again placed into foster care, the department shall notify the foster parents who most recently cared for the child of the child’s availability for foster care placement to determine if the foster parents are desirous of seeking a foster care arrangement for the child. The arrangement may only be made if the foster parents are otherwise qualified or can become qualified to enter into the foster care arrangement with the department and if the arrangement is in the best interests of the child: Provided, That the department may petition the court to waive notification to the foster parents. This waiver may be granted, ex parte, upon a showing of compelling circumstances.
The bill (Eng. Com. Sub. for H. B. No. 2527), as amended, was then ordered to third reading.
Eng. House Bill No. 2535, Relating generally to suicide prevention training, "Jamie's Law".
On page three, section forty, after the section caption, by inserting a new subsection, designated subsection (a), to read as follows:
(a) This section, section seven, article one-b, chapter eighteen-b of this code and section one, article six, chapter twenty-seven of this code shall be known as “Jamie’s Law”.;
On page three, section forty, line one, before the word “On” by inserting “(b)”.
The bill (Eng. H. B. No. 2535), as amended, was then ordered to third reading.
Eng. Com. Sub. for House Bill No. 2550, Increasing the number of unexcused absences of a student before action may be taken against the parent.
(1) Ascertain reasons for inexcusable unexcused absences from school of students of compulsory school age and students who remain enrolled beyond the compulsory school age as defined under section one-a of this article; and
(A) “Excused absence” shall be defined to include:
(ix) Military requirement for students enlisted or enlisting in the military; and
(x) Such other situations as may be further determined by the county board: Provided, That absences of students with disabilities shall be in accordance with the Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act of 2004 and the federal and state regulations adopted in compliance therewith.
(B) “Unexcused absence” shall be any absence not specifically included in the definition of “excused absence”.
(b) In the case of five three total unexcused absences of a student during a school year, the attendance director or assistant shall serve written notice to the parent, guardian or custodian of the student that the attendance of the student at school is required and that if the student has five unexcused absences, a conference with the principal or other designated representative will be required.
(c) In the case of five total unexcused absences, the attendance director or assistant shall serve written notice to the parent, guardian or custodian of the student that within ten five days of receipt of the notice the parent, guardian or custodian, accompanied by the student, shall report in person to the school the student attends for a conference with the principal or other designated representative of the school in order to discuss and correct the circumstances causing the inexcusable unexcused absences of the student, including the adjustment of unexcused absences based upon such meeting.
(d) In the case of ten total unexcused absences of a student during a school year, if the parent, guardian or custodian does not comply with the provisions of this article, then the attendance director or assistant shall make complaint against the parent, guardian or custodian before a magistrate of the county. If it appears from the complaint that there is probable cause to believe that an offense has been committed and that the accused has committed it, a summons or a warrant for the arrest of the accused shall issue to any officer authorized by law to serve the summons or to arrest persons charged with offenses against the state. More than one parent, guardian or custodian may be charged in a complaint. Initial service of a summons or warrant issued pursuant to the provisions of this section shall be attempted within ten calendar days of receipt of the summons or warrant and subsequent attempts at service shall continue until the summons or warrant is executed or until the end of the school term during which the complaint is made, whichever is later.
(c) (e) The magistrate court clerk, or the clerk of the circuit court performing the duties of the magistrate court as authorized in section eight, article one, chapter fifty of this code, shall assign the case to a magistrate within ten days of execution of the summons or warrant. The hearing shall be held within twenty days of the assignment to the magistrate, subject to lawful continuance. The magistrate shall provide to the accused at least ten days’ advance notice of the date, time and place of the hearing.
(d) (f) When any doubt exists as to the age of a student absent from school, the attendance director and assistants have authority to require a properly attested birth certificate or an affidavit from the parent, guardian or custodian of the student, stating age of the student. In the performance of his or her duties, the county attendance director and assistants have authority to take without warrant any student absent from school in violation of the provisions of this article and to place the student in the school in which he or she is or should be enrolled.
(e) (g) The county attendance director and assistants shall devote such time as is required by section three of this article to the duties of attendance director in accordance with this section during the instructional term and at such other times as the duties of an attendance director are required. All attendance directors and assistants hired for more than two hundred days may be assigned other duties determined by the superintendent during the period in excess of two hundred days. The county attendance director is responsible under direction of the county superintendent for efficiently administering school attendance in the county.
(f) (h) In addition to those duties directly relating to the administration of attendance, the county attendance director and assistant directors also shall perform the following duties:
The bill (Eng. Com. Sub. for H. B. No. 2550), as amended, was then ordered to third reading. Eng. Com. Sub. for House Bill No. 2562, Relating to sales tax increment financing.
Eng. House Bill No. 2626, Relating to use of the Abandoned Land Reclamation Fund.
Eng. House Bill No. 2632, Exempting the procurement of certain instructional materials for use in and in support of public schools from the division of purchasing requirements.
At the request of Senator Carmichael, and by unanimous consent, the bill was advanced to third reading with the unreported Finance committee amendment pending and the right for further amendments to be considered on that reading.
Eng. House Bill No. 2645, Expanding the availability of the Underwood-Smith Teacher Loan Assistance Program.
Eng. Com. Sub. for House Bill No. 2648, Allowing authorized entities to maintain a stock of epinephrine auto-injectors to be used for emergency.
On page three, section two, line five, after the word “programs” by changing the semicolon to a period;
On page four, section three, line eight, by striking out the word "an";
On page four, section four, lines one and two, by striking out the words "An authorized health care practitioner may prescribe to an authorized entity an epinephrine injector." and inserting in lieu there of the following: An authorized health care practitioner may prescribe an epinephrine injector to an authorized entity.;
On page six, section five, line thirteen, after the word "administers" by inserting the words "or provides".
The bill (Eng. Com. Sub. for H. B. No. 2648), as amended, was then ordered to third reading. Eng. House Bill No. 2657, Allowing members of the Livestock Care Standards Board to be reimbursed for expenses consistent with the West Virginia Department of Agriculture Travel Policy and Procedure.
Eng. Com. Sub. for House Bill No. 2702, Redefining service personnel class titles of early childhood classroom assistant teacher.
Eng. Com. Sub. for House Bill No. 2755, Relating to service and professional employee positions at jointly established schools.
Eng. House Bill No. 2776, Relating to prescribing hydrocodone combination drugs for a duration of no more than three days.
Eng. Com. Sub. for House Bill No. 2778, State Infrastructure Fund Program.
Eng. House Bill No. 2876, Finding and declaring certain claims against the state and its agencies to be moral obligations of the state.
Eng. House Bill No. 2880, Creating an addiction treatment pilot program.
On page two, by striking out all of section one and inserting in lieu thereof a new section, designated section one, to read as follows:
§62-15A-1. Definitions.
(1) “Addiction service provider” means a person licensed by this state to provider addiction and substance abuse services to persons addicted to opiods, alcohol or both.
(2) “Adult drug court judge” means a circuit court judge operating a drug court as defined in subsection (a), section one of this article.
(3) "Adult Drug Court Program" means an adult treatment court established by the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia pursuant to this article.
(4) “Circuit court” means those courts set forth in article two, chapter fifty-one of this code.
(5) “Court” means the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.
(6) “Division” means the Division of Corrections.
(7) “LS/CMI assessment criteria” means the level of service/case management inventory which is an assessment tool that measures the risk and need factors of adult offenders.
(8) “Medication-assisted treatment” means the use of medications, in combination with counseling and behavioral therapies, to provide a whole-patient approach to the treatment of substance use disorders.
(9) "Parole" means the release of a prisoner by the Division of Corrections temporarily or permanently before the completion of a sentence, on the promise of good behavior.
(10) "Prescriber" means an individual currently licensed and authorized by this state to prescribe and administer prescription drugs in the course of their professional practice.
The bill (Eng. H. B. No. 2880), as amended, was then ordered to third reading.
Eng. Com. Sub. for House Bill No. 2999, Relating to neonatal abstinence centers.
The following amendments to the bill, from the Committee on Health and Human Resources, were reported by the Clerk, considered simultaneously, and adopted:
On page fifteen, section one, line one, by striking out “(a)”;
On page sixteen, section one, lines fifteen and sixteen, by striking out all of subsection (c);
On pages sixteen and seventeen, section two, by striking out all of section two and inserting in lieu thereof a new section, designated section two, to read as follows:
§16-2M-2. Rules; minimum standards for neonatal abstinence centers.
(b) The provisions of the rules promulgated pursuant to this section shall apply only to those facilities regulated pursuant to section five, article two-d of this chapter and shall not apply to a hospital-based acute care unit.;
On page seventeen, section three, line one, by striking out “(a)”.
The bill (Eng. Com. Sub. for H. B. No. 2999), as amended, was then ordered to third reading.
On motion of Senator Carmichael, the Senate adjourned until tomorrow, Monday, March 9, 2015, at 10:30 a.m.