WV HB4863

Establishes the "West Virginia Refugee and Immigrant Absorptive Capacity Act" requiring the state to evaluate local capacity for refugee/immigrant resettlement based on social services, healthcare, housing, schools, employment, and law enforcement resources before placement

Requires the Department of Human Services refugee office to meet quarterly with local governments, execute letters of agreement with resettlement agencies, and provide 30 days public notice of planning meetings

Mandates extensive annual reporting to state officials including demographic data on refugees/immigrants by age and gender, crime reports, public assistance enrollment, school enrollment, fiscal impacts, and vaccination/health screening records

Allows local governments to apply for a moratorium (up to one year) on new refugee/immigrant resettlement if they determine insufficient absorptive capacity exists, suspending placements until capacity is jointly certified

Authorizes the Governor to issue an executive order halting all refugee/immigrant resettlement statewide based on adverse impact findings, and requires resettlement organizations to reimburse the state for unreimbursed fiscal costs proportional to refugees they placed