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WV HB5022

Bill

Status

Enrolled

3/12/2026

Primary Sponsor

Evan Worrell

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Origin

House of Delegates

2026 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Expands West Virginia's annual capitation rate review to include three additional programs: Aged and Disabled Waiver (ADW), Personal Care (PC) Services, and Traumatic Brain Injury Waiver (TBIW), alongside the existing Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Waiver (IDDW) program

  • Requires the Bureau for Medical Services to review reimbursement rate adequacy for all four programs and recommend adjustments for inflationary costs, contract amendments, and personnel recruitment/retention

  • Mandates that contracted providers in all covered programs submit financial data to assist with the annual study

  • Requires the Bureau to compare equivalent programs both in-state and out-of-state to determine appropriate reimbursement rates

  • Annual report with findings, conclusions, and draft legislation must be submitted to the Joint Committee on Finance beginning July 1, 2024

Legislative Description

Relating to expanding the programs to be included in the annual capitation rate review.

Last Action

House received Senate message

3/13/2026

Committee Referrals

Finance3/4/2026
Health and Human Resources2/12/2026
Health & Human Resources2/2/2026

Full Bill Text

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