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WV SB650

Bill

Status

Enrolled

3/9/2026

Primary Sponsor

Bennett Queen

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Origin

Senate

2026 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Amends West Virginia's health care provider tax law to expand the definition of "state-designated facility" for hospital tax exemption purposes
  • Qualifies licensed psychiatric hospitals as state-designated facilities if their average annual inpatient census consists of more than 95% court-ordered forensic and civil involuntary commitments from state custody or state-owned hospitals
  • Exempts qualifying psychiatric hospitals from the additional 0.75% tax on gross receipts imposed on eligible acute care hospitals under the directed payment program
  • Referred to the Senate Committee on Health and Human Resources and subsequently to the Committee on Finance

Legislative Description

Designating psychiatric hospital that treats exclusively civil and forensic patients

Health

Last Action

To Governor 3/11/2026

3/11/2026

Committee Referrals

Finance3/5/2026
Finance2/13/2026
Health and Human Resources1/28/2026

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