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Read. Follow. Verify.West Virginia creates ALS Care Services Program to fund home equipment and multidisciplinary clinics
Last action · February 18, 2026: To Health and Human ResourcesSponsor: Vince Deeds
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What This Bill Proposed
Senate Bill 990 establishes the West Virginia ALS Care Services Act, requiring the Department of Human Services to administer programs that provide care coordination, assistive technology, medical equipment, ramp reutilization loans, and access to multidisciplinary clinics for residents living with ALS.
Establishes dedicated state-backed support structures for individuals diagnosed with , directly altering how home-based medical equipment, ramps, and care coordination services are funded and accessed.
Who It Would Have Affected
Groups the bill's text would have affected, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
individuals living with ALS
Patients receive access to state-funded care coordination, equipment loan programs, assistive technology, and multidisciplinary clinics.
Department of Human Services
The agency is required to administer the ALS Care Services Program and distribute funds to the ALS Association.
ALS Association
The organization receives distributed funds from the state department to implement the care services program.
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
This bill did not become law - Died at adjournment · in Senate committee.
Procedural history
4 actions- Feb 18, 2026SenateCommitteeTo Health and Human Resources
- Feb 18, 2026SenateIntroducedIntroduced in Senate
- Feb 18, 2026SenateCommitteeTo Health and Human Resources then Finance
- Feb 18, 2026SenateIntroducedFiled for introduction
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www.wvlegislature.gov
Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 65)
- Controversy10Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz30Current news / social attention level
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