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Read. Follow. Verify.West Virginia prohibits Medicaid and public funds from funding abortions and gender transition procedures
Last action · February 11, 2026: To Health and Human ResourcesSponsors: Chris Rose and 5 others
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What This Bill Proposed
West Virginia prohibits the use of Medicaid funds and public grants for abortions and gender transition procedures, and bans state contracts with providers or s offering these services, effective October 1, 2026.
Healthcare providers and entities performing abortions or gender transition procedures, as well as their corporate s, face total disqualification from receiving West Virginia Medicaid contracts, commercial transactions, or public grants.
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.
Medicaid patients
Medicaid program accounts are prohibited from funding abortions and gender transition procedures, and contracted providers offering these services are disqualified from the program.
Healthcare providers
Providers performing abortions or gender transition procedures, or operating facilities where they occur, are barred from entering into contracts, commercial transactions, or receiving grants from West Virginia Medicaid or local public entities.
Attorney General
Empowered to bring enforcement actions including injunctive relief, suspension, or debarment against violators of public funding prohibitions.
Key Facts
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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 11, 2026SenateCommitteeTo Health and Human Resources
- Feb 11, 2026SenateIntroducedIntroduced in Senate
- Feb 11, 2026SenateCommitteeTo Health and Human Resources
- Feb 11, 2026SenateIntroducedFiled for introduction
Version history
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Broad Disqualification of Service Provider Affiliates
The bill extends contract and grant bans not only to direct providers of restricted procedures but also to any corporate affiliates holding at least a 10% stake.
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Sources
www.wvlegislature.gov
Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 85)
- Controversy90Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment10Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz75Current news / social attention level
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