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Read. Follow. Verify.West Virginia Bill Requires Medicaid Reimbursement for Remote Ultrasounds and Fetal Tests
Last action · January 14, 2026: To Health and Human ResourcesSponsor: Patricia Rucker
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What This Bill Proposed
The Department of Human Services is required to allow Medicaid reimbursement for remote ultrasound procedures and remote s conducted from a patient's residence or off-site location, provided established and standards of care are met.
Medicaid patients and healthcare providers gain coverage for at-home prenatal monitoring without the previous mandatory 30-day waiting period between informed consent and the procedure.
- State Medicaid programs are structured under federal guidelines and administered locally, with individual states setting specific reimbursement policies for telehealth and remote patient monitoring services. context
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 patients can receive remote ultrasound procedures and fetal nonstress tests from their residence or off-site locations.
Healthcare providers
Healthcare providers are eligible for Medicaid reimbursement for conducting remote ultrasounds and fetal nonstress tests using approved digital technologies.
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This bill did not become law - Died at adjournment · in Senate committee.
Procedural history
4 actions- Jan 14, 2026SenateCommitteeTo Health and Human Resources
- Jan 14, 2026SenateIntroducedIntroduced in Senate
- Jan 14, 2026SenateCommitteeTo Health and Human Resources then Finance
- Jan 14, 2026SenateIntroducedFiled for introduction
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Removal of Waiting Period for Remote Prenatal Care
The legislation explicitly prohibits requiring a 30-day waiting period between informed consent and remote procedures, removing a potential administrative barrier to telehealth access.
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www.wvlegislature.gov
Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 60)
- Controversy10Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz25Current news / social attention level
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