Part ofHealthcare →

The civic record

Read. Follow. Verify.

HB 4827WEST VIRGINIASession 2026State Billdead

Did Not Advance

West Virginia Bill 4827 provides a 25 percent payment increase for non-employee Birth-to-Three therapists

Original title: Provide an increase in salary to WV Birth to Three contracted therapists and employees

Last action · January 26, 2026: To House Health and Human ResourcesSponsor: Pritt

Bill progressHistory & official text ↓

Introduced

Committee

Floor Vote

Passed

Law

Track this bill to get notified when it advances a stage. One tap to stop, anytime.

Public stanceCommunity reactions are separate from the official record and reporting.

What This Bill Proposed

Official description

Provide an increase in salary to WV Birth to Three contracted therapists and employees

Background

The West Virginia Birth-to-Three program provides early intervention services to infants and toddlers with developmental delays. 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.

Directly affected

West Virginia Birth-to-Three contracted therapists and employees

Non-employee contracted therapists and professionals providing services to the Birth-to-Three program receive a 25 percent increase in payments for services provided beginning July 1, 2026.

Key Facts

You don't have to trust us. Each fact below is taken straight from the official document - click any one to see the exact passage, highlighted in the original.

Frequently Asked Questions

Who is eligible for the 25 percent payment increase under House Bill 4827?

Therapists and other professionals who are not employees of any state agency and have been contracted to provide services to the are eligible.

What happens to remaining balances in the West Virginia Birth-to-Three Fund at the end of a fiscal year?

Any balance remaining in the fund at the end of any state fiscal year does not but remains in the fund for use consistent with the article.

What else do you want to know?

News Coverage

No news coverage found yet. Articles are indexed twice daily.

Follow the record

Votes, people, money & the original source

Where This Stands

This bill did not become law - Died at adjournment · in House committee.

Procedural history

4 actions

Jan 26, 2026HouseCommittee
To House Health and Human Resources
Jan 26, 2026HouseIntroduced
Introduced in House
Jan 26, 2026HouseCommittee
To Health and Human Resources then Finance
Jan 26, 2026HouseIntroduced
Filed for introduction

Version history

Only one version on file - nothing to compare yet. As later stages (committee substitute, engrossed, enrolled) are captured, the redline appears here.

View official text →

Lobbying Activity

No state lobbying filings in our records match this bill. Federal lobbying reports (LDA) cover Congress, so they are not listed on state bills.

Full breakdown

Who this bill affects and the strongest case for and against it, written only from the bill’s own text.

Connected Entities

West Virginia Birth-to-Three Fund, Department of Health, Pritt

OrganizationWest Virginia Birth-to-Three Fund“Special interest-bearing account in the state Treasury to pay costs for early in”Map →

OrganizationDepartment of Health“Divisions that support early intervention services”Map →

PersonPritt“Delegate who introduced House Bill 4827”Map →

Sources

Open source document

www.wvlegislature.gov

Analysis Score

0–100

Significance20
Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 45)
Controversy10
Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
Entertainment2
Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
Buzz15
Current news / social attention level

Publisher tools