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Read. Follow. Verify.West Virginia requires Bureau for Medical Services to conduct substance use disorder rate study and annual reporting
Last action · February 24, 2026: To FinanceSponsor: Brian Helton
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What This Bill Proposed
The West Virginia Bureau for Medical Services is required to use a data-informed methodology when reviewing Medicaid reimbursement rates for substance use disorder services and must submit an annual report to the Legislature before the 2027 Regular Session.
Changes accountability requirements for state health administration by mandating periodic structured evaluations of substance use disorder service reimbursement rates and public reporting of study findings, methodology, and stakeholder input.
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.
Bureau for Medical Services
The Bureau is mandated to perform data-informed rate reviews, engage stakeholders, publish study findings, and submit an annual report.
Substance use disorder service providers
Providers are to be engaged as stakeholders in the rate review process and their cost and workforce data may be considered.
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
6 actions- Feb 24, 2026SenateCommitteeTo Finance
- Feb 24, 2026SenateCommitteeReported do pass, but first to Finance
- Feb 21, 2026SenateCommitteeTo Health and Human Resources
- Feb 21, 2026SenateIntroducedIntroduced in Senate
- Feb 21, 2026SenateCommitteeTo Health and Human Resources then Finance
- Feb 21, 2026SenateIntroducedFiled for introduction
Version history
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Sources
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 50)
- Controversy15Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz20Current news / social attention level
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