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Read. Follow. Verify.West Virginia requires health insurers to cover bioidentical hormones starting January 1, 2026
Last action · January 14, 2026: To House FinanceSponsors: Kathie Hess Crouse and 2 others
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What This Bill Proposed
West Virginia House Bill 4075 requires health insurance policies, hospital service corporations, health care corporations, and health maintenance organizations to provide coverage for on or after January 1, 2026. The coverage applies when the treatment is determined to be medically necessary and ordered by a licensed physician after a thorough patient evaluation.
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.
Health Insurers and HMOs
Insurers and health maintenance organizations must provide coverage for bioidentical hormones in their policies and contracts issued on or after January 1, 2026.
Subscribers and Members
Plan members gain access to insurance coverage for bioidentical hormones when prescribed as medically necessary by a licensed physician.
Licensed Physicians
Physicians must perform a thorough evaluation of symptoms, test results, or treatment responses before ordering covered bioidentical hormone therapy.
Key Facts
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
This bill did not become law - Died at adjournment · in House committee.
Procedural history
4 actions- Jan 14, 2026HouseCommitteeTo House Finance
- Jan 14, 2026HouseIntroducedIntroduced in House
- Jan 14, 2026HouseCommitteeTo Finance then Judiciary
- Jan 14, 2026HouseIntroducedFiled for introduction
Version history
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Sources
www.wvlegislature.gov
Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 60)
- Controversy40Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz25Current news / social attention level
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