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Read. Follow. Verify.West Virginia requires the Bureau for Medical Services to file its Medicaid policy manual as a legislative rule by July 1, 2026
Last action · February 12, 2026: To JudiciarySponsors: Evan Worrell and 1 other
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What This Bill Proposed
West Virginia House Bill 4767 requires the Bureau for Medical Services to compile and file its complete policy manual as a with the Secretary of State's office by July 1, 2026. The legislation also mandates that all future updates and any internal guidance lasting over 180 days follow the formal legislative rule process.
The measure shifts internal Medicaid administrative policies into official state rules subject to public notice and legislative review, affecting how agency guidelines are enacted and modified.
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 required to compile, file, and update its complete policy manual as a formal legislative rule by specified deadlines.
Medicaid program participants and providers
Key Facts
- The Bureau for Medical Services must prepare, compile, and file its complete policy manual as a legislative rule in accordance with §29A-3-1 et seq.
- The initial legislative rule filing must be submitted to the Secretary of State's office on or before July 1, 2026.
- All subsequent amendments, supplements, and revisions to the policy manual must also be filed as legislative rules.
- The bureau may continue to issue internal guidance or emergency procedures as necessary.
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- Any internal guidance remaining in effect for more than 180 days must be incorporated into the legislative rule process and filed as an emergency rule.
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
This bill did not become law - Died at adjournment · passed the House · in Senate committee.
Procedural history
18 actions- Feb 12, 2026SenateCommitteeTo Judiciary
- Feb 12, 2026SenateCommitteeTo Judiciary
- Feb 12, 2026SenateIntroducedIntroduced in Senate
- Feb 11, 2026HouseCommunicated to Senate
- Feb 11, 2026HouseEffective from passage (Roll No. 79)
- Feb 11, 2026HouseFloorPassed House (Roll No. 78)
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- Feb 11, 2026HouseRead 3rd time
- Feb 11, 2026HouseOn 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- Feb 10, 2026HouseRead 2nd time
- Feb 10, 2026HouseOn 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- Feb 9, 2026HouseRead 1st time
- Feb 9, 2026HouseOn 1st reading, Special Calendar
- Feb 6, 2026HouseBy substitute, do pass
- Jan 29, 2026HouseMarkup Discussion
- Jan 23, 2026HouseCommitteeTo House Health and Human Resources
- Jan 23, 2026HouseIntroducedIntroduced in House
- Jan 23, 2026HouseCommitteeTo Health and Human Resources
- Jan 23, 2026HouseIntroducedFiled for introduction
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 45)
- Controversy10Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz15Current news / social attention level
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