Chris Phillips voted Yea (Passage) on this Legislation.
Title: Restructures the Department of Health and Human Resources
Signed by Governor Jim Justice, Jr.
Title: Restructures the Department of Health and Human Resources
Title: Restructures the Department of Health and Human Resources
Vote to pass a bill that restructures the Department of Health and Human Resources.
Restructures the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Services (Sec. 1).
Establishes separate new agencies (Sec. 1).
Establishing new Secretary positions for each of the new Agencies (Sec. 1).
Establishing the qualifications and requirements for the new secretary positions (Sec. 1).
Establishing the salary amounts for the new Secretary positions (Sec. 1).
Establishing organizational structure for each of the new agencies (Sec. 1).
Establishing the powers of the Office of Shared Administration (Sec. 1).
Establishes the powers of each of the new agencies (Sec. 1).
Requires coordination and cooperation between each of the new agencies (Sec. 1).
Restructures the code to reflect the reorganization of the departments (Sec. 1).
Establishes qualifications for the inspector general (Sec. 1).
Establishes that the Office of the Inspector General is an independent agency within the department (Sec. 1).
Exempts the Department of Health Facilities from certain laws (Sec. 1).
Requires reporting on the activity of the new agencies (Sec. 1).
Title: Restructures the Department of Health and Human Resources