This legislative rule implements certain of the provisions of Enrolled Committee Substitute for Committee Substitute for Senate Bill 576 which became effective on April 8, 1989, and was signed by the Governor. That bill amended W. Va. Code 16-29B-20 by adding a new subsection. This new subsection (k) authorizes the Authority to promulgate rules to develop an expedited review process for rate increase requests from hospitals licensed for more than one hundred (100) beds or that are located in a Standard Metropolitan Statistical Area.
W. Va. Code R. § 64-14-2