W. Va. Code R. § 65-19-2

Current through Register Vol. XLI, No. 50, December 13, 2024
Section 65-19-2 - Introduction

This legislative rule implements certain of the provisions of Enrolled Committee Substitute for H. B. 2194 which became effective on March 20, 1991. That bill amended W. Va. Code, S16-29B-20 by amending subsection (j). This amended subsection authorizes the state agency to promulgate rules to develop an automatic review process for rate increase requests from hospitals licensed for one hundred {100} beds or less which are not located in a standard metropolitan statistical area where the rate of inflation is equal to or less than the lowest rate of inflation as established by a recognized inflation index for either the national or regional hospital industry.

W. Va. Code R. § 65-19-2