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