Current through Register Vol. XLI, No. 50, December 13, 2024
1.1. Scope. -- This legislative rule implements the provisions of the Omnibus Health Care Act, W. Va. § 16-29D-1 et seq., 1989. Under the Act, the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Resources is charged with the responsibility of promulgating rules to carry out the provisions of the Act. The agencies subordinate to the Secretary under the provisions of the Act and to whom this rule is applicable are the Division of Human Services, the Division of Human Services, the Division of Employment Security, and the Workers' Compensation Commissioner. In addition, section 3 of the Act specifies that certain entities not within the Department of Health and Human Resources are also subject to the provisions of the Act and of this rule. Those other entities are the Public Employees Insurance Agency within the Department of Administration, the Division of Rehabilitation Services under the State Board of Education sitting as the State Board of Rehabilitation, and the University of West Virginia Board of Trustees, and the state's medical schools, within the Department of Education and the Arts. All of these governmental entities either are involved in provision of health care services to beneficiaries of their programs or pay for health care services delivered to those beneficiaries, or both, as well as often providing many other services to the beneficiaries of those governmental entities' programs.1.2. Authority. -- W. Va. Code § 16-29D-7.1.3. Filing Date. -- June 3, 2005.1.4. Effective Date. -- June 3, 2005.