The Health and Human Resources Committee met this afternoon.
Markup & Passage
House Bill 4982 re-establishes the Office of Healthy Lifestyles and expands a coordinated, statewide Healthy Lifestyles framework to promote nutrition, physical activity, and wellness through cross-agency collaboration, school-based initiatives, public-private partnerships, grants, and reporting requirements, thereby improving the health of West Virginians. The bill creates a Highly Lifestyles Fund, coordinates with Medicaid, the Department of Education, and the Department of Agriculture. The bill prevents school employees from penalizing students’ participation in recess and PE based on academic performance or behavior. The bill also requires the development of the Governor’s Fitness Test, a school fitness month, and the reporting of outcomes of both.
Committee Hearing
House Bill 4852 adds definitions to the West Virginia Code relating to food regulation.
House Bill 4392 bans FD&C Blue No. 1, FD&C Blue No. 2, FD&C Green No. 3, FD&C Red No. 3, FD&C Red No. 40, FD&C Yellow No. 5, and FD&C Yellow No. 6 from medications.
House Bill 5022 expands the programs included in the annual capitation rate review to include the Aged and Disabled Waiver Program, the Personal Care Services Program, and the Traumatic Brain Injury Waiver Program.
