The Finance Committee reconvened this evening for bills on the committee hearing stage.
House Bill 5470 would bring the tax on healthcare managed care organizations into compliance with new federal regulations.
House Bill 5480 establishes the West Virginia Youth Summer Employment and Career Readiness Program to provide paid summer employment, apprenticeships, internships, and entrepreneurial exposure for youth statewide. The program would be for students aged 14 to 20, targeting youth facing barriers to employment. The program would emphasize emerging job-growth sectors, workforce development, and employer coordination to strengthen West Virginia’s long-term labor force.
House Bill 5508 would include members of the Division of Protection Services (Capitol Police) under the state police B retirement system.
House Bill 5511 would provide a lump-sum payment of accrued personal leave to full-time employees of a county school board upon the end of their employment due to death.
House Bill 4588 requires the State Treasurer to participate in the federal tax credit scholarship program. The bill requires the Treasurer to identify qualified scholarship organizations and schools and release the information.
House Bill 5492 establishes guidelines for advanced purchase agreements for electric substation transformers to accelerate economic development projects.
