House Health and Human Resources met this afternoon.
Markup & Passage
House Bill 5004 would require health coverage for Pediatric Acute-Onset Neuropsychiatric Syndrome (PANS) and Pediatric Autoimmune Neuropsychiatric Disorders Associated with Streptococcal Infections (PANDAS).
House Bill 5327, the West Virginia ALS Care Services Act, would establish a program and fund to help people with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS). The Act would require the Department of Human Services to provide care service coordination and support, as well as access to technology, medical equipment, and ramp loan programs. The bill would also require the Department of Human Services to facilitate access to specialized multidisciplinary ALS Clinics.
House Bill 5563 would create the West Virginia Timely Transplant Referral and Veteran Care Coordination Act. The bill requires transplant referrals to be sent within 3 days, establishes automatic clinical referral triggers based on organ evaluation, and requires written confirmation of referral status to the patient or family members within 7 days.
House Bill 4772 requires the Bureau of Medical Services to verify the death of Medicaid enrollees and remove them from the rolls. The bill requires data matches with official death records and mandates the termination of eligibility upon proof of death.
House Bill 5260 expands the approved forms of medical cannabis to allow for lozenges and gels.
Committee Hearing
House Bill 4965 allows a patient who has received prior authorization from the Public Employees Insurance Agency for treatment of a medical condition to receive an alternative covered treatment for the same condition without additional prior authorization, provided the alternative treatment is medically appropriate and does not exceed the cost of the originally authorized treatment.
