House Judiciary met today and discussed several bills.
SB 581 would make technical corrections to the Uniform Trust Code. The bill will be reported to the floor.
SB 4 would allow certain licensed professionals to donate their time to the care of the indigent and the needy and to allow them to gain credit for their time against continuing education requirements needed to maintain their license.
SB 398 wouldcreate The Emergency Volunteer Health Practitioners Act. The bill would regulate the practice of volunteer health practitioners during an emergency and create a registration system. It would also grant reciprocity to licenses issued to volunteer health practitioners in other states during an emergency. The bill will be reported to the floor.
SB 344 would eliminate conflicting provisions within current code relating to the application of payments and the assessment of delinquency fees on consumer credit sales and consumer loans, except credit cards. The bill will be reported to the floor.
SB 523 would convert to a biweekly pay cycle for all state employees. It would modify the pay cycle for the members of the Legislature, courts, higher education institutions, WV State Police, Division of Correction, and other state agencies. The bill will be reported to the floor. The bill will be reported to the floor.
SB 563 would amend the requirements for contracts that allow for balloon payments, require proof of mailing of notices to debtors that consumers are represented by legal counsel and prohibit class action lawsuits under this chapter. The bill will be reported to the floor.
SB 240 would crime of distribution of nude and sexually explicit images when the person depicted has an expectation of privacy. The bill will be reported to the floor.
SB 337 would allow the Division of Corrections to hire a person as a Correctional Officer no matter their placement on the correctional officer register. The bill will be reported to the floor.
SB 578 would establish a new fee structure for the furnishing of health care records, allowing records to be furnished to a patient’s personal representative and establishing a limit on the total fee allowable for the furnishing of a patient’s health care record.
SB 174 would eliminate the jurisdiction of the PSC over the transportation of household goods.
SB 346 would exempt any motor vehicles which are engaged exclusively in the nonemergency medical transportation of Medicaid members from the jurisdiction of the Public Service Commission.
