West Virginia 2025 Regular Session Status: Passed Senate 1 R cosponsors

SB 649 — Supplementing and amending appropriations to Department of Health, Office of Inspector General

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    Introduced
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    In Committee
  3. 3
    Passed Senate
  4. 4
    Passed House of Delegates
  5. 5
    To Executive
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    Enacted

This bill died with 2025 Regular Session. It reached “Passed Senate” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.

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Bill Text

What changed in the latest version

39 added · 6 removed

Plain-language change summary

In the revised version of SB 649, the total funding for the Office of the Inspector General under the Department of Health has been increased from $7,224,762 to $9,224,762. This change includes a new allocation specifically for surplus current expenses of $2,000,000, highlighting a focus on enhancing financial resources for the department. The bill also maintains dedicated funds for informal dispute resolution related to nursing home appeals and for transferring funds to another office within the Inspector General. This matters because it aims to better support oversight and improve services in health-related administrative functions.

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SB649 SFA Barrett #1 3-7DeWitte  7997 Senator Barrett  moved to amend the bill by striking out everything after the enacting clause and inserting in lieu thereof the following: That Chapter 11, Acts of the Legislature, Regular Session, 2024, known as the budget bill, fund 0437, fiscal year 2025, organization 0513, be supplemented and amended to read as follows:
WEST VIRGINIA LEGISLATURE REGULAR SESSION Engrossed Senate Bill 649 BYSENATORBARRETT [Introduced March 3, 2025;
Title II – Appropriations.
referred to the Committee on Finance] Eng SB 649 A BILL supplementing and amending the appropriations of public moneys out of the Treasury from the balance of moneys remaining as an unappropriated balance in the State Fund, General Revenue, to theDepartment of Health, Office ofthe Inspector General, fund 0437, fiscal year 2025, organization 0513, by supplementing and amending the appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That Chapter 11, Acts of the Legislature, Regular Session, 2024, known as the budget bill, fund 0437, fiscal year 2025, organization 0513, be supplemented and amended to read as follows:
TITLE II – APPROPRIATIONS.
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH - Office of the Inspector General (W.V.
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH 78 - Office of the Inspector General (W.V.
Code Chapter 16B)Fund 0437 FY 2025 Org 0513 General Appro- Revenue priation Fund Personal Services and Employee Benefits 00100 $ 5,583,690Unclassified 09900 57,469Current Expenses 13000 1,583,603Current Expenses – Surplus 13099 2,000,000 Total $ 9,224,762 From the above appropriation for Current Expenses (fund 0437, appropriation 13000), $73,065 shall be used for informal dispute resolution relating to nursing home administrative appeals, and $650,000 shall be transferred to OIG fund 5209.
Code Chapter 16B) Fund 0437 FY 2025 Org 0513 General Appro- Revenue priation Fund Personal Services and Employee Benefits................00100......$..
Notwithstanding any provisions of this budget to the contrary, the Inspector General shall have the ability to transfer funds between all appropriations.  AdoptedRejected
5,583,690 Unclassified ..........................................09900..............57,469.........
Current Expenses.......................................13000...........1,583,603...
Current Expenses – Surplus ............................13099...........2,000,000 Total..........................................................$....9,224,762...........
Eng SB 649 From the above appropriation for Current Expenses (fund 0437, appropriation 13000), $73,065 shall be used for informal dispute resolution relating to nursing home administrative appeals, and $650,000 shall be transferred to OIG fund 5209.
Notwithstanding any provisions of this budget to the contrary, the Inspector General shall have the ability to transfer funds between all appropriations.
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Action History

  1. To House Finance

  2. To Finance

  3. Introduced in House

  4. House received Senate message

  5. Ordered to House

  6. Effective from passage (Roll No. 102)

  7. Passed Senate (Roll No. 101)

  8. Read 3rd time

  9. On 3rd reading

  10. Floor amendment adopted (Voice vote)

  11. Read 2nd time

  12. On 2nd reading

  13. Read 1st time

  14. On 1st reading

  15. Reported do pass

  16. To Finance

  17. Introduced in Senate

  18. To Finance

  19. Filed for introduction

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 151 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (151)

151 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Votes

Passage

Passed 34 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Republican 29000
Unaffiliated 3000
Democrat 2000
Total 34000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (34)
Member Party Vote
STUART — Yea
BOLEY — Yea
MR PRESIDENT — Yea
Joey Garcia Democrat Yea
Mike Woelfel Democrat Yea
Amy Grady Republican Yea
Anne B. Charnock Republican Yea
Ben Queen Republican Yea
Bill Hamilton Republican Yea
Brian Helton Republican Yea
Charles H. Clements Republican Yea
Chris Rose Republican Yea
Craig A. Hart Republican Yea
Darren Thorne Republican Yea
Eric Tarr Republican Yea
Glenn Jeffries Republican Yea
Jack Woodrum Republican Yea
Jason Barrett Republican Yea
Jay Taylor Republican Yea
Laura Wakim Chapman Republican Yea
Mark R. Maynard Republican Yea
Mike Azinger Republican Yea
Mike Oliverio Republican Yea
Patricia Rucker Republican Yea
Patrick Martin Republican Yea
Robbie Morris Republican Yea
Rollan A. Roberts Republican Yea
Rupie Phillips Republican Yea
Ryan Weld Republican Yea
Scott Fuller Republican Yea
T. Kevan Bartlett Republican Yea
Tom Takubo Republican Yea
Tom Willis Republican Yea
Vince Deeds Republican Yea

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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors SB 649?
SB 649 is sponsored by Jason Barrett (Republican).
What is the current status of SB 649?
This bill died with 2025 Regular Session. It reached “Passed Senate” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
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