SB 252 West Virginia Senate · 2025 Regular Session

Requiring coverage of home blood pressure monitoring devices for certain Medicaid recipients

This bill requires West Virginia Medicaid to cover home blood pressure monitoring devices for specific enrollees: pregnant individuals or those within 12 months postpartum who have been diagnosed with uncontrolled hypertension. It mandates coverage for validated devices listed by the U.S. Blood Pressure Validated Listing, including an extra blood pressure cuff, and requires reimbursement for related services like patient training, reading interpretation, and co-intervention costs. The policy directly affects Medicaid recipients with these specific health conditions during pregnancy or postpartum. It amends existing Medicaid coverage rules to ensure these devices and support services are provided as part of chronic condition management.
Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
Apr 2025
Senate Passage
Apr 2025
House of Delegates Passage
Governor
Introduced Feb 12, 2025 Last action Apr 8, 2025
Floor votes · Senate Apr 2, 2025

How they voted

276
Passed
Total votes 33
Apr 2, 2025
D Democratic2
2 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican31
25 Yea 6 Nay
80% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
21
Key actions
4
Committee
9
Apr 8, 2025
Lower · Passed
Do pass, but first to Finance
lower
Apr 7, 2025
Committee
To House Finance
lower
Apr 3, 2025
Committee
To House Health and Human Resources
lower
Apr 3, 2025
Committee
To Health and Human Resources then Finance
lower
Apr 3, 2025
Introduced
Introduced in House
lower
Apr 2, 2025
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate (Roll No. 278)
upper
Mar 31, 2025
Upper · Passed
Reported do pass
upper
Mar 25, 2025
Committee
To Finance
upper
Mar 25, 2025
Upper · Passed
Reported do pass, but first to Finance
upper
Feb 12, 2025
Committee
To Health and Human Resources
upper
Feb 12, 2025
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
upper
Feb 12, 2025
Committee
To Health and Human Resources then Finance
upper
1 primary · 1 co-sponsor

Sponsors