Providing increase in salary to WV Birth-to-Three contracted therapists and employees
SB 707 increases payments by 25% for therapists and other contracted professionals providing in-person early intervention services to children with developmental delays through West Virginia's Birth-to-Three program. It directly affects non-state-employee therapists and professionals working under contract with the program. The bill amends the Birth-to-Three Fund provisions to require this higher payment rate for in-person services starting July 1, 2025. This is a concrete payment adjustment, not a change to program eligibility or service delivery methods.
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2025
Committee Review
Mar 2025
Senate Passage
Mar 2025
House of Delegates Passage
Governor
Introduced Mar 5, 2025
Last action Mar 31, 2025
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Committee Substitute
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MINOR
This bill amends the West Virginia Birth-to-Three Fund statute to clarify that the 25 percent payment increase applies specifically to services provided in person, rather than all services. The change narrows the scope of the payment increase to exclude remote or virtual services, ensuring the funding boost targets direct, face-to-face therapeutic interactions.
Scope change
The scope of the payment increase was narrowed from all contracted professional services to only those services provided in person.
ELIGIBILITY
The 25 percent payment increase now applies only to in-person services, removing coverage for remote or virtual services.
TIMELINE
The payment increase effective date remains July 1, 2025, but now applies only to in-person service provisions.
DEFINITION
Added clarification specifying that the payment increase applies to services 'provided in person' to distinguish from other service delivery methods.
Floor votes · Senate Mar 29, 2025
How they voted
32–0
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 33
Mar 29, 2025
D
Democratic2
100% Yea
R
Republican31
96% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
21
Key actions
3
Committee
7
Mar 31, 2025
Committee
To House Finance
lower
Mar 31, 2025
Committee
To Finance
lower
Mar 31, 2025
Introduced
Introduced in House
lower
Mar 29, 2025
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate (Roll No. 224)
upper
Mar 26, 2025
Upper · Passed
Reported do pass
upper
Mar 12, 2025
Committee
To Finance
upper
Mar 12, 2025
Upper · Passed
Committee substitute reported, but first to Finance
upper
Mar 5, 2025
Committee
To Health and Human Resources
upper
Mar 5, 2025
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
upper
Mar 5, 2025
Committee
To Health and Human Resources then Finance
upper
1 primary · 4 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Brian Helton
RRepublican
Co
Darren Thorne
RRepublican
Co
Jay Taylor
RRepublican
Co
Patricia Rucker
RRepublican
Co
Robbie Morris
RRepublican
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