HB 4767 West Virginia House of Delegates · 2026 Regular Session

Relating to requiring the Bureau for Medical Services to file a legislative rule

HB 4767 requires West Virginia's Bureau of Medical Services to file its complete Medicaid policy manual as a legislative rule by July 1, 2026, and to update all future policy changes through the same formal process. This applies directly to the Bureau, mandating that its internal guidance lasting over 180 days must be incorporated into the official rule-making procedure. The bill does not change Medicaid benefits or services but standardizes how the Bureau documents and updates its policies. It affects administrative procedures, not Medicaid recipients or providers.
Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2026
Committee Review
Feb 2026
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2026
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Jan 23, 2026 Last action Feb 12, 2026
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Committee Substitute Engrossed Committee Substitute · 5 edits · Feb 11, 2026
MODERATE
The bill text was updated to reflect its progression from a Committee Substitute to an Engrossed version, indicating it has passed further legislative review. The substantive policy content regarding the Bureau for Medical Services filing its policy manual as a legislative rule remains unchanged, though a summary note explaining the bill's purpose was removed.
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Removed the 'Engrossed Version' label from the list of available bill versions.

Added 'Engrossed Version' as the primary label at the top of the document.

Removed the explanatory note describing the bill's purpose and instructions on how to read the text.

Added 'ENGROSSED' to the session header to indicate the bill's current status.

Removed 'Committee Substitute (1)' from the list of available bill versions.

Floor votes · House of Delegates Feb 11, 2026

How they voted

970
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 99
Feb 11, 2026
D Democratic9
9 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican90
88 Yea 2
97% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
17
Key actions
2
Committee
4
Feb 12, 2026
Committee
To Judiciary
upper
Feb 12, 2026
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
upper
Feb 11, 2026
Lower · Passed
Passed House (Roll No. 78)
lower
Feb 6, 2026
Lower · Passed
By substitute, do pass
lower
Jan 23, 2026
Committee
To House Health and Human Resources
lower
Jan 23, 2026
Introduced
Introduced in House
lower
Jan 23, 2026
Committee
To Health and Human Resources
lower
1 primary · 1 co-sponsor

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