CHARLESTON â Without any testimony from an expert, the West Virginia House of Delegatesâ Health and Human Resources Committee on Tuesday passed a bill requiring physicians provide information about stopping the process of a medicated abortion.
House Bill 2982, or the Second Chance at Life Act, as amended by the committee, requires a patient undergoing a medication-induced abortion to be informed that it may be possible to stop the effects of the procedure after taking the first of the two drugs.
The state Department of Health and Human Resources will also have to post information about stopping the procedure.
The bill is similar to other anti-abortion legislation thatâs passed in at least six states, though HB 2982 does not require physicians to advise the procedure can be âreversedâ but does say itâs possible to âavoid, cease or even stop the intended effects.â
CHARLESTON — A tie vote in the West Virginia House of Delegates’ Health and Human Resources Committee on Thursday killed a bill that would have made private schools exempt from
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CHARLESTON â The power of county health departments is up for debate in West Virginia.
The West Virginia House of Delegatesâ Health and Human Resources Committee hit the ground running Thursday with a full agenda of legislation. Among bills passed out of the committee was House Bill 2015, which will require county commissions and other board of health-appointing entities to approve all rules made by county boards of health.
This means, for example, the Cabell-Huntington Health Department Board of Health would need to get approval from both the Cabell County Commission and the Huntington City Council before any rules or ordinances are enacted. This could lead to different health policy in the city versus the county if one entity approved the rule and the other did not. For boards that serve multiple counties, like the Mid-Ohio Valley Health Department, which serves six counties, each county could have different policies.