West Virginia § 16-2D-9 Health services that cannot be developed

West Virginia Statutes

§ 16-2D-9 — Health services that cannot be developed

West Virginia § 16-2D-9

Ch. 16PUBLIC HEALTH

Art. 2DCERTIFICATE OF NEED

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Bluebook

W. Va. Code § 16-2D-9 (2026).

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Notwithstanding §16-2D-8 and §16-2D-11 of this code, these health services require a certificate of need but the authority may not issue a certificate of need to:

(1)A health care facility adding intermediate care or skilled nursing beds to its current licensed bed complement, except as provided in §16-2D-11 of this code;

(2)A person developing, constructing, or replacing a skilled nursing facility except in the case of facilities designed to replace existing beds in existing facilities that may soon be deemed unsafe or facilities utilizing existing licensed beds from existing facilities which are designed to meet the changing health care delivery system;

(3)Add beds in an intermediate care facility for individuals with an intellectual disability, except that prohibition does not app

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Notwithstanding §16-2D-8 and §16-2D-11 of this code, these health services require a certificate of need but the authority may not issue a certificate of need to:

(1) A health care facility adding intermediate care or skilled nursing beds to its current licensed bed complement, except as provided in §16-2D-11 of this code;

(2) A person developing, constructing, or replacing a skilled nursing facility except in the case of facilities designed to replace existing beds in existing facilities that may soon be deemed unsafe or facilities utilizing existing licensed beds from existing facilities which are designed to meet the changing health care delivery system;

(3) Add beds in an intermediate care facility for individuals with an intellectual disability, except that prohibition does not apply to an intermediate care facility for individuals with intellectual disabilities beds approved under the Kanawha County Circuit Court order of August 3, 1989, civil action number MISC-81-585 issued in the case of E.H. v. Matin, 168 W.V. 248, 284 S.E. 2d 232 (1981) including the 24 beds provided in §16-2D-8 of this code;

(4) An opioid treatment program:Provided, That an opioid treatment program that is an approved clinical trial, with institutional review board approval, for the study of office-based methadone versus buprenorphine to address retention in medication for opioid use disorder treatment may be developed for the limited purposes of conducting the clinical trial and shall be limited to the time frame set forth in the clinical trial, after registering with the Board of Pharmacy:Provided, however, That this exemption only permits one program to participate once in CTN-0131; and

(5) Add licensed substance abuse treatment beds in any county which already has greater than 250 licensed substance abuse treatment beds.

Legislative History

2023 Reg. Sess., HB3247; 2023 Reg. Sess., HB3337; 2022 Reg. Sess., HB4607; 2022 Reg. Sess., HB4660; 2018 Reg. Sess., SB575; 2017 Reg. Sess., HB2459; 2016 Reg. Sess., HB4365; 2006 Reg. Sess., SB773; 1999 Reg. Sess., SB492; 1985 Reg. Sess., SB616; 1981 Reg. Sess., HB1789; 1977 Reg. Sess., SB277