Bill Text: WV SB134 | 2020 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Transferring child welfare enforcement responsibilities to State Police
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - To Health and Human Resources [SB134 Detail]
Download: West_Virginia-2020-SB134-Introduced.html
WEST virginia legislature
2020 regular session
Introduced
Senate Bill 134
By Senator Smith
[Introduced January 8, 2020; referred
to the Committee on Health and Human Resources; and then to the Committee on
Finance]
A BILL to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding thereto a new article, designated §49-9-1, relating to transferring child welfare enforcement responsibilities to the West Virginia State Police; transferring employees, funds, and property of the Department of Health and Human Resources to the West Virginia State Police; providing that transferred employees remain in the Civil Service System, continue to participate in Public Employees Retirement System Insurance, and continue to be covered by the Public Employees Insurance Act; and requiring rulemaking.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
ARTICLE 9. ENFORCEMENT.
§49-9-1. Enforcement transferred to West Virginia State Police; employees; funds and property; rulemaking.
(a) No later than January 1, 2021, all enforcement responsibilities and requirements to enforce the provisions of this chapter that are currently performed by the Department of Health and Human Resources and its employees shall be transferred to the West Virginia State Police and its members.
(b) No later than January 1, 2021, all employees of the Department of Health and Human Resources whose responsibility it is to enforce the provisions of this chapter shall be transferred to the West Virginia State Police and become its employees.
(c) No later than January 1, 2021, the funds and all property, both real and personal, used by the Department of Health and Human Resources used to enforce the provisions of this chapter shall be transferred to the West Virginia State Police.
(d) All employees transferred pursuant to §49-9-1(b) of this code shall remain in the Civil Service System, continue to participate in Public Employees Retirement System Insurance and continue to be covered by the Public Employees Insurance Act.
(e) The West Virginia State Police and the Department of Health and Human Resources shall propose rules for legislative approval in accordance with §29A-3-1 et seq. of this code to implement this article.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to transfer child welfare enforcement responsibilities to the West Virginia State Police. The bill transfers employees, funds and property of the Department of Health and Human Resources to the West Virginia State Police. The bill provides that the transferred employees remain in the Civil Service System, continue to participate in Public Employees Retirement System Insurance and continue to be covered by the Public Employees Insurance Act. The bill requires rulemaking.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from a heading or the present law and underscoring indicates new language that would be added.
