West Virginia House Bill 4981: Relating to state psychiatric hospital designations

West Virginia · 2026 Regular Session

What it does

The purpose of this bill is to establish that a psychiatric hospital with an average annual inpatient census patient mix of greater than 95 percent of court-ordered forensic and civil involuntary commitments from state custody or from a state-owned hospital qualifies as a "state-designated facility" for purposes of the statute.

Latest action

To Health and Human Resources (2026-03-04)

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