West Virginia Senate Bill SB772

West Virginia 2025 Regular Session

• Introduced: 3/17/25
• Refer: 3/17/25

Caption

Decreasing appropriation to Department of Health Facilities

Summary

SB772 is a supplemental appropriations bill for fiscal year 2025 that shifts $58,632 in General Revenue from the Department of Health Facilities, Welch Community Hospital, to the Department of Health, Office of the Inspector General. The bill decreases the Welch Community Hospital line item for personal services and employee benefits and increases the same category for the Office of the Inspector General by an equal amount. It is framed as a budget adjustment within the State Treasury’s available unappropriated balance for the current fiscal year. The measure does not create new programs or change substantive health policy; instead, it reallocates existing appropriated funds between two state agencies. The affected statutes are the annual appropriations provisions for the Department of Health Facilities and the Department of Health, and the practical effect is to reduce spending authority for Welch Community Hospital while increasing funding for the Inspector General’s operations.

Impact

SB772 amends the state’s fiscal year 2025 appropriations by reducing one General Revenue personal services and employee benefits appropriation and increasing another by the same amount. In practice, this changes spending authority for the Department of Health Facilities and the Department of Health, but it does not alter underlying regulatory law or program eligibility. The bill affects state budget administration, specifically the funding available for Welch Community Hospital and the Office of the Inspector General.

Sentiment

The available record shows little to no public controversy or debate around SB772. There are no committee transcripts or recorded votes included, and the bill appears to be a routine executive-request supplemental appropriation. Based on the text, the measure is likely viewed as a technical budget correction or reallocation rather than a policy dispute.

Contention

No specific points of contention are documented in the provided materials. If any concern exists, it would likely center on the transfer of funds away from Welch Community Hospital and toward the Office of the Inspector General, but the bill text does not explain the operational reason for the shift. Without committee discussion or votes, there is no evidence of organized opposition or support from particular stakeholders.