House Bill 4103 was passed by lawmakers, February 4, and sent to Governor Jim Justice for his signature, continuing the Office of Drug Control Policy within the Department of Health and Human Resources under the direction and supervision of the secretary and with the assistance of the State Health [Read more...]
The purpose of Senate Bill 189 is to bring West Virginia Code into conformity with federal law as modified in the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act of 2016. The bill provides the conditions under which a pharmacist may partially fill a prescription, and the limitations on subsequently [Read more...]
House Bill 4003 identifies certain terms relating to telemedicine services, one of which is "distant site" to mean the telehealth site there the provider is seeing the patient at a distance or consulting with a patient' provider. "Remote patient monitoring services" means the delivery of home [Read more...]
It is estimated over 240,000 West Virginian's are diagnosed with living with type 1 or type 2 diabetes and another 65,000 are not diagnosed. Every West Virginian with type 1 diabetes and many with type 2 diabetes rely on daily doses of insulin to survive. The annual medical cost related to [Read more...]