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HB5563 • 2026

To create the West Virginia Timely Transplant Referral and Coordination Act

To create the West Virginia Timely Transplant Referral and Coordination Act

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Holstein, Heckert , Howell, G.
Last action
2026-03-05
Official status
S To Health and Human Resources 03/05/26
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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To create the West Virginia Timely Transplant Referral and Coordination Act

To create the West Virginia Timely Transplant Referral and Coordination Act

What This Bill Does

  • To create the West Virginia Timely Transplant Referral and Coordination Act

Limits and Unknowns

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Amendments

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Adopted

Plain English:  HB5563 HFA Burkhammer 3-3 #1 CR 3338 Delegate Burkhammer and Worrell moved to amend the bill on page 1, line 7, by striking, “thirty-day” and inserting “three day”.

  •  HB5563 HFA Burkhammer 3-3 #1 CR 3338 Delegate Burkhammer and Worrell moved to amend the bill on page 1, line 7, by striking, “thirty-day” and inserting “three day”.
  • Adopted Rejected
  • This amendment summary is using official source text because generated interpretation was skipped for this run.
Filed

Plain English:  HB5563 HFA Burkhammer 3-3 #1 CR 3338 Delegate Burkhammer and Worrell moved to amend the bill on page 1, line 7, by striking, “thirty-day” and inserting “three day”.

  •  HB5563 HFA Burkhammer 3-3 #1 CR 3338 Delegate Burkhammer and Worrell moved to amend the bill on page 1, line 7, by striking, “thirty-day” and inserting “three day”.
  • Adopted Rejected
  • This amendment summary is using official source text because generated interpretation was skipped for this run.

Bill History

  1. 2026-03-05 S

    To Health and Human Resources

  2. 2026-03-05 S

    To Health and Human Resources then Judiciary

  3. 2026-03-05 S

    Introduced in Senate

  4. 2026-03-04 H

    Communicated to Senate

  5. 2026-03-04 H

    Passed House (Roll No. 331)

  6. 2026-03-04 H

    Read 3rd time

  7. 2026-03-04 H

    On 3rd reading, Special Calendar

  8. 2026-03-03 H

    Amendment adopted (Voice vote)

  9. 2026-03-03 H

    Amendment reported by the Clerk

  10. 2026-03-03 H

    Read 2nd time

  11. 2026-03-03 H

    On 2nd reading, Special Calendar

  12. 2026-03-02 H

    Read 1st time

  13. 2026-03-02 H

    On 1st reading, Special Calendar

  14. 2026-02-27 H

    By substitute, do pass

  15. 2026-02-25 H

    Markup Discussion

  16. 2026-02-16 H

    To House Health and Human Resources

  17. 2026-02-16 H

    Introduced in House

  18. 2026-02-16 H

    To Health and Human Resources

  19. 2026-02-16 H

    Filed for introduction

Official Summary Text

To create the West Virginia Timely Transplant Referral and Coordination Act

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WEST virginia legislature
2026 regular session
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Committee Substitute
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House Bill 5563
By Delegates Holstein, Heckert, and G. Howell
[Originating in the Committee on Health and Human Resources; reported on February 26, 2026]

A BILL to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding a new article, designated §16-67-1 and §16-67-2, relating to transplant referral coordination; requiring documentation in a medical record; requiring a referral; providing exemptions; providing for data collection; and requiring reporting.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:

ARTICLE 67. WEST VIRGINIA TIMELY TRANSPLANT REFERRAL COORDINATION ACT.

§16-67-1. Mandatory transplant referral timeline.

(a) A licensed healthcare provider that documents in a patient’s medical record that the patient meets medical criteria for organ transplant candidacy shall initiate referral to an appropriate transplant center within three calendar days of the documentation.
(b) The referral requirement set forth in subsection (a) of this section does not apply if the provider documents in the patient’s medical record a specific medical contraindication to transplant referral.
(c) Nothing in this section may be construed to alter clinical eligibility standards established by transplant centers or organ allocation policies established under federal law.

§16-67-2. Data collection and annual reporting.

(a) The Department of Health shall collect, aggregate, de-identified data from a licensed hospital regarding transplant referrals initiated pursuant to this article.
(b) Data collected shall include, at minimum:
(1) The average time between documentation of transplant candidacy and referral initiation;
(2) The number of patients meeting automatic clinical referral thresholds;
(3) The number of referrals initiated within the required three day period; and
(4) Geographic data sufficient to evaluate rural disparities in referral timelines.
(c) The Department shall submit an annual report to the Legislative Oversight Commission on Health and Human Resources Accountability no later than December 1 of each year.

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