2009 West Virginia Code
CHAPTER 16. PUBLIC HEALTH
ARTICLE 5F. HEALTH CARE FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE.
§16-5F-3 General powers and duties of the board regarding reporting and review.

§16-5F-3. General powers and duties of the board regarding reporting and review.

(a) In addition to the powers granted to the board elsewhere in this article, the board shall have the powers as indicated by this section and it shall be its duty to:

(1) Promulgate rules and regulations in accordance with the provisions of article three, chapter twenty-nine-a of this code, to implement and make effective the powers, duties and responsibilities contained in the provisions of this article.

(2) Require the filing of fiscal information by covered facilities and related organizations relating to any matter affecting the cost of health care services in this state.

(3) Exercise, subject to the limitations and restrictions herein imposed, all other powers which are reasonably necessary or essential to carry out the expressed purposes of this article.

(4) Require the filing of copies of all tax returns required by federal and state law to be filed by covered facilities and related organizations.

(b) The board shall also investigate and recommend to the Legislature whether other health care providers should be made subject to the provisions of this article.

(c) The board shall, not later than December thirty-first of each year, prepare and transmit to the governor and to the clerks of both houses of the Legislature a report containing the material and data as required by section four of this article, based upon the most recent data available.

The board shall, no later than the first day of July, one thousand nine hundred ninety-two, prepare and transmit to the governor and to the clerks of both houses of the Legislature a special report containing the material and data collected on related organizations. The report shall further explain the effect of the financial activities of the related organizations as represented by the collected data and its relationship to the rate setting powers of the board specified in section nineteen, article twenty-nine-b of this chapter.