§5-16-18. Payment of Costs by Employer; Schedule of Insurance; Special Funds Created; Duties of Treasurer With Respect Thereto
(a) All employers operating from state general revenue or special revenue funds or federal funds or any combination of those funds shall budget the cost of insurance coverage provided by the Public Employees Insurance Agency to current and retired employees of the employer as a separate line item, titled "PEIA", in its respective annual budget […]
§5-16-7f. Prior Authorization
(a) As used in this section, the following words and phrases have the meanings given to them in this section unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: “Episode of Care” means a specific medical problem, condition, or specific illness being managed including tests, procedures and rehabilitation initially requested by health care practitioner, to be performed at, […]
§5-16-19. Authorization to Take Advantage of Acts of Congress, Accept Gifts, Grants and Matching Funds
The Public Employees Insurance Agency is authorized to take full advantage of the benefits and provisions of any acts of congress and to accept any and all gifts, grants and matching funds, whether in the form of money or services.
§5-16-7g. Coverage for Prescription Insulin Drugs
(a) A policy, plan, or contract that is issued or renewed on or after July 1, 2020, shall provide coverage for prescription insulin drugs pursuant to this section. (b) For the purposes of this subdivision, “prescription insulin drug” means a prescription drug that contains insulin and is used to treat diabetes, and includes at least […]
§5-16-20. Expense Fund
The Legislature shall annually appropriate such sums as may be necessary to pay the proportionate share of the administrative costs for the state as an employer, and each division, agency, board, commission or department of the state which operates out of special revenue funds or federal funds or both shall pay its proportionate share of […]
§5-16-8. Conditions of Insurance Program
The insurance plans provided for in this article shall be designed by the Public Employees Insurance Agency: (1) To provide a reasonable relationship between the hospital, surgical, medical and prescription drug benefits to be included and the expected reasonable and customary hospital, surgical, medical and prescription drug expenses as established by the director to be […]
§5-16-21. No Member or Employee of Public Employees Insurance Agency Shall Gain Directly or Indirectly From Any Contract or Contracts Provided for Hereunder; Criminal Penalties
No elected or appointed official of the State of West Virginia; nor any member, officer, or employees of the Legislature; nor any officer, agent, servant or employee in the executive branch of state government shall have any interest, direct or indirect, in the gain or profits arising from any contract or contracts provided for in […]
§5-16-8a. Air-Ambulance Fees
(a) The plan shall reimburse any air-ambulance provider that provides emergency air transportation or related emergency medical or treatment services to an employee or dependent of an employee covered by the plan the amount then in effect for the federal Medicare program, including any applicable Geographic Practice Cost Index. (b) Nothing in this section limits […]
§5-16-22. Permissive Participation; Exemptions
The provisions of this article are not mandatory upon any employee or employer who is not an employee of, or is not, the State of West Virginia, its boards, agencies, commissions, departments, institutions or spending units, or a county board of education, and nothing contained in this article compels any employee or employer to enroll […]
§5-16-9. Authorization to Execute Contracts for Group Hospital and Surgical Insurance, Group Major Medical Insurance, Group Prescription Drug Insurance, Group Life and Accidental Death Insurance, and Other Accidental Death Insurance; Mandated Benefits; Limitations; Awarding of Contracts; Reinsurance; Certificates for Covered Employees; Discontinuance of Contracts
(a) The director is given exclusive authorization to execute such contract or contracts as are necessary to carry out the provisions of this article and to provide the plan or plans of group hospital and surgical insurance coverage, group major medical insurance coverage, group prescription drug insurance coverage, and group life and accidental death insurance […]