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Home » US Law » 2022 West Virginia Code » Chapter 16. Public Health » Article 2C. Home Health Services

§16-2C-1. Definitions

For the purposes of this article: "Home health services" shall mean and include, but not be limited to, the following services furnished to an individual who is under the care of a physician, such services to be provided on a visiting basis in a place of residence used as the individual's home: (1) Part-time or […]

§16-2C-2. Department to Provide Services; Charges for Services; Authority to Employ Personnel; Purchase of Supplies and Equipment; Assistance to Nonprofit Agencies

The department shall provide home health services to those persons living in areas of the state in which adequate home health services are not available otherwise. For such services the department shall, and is hereby authorized to, charge fees to individuals to whom it renders such services or to any governmental agency purchasing such services […]

§16-2C-3. Local Boards' Authority Respecting Home Health Services

Local boards are hereby authorized to enter into written agreements with the department for the purpose of rendering home health services to persons within their respective counties and municipalities. Such agreements shall provide for the maintenance of standards established by the department for home health services by the local boards and for such supervision by […]

§16-2C-4. Funds Received for Home Health Services

The department and local boards are authorized to receive moneys from any source for home health services. All such moneys as the department and local boards may receive for this service shall be used to carry out the provisions of this article.

§16-2C-5. Collection of Fees for Home Health Services

The department and local boards are authorized to maintain legal action through the prosecuting attorneys of the several counties for the collection of fees charged for home health services which have been rendered to any person.