West Virginia Code 16-64-10 – Coordination of care
(a) A syringe service program shall coordinate with other health care providers in its services to render care to the individuals as set forth in the program requirements.
Terms Used In West Virginia Code 16-64-10
- Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
- Bureau: means the Bureau for Public Health in the department. See West Virginia Code 16-1-2
- Location: means a site within the service area of a local health department. See West Virginia Code 16-64-1
- State: when applied to a part of the United States and not restricted by the context, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories, and the words "United States" also include the said district and territories. See West Virginia Code 2-2-10
- Syringe: means both the needle and syringe used to inject fluids into the body. See West Virginia Code 16-64-1
- Syringe services program: means a community-based program that provides access to sterile syringes, facilitates safe disposal of used syringes, and is part of a harm reduction program. See West Virginia Code 16-64-1
(b) In the event that the syringe services program is closed, the syringe services program shall notify the participant of the closure of the service, prior to closure, in a conspicuous location, and provide an individual with a transition care plan.
(c) The Bureau for Medical Services shall submit a state plan amendment to permit harm reduction programs to be an eligible provider, except that the syringe exchange services shall not be eligible for reimbursement under the state plan.
(d) Upon passage, any existing provider not offering the full array of harm reduction services as set forth in this section shall cease and desist offering all needle exchange services. Any provider offering the full array of harm reduction services shall have until January 1, 2022, to come into compliance with this section. Any new provider shall have until January 1, 2022, to come into compliance with the provisions of this section.