West Virginia Code 33-25B-6 – Duties and responsibilities of Department of Health and Human Resources to provide training and other services
(a) The Department of Health and Human Resources shall design and provide the vouchers to any corporation wishing to participate in the program at a cost not to exceed the actual cost of the voucher.
Terms Used In West Virginia Code 33-25B-6
- Applicant aide: means an individual licensed by the state to care for the physical or emotional needs of children or an employee authorized by his employer where the employer is an institution licensed by the state to care for the physical or emotional needs of children and who has received an applicant aide certificate. See West Virginia Code 33-25B-1
- Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
- Corporation: means a nonprofit corporation organized under the laws of West Virginia which has undertaken to implement a federal insurance subsidy for children'. See West Virginia Code 33-25B-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
(b) No later than ninety days after a request is made by a corporation wishing to participate in the insurance subsidy program, the Department of Health and Human Resources in cooperation with the corporations participating in the program, shall begin to conduct regional training and information sessions in all regions of the state. The purpose of these sessions is to train guardians and potential applicant aides in the necessary rules to qualify under the federal guidelines for earned income credits and the requirements of this section. These sessions shall be open to the public and potential applicant aides, at a charge not to exceed $10 which shall be used solely to defray the costs of conducting the training sessions. Sessions shall be available in at least the first and fourth quarter of the calendar year in all regions of the state after a request has been made by a corporation to commence such training sessions. The Department of Health and Human Resources may waive the fee for guardians.
(c) Potential applicant aides shall be tested by the Department of Health and Human Resources. Potential applicant aides who successfully complete the test shall be awarded a certificate entitling them to work as an applicant aide. The Department of Health and Human Resources shall propose legislative rules for promulgation in accordance with the provisions of article three, chapter twenty-nine-a of this code.