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WEST VIRGINIA LEGISLATURE
2026 REGULAR SESSION
ENROLLED
House Bill 5277
BY DELEGATES HANSHAW (MR. SPEAKER) AND
HORNBUCKLE
(BY REQUEST OF THE EXECUTIVE)
[Passed March 14, 2026; in effect from passage]
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1 AN ACT supplementing and amending the appropriations of public moneys out of the Treasury
2 from the balance of moneys remaining as an unappropriated surplus balance in the State
3 Fund, General Revenue, to the Department Health Facilities, Health Facilities – Welch
4 Community Hospital, fund 0412, fiscal year 2026, organization 0512; to the Department
5 Health Facilities, Health Facilities – William R. Sharpe Jr. Hospital, fund 0413, fiscal year
6 2026, organization 0512; and to the Department Health Facilities, Health Facilities –
7 Mildred Mitchell-Bateman Hospital, fund 0414, fiscal year 2026, organization 0512, by
8 adding new items of appropriation for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026.
1 WHEREAS, The Governor submitted the Executive Budget Document to the Legislature
2 on January 14, 2026, containing a statement of the State Fund, General Revenue, setting forth
3 therein the cash balance as of July 1, 2025, and further included the estimate of revenue for the
4 fiscal year 2026, less net appropriation balances forwarded and regular and surplus
5 appropriations for the fiscal year 2026, and further included recommended expirations to the
6 unappropriated surplus balance of the State Fund, General Revenue; and
7 WHEREAS, It appears from the Governor’s Statement of the State Fund, General
8 Revenue, there now remains an unappropriated surplus balance in the Treasury which is
9 available for appropriation during the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026; therefore
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
1 That the total appropriation for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026, to fund 0412, fiscal
2 year 2026, organization 0512, be supplemented and amended by adding a new item of
3 appropriation as follows:
4 TITLE II – APPROPRIATIONS.
5 Section 1. Appropriations from general revenue.
6 DEPARTMENT HEALTH FACILITIES
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7 102 - Health Facilities –
8 Welch Community Hospital
9 (W.V. Code Chapter 16)
10 Fund 0412 FY 2026 Org 0512
11 General
12 Appro- Revenue
13 priation Fund
14 5a Capital Outlay, Repairs and Equipment – Surplus............. 67700 1,000,000
15 And, that the total appropriation for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026, to fund 0413,
16 fiscal year 2026, organization 0512, be supplemented and amended by adding a new item of
17 appropriation as follows:
18 TITLE II – APPROPRIATIONS.
19 Section 1. Appropriations from general revenue.
20 DEPARTMENT HEALTH FACILITIES
21 103 - Health Facilities –
22 William R. Sharpe Jr. Hospital
23 (W.V. Code Chapter 16)
24 Fund 0413 FY 2026 Org 0512
25 General
26 Appro- Revenue
27 priation Fund
28 5a Capital Outlay, Repairs and Equipment – Surplus............. 67700 3,400,000
29 And, that the total appropriation for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026, to fund 0414,
30 fiscal year 2026, organization 0512, be supplemented and amended by adding a new item of
31 appropriation as follows:
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32 TITLE II – APPROPRIATIONS.
33 Section 1. Appropriations from general revenue.
34 DEPARTMENT HEALTH FACILITIES
35 104 - Health Facilities –
36 Mildred Mitchell-Bateman Hospital
37 (W.V. Code Chapter 16)
38 Fund 0414 FY 2026 Org 0512
39 General
Revenue
40 Appro-
Fund
41 priation 4,304,000
42 5a Capital Outlay, Repairs and Equipment – Surplus............. 67700
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The Clerk of the House of Delegates and the Clerk of the Senate hereby
certify that the foregoing bill is correctly enrolled.
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Clerk of the House of Delegates
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Clerk of the Senate
Originated in the House of Delegates.
In effect from passage.
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Speaker of the House of Delegates
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President of the Senate
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The within is ................................................ this the...........................................
Day of ..........................................................................................................., 2026.
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Governor
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