Supplemental appropriation, Department of Health, the official text

WEST VIRGINIA LEGISLATURE

         2026 REGULAR SESSION

                   ENROLLED

           House Bill 5691

       BY DELEGATES CRISS, RILEY, HALL, AND MAZZOCCHI
        [Passed March 13, 2026; in effect from passage]
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1 AN ACT expiring funds to the unappropriated surplus balance in the State Fund, General

2   Revenue, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026 in the amount of $ 2,981,132.08 from

3   the Attorney General- Consumer Protection Recovery Fund, fund 1509, fiscal year 2026,

4   organization 1500, and making a supplementary appropriation of public moneys out of the

5   Treasury from the balance of moneys remaining as an unappropriated surplus balance in

6   the State Fund, General Revenue, to the Department of Health, fund 0407, fiscal year

7   2026, organization 0506, by supplementing and amending the appropriations for the fiscal

8   year ending June 30, 2026.

1   WHEREAS, The Legislature finds that the account balance in the Attorney General –

2 Consumer Protection Recovery Fund, fund 1509, fiscal year 2026, organization 1500, exceeds

3 that which is necessary for the purposes for which the account was established; and

4   WHEREAS, The Governor submitted the Executive Budget Document to the Legislature

5 on January 14, 2026 containing a statement of the State Fund, General Revenue, setting forth

6 therein the cash balance as of July 1, 2025, and further included the estimate of revenue for the

7 fiscal year 2026, less net appropriation balances forwarded and regular and surplus appropriation

8 for the fiscal year 2026, and further included recommended supplemental appropriations from the

9 balance of the State Fund, General Revenue; and

10  WHEREAS, It appears from the Governor’s Statement of the State Fund, General

11 Revenue, there now remains an unappropriated surplus balance in the Treasury which is

12 available for appropriation during the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026; therefore

    Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:

1   That the balance of the funds available for expenditure in the fiscal year ending June 30,

2 2026, Attorney General – Consumer Protection Recovery Fund, fund 1509, fiscal year 2026,

3 organization 1500 be decreased by expiring the amount of $ 2,981,132.08 to the unappropriated

4 surplus balance of the State Fund, General Revenue, to be available for appropriation during the

5 fiscal year ending June 30, 2026.

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6   And, That the total appropriation for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026, to fund 0407,

7 fiscal year 2026, organization 0506, be supplemented and amended by adding a new item of

8 appropriation as follows:

9                            TITLE II – APPROPRIATIONS.

10  Section 1. Appropriations from general revenue.

11                           DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH

12                           58- Department of Health

13                           (W.V. Code Chapter 16)

14                           Fund 0407 FY 2026 Org 0506

15                                                                                          General
16                                                                                         Revenue
17                                                                          Appro-
                                                                                               Fund
                                                                            priation
                                                                                      2,981,132.08
18 7a Tobacco Education Program -Surplus .................................  xxxxx

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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
                           ...............................................................
                                        Clerk of the Senate

         Originated in the House of Delegates.
         In effect from passage.

                                       ...............................................................
                                          Speaker of the House of Delegates
                                                           ...............................................................
                                                                     President of the Senate
                                                        __________

              The within is ................................................ this the...........................................
         Day of ..........................................................................................................., 2026.

                                                                   .............................................................
                                                                                         Governor

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