[LG-16: no coverage under state insurance plan]

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H. B. 3243

(By Delegates Armstead, Lane and Schadler)

[Introduced February 23, 2007; referred to the Committee on Health and Human Resources then the Judiciary.]

A BILL to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated §5-16-7f, relating to prohibiting coverage for abortions under insurance plans provided under the Public Employees Insurance Act.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, be amended by adding thereto a new section, designated §5-16-7f, to read as follows:
ARTICLE 16. WEST VIRGINIA PUBLIC EMPLOYEES INSURANCE ACT.
§5-16-7f. Coverage for abortions prohibited.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this code, the insurance plans provided under this article may not include coverage for medical or surgical abortion procedures.

NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to prohibit coverage for abortions under insurance plans provided under the Public Employees Insurance Act.

Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from the present law, and underscoring indicates new language that would be added.