West Virginia legislation · 2026 Regular Session
West Virginia SB649: Requiring coverage of home blood pressure monitoring devices for certain Medicaid recipients
Status: Vetoed, April 1, 2026
What the bill says
An act to amend and reenact §9-5-20 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to Medicaid coverage for blood pressure monitoring devices to be offered to certain persons who have been diagnosed with hypertension; requiring benefits be provided once Rural Health Transformation Program funding has been expended; requiring state plan amendment consistent with Rural Health Transformation Program; and requiring reimbursement for related costs. ARTICLE 5. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS. §9-5-20. Medicaid program; chronic kidney disease and hypertension; evaluation and classification; blood.
From the enrolled text, March 12, 2026:
AN ACT to amend and reenact §9-5-20 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to Medicaid coverage for blood pressure monitoring devices to be offered to certain persons who have been diagnosed with hypertension; requiring benefits be provided once Rural Health Transformation Program funding has been expended; requiring state plan amendment consistent with Rural Health Transformation Program; and requiring reimbursement for related costs. ARTICLE 5. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS. §9-5-20. Medicaid program; chronic kidney disease and hypertension; evaluation and classification; blood pressure monitors. (a) Any enrollee in Medicaid who is eligible for services and who has a diagnosis of diabetes or hypertension or who has a family history of kidney disease, shall receive coverage for an evaluation for chronic kidney disease through routine clinical laboratory assessments of kidney function. (b) Any enrollee in Medicaid who is eligible for services and who has been diagnosed with diabetes or hypertension or who has a family history of kidney disease and who has received a diagnosis of kidney disease shall be classified as a chronic kidney patient. (c) The diagnostic criteria used to define chronic kidney disease should be those generally recognized through clinical practice guidelines which identify chronic kidney disease or its complications, based on the presence of kidney damage and level of kidney function. (d) Medicaid providers shall be educated …