---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to mandatory insurance coverage for medical foods for amino acid-based formulas"
description: "Relating to mandatory insurance coverage for medical foods for amino acid-based formulas"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 299"
citation: "West Virginia SB 299 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Insurance"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Boley"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 38
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-01-16"
last_action: "2018-04-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/50f43d93-8cd6-4976-8a9c-e4d7ba432736"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=299&year=2018&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "785d4666957268faccfff59b75faee6ee6b39204197c68e2a902a51597d730da"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-wv"]
---

# West Virginia SB 299 (2018) — Relating to mandatory insurance coverage for medical foods for amino acid-based formulas

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Enrolled Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB299%20ENR.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=299)
2. **Originating in Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB299%20ORG.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=299)

## Votes

- Passage — **31–0** (pass) · legislature
- PASSAGE — **95–2** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Boley — primary (person)
- Blair — cosponsor (person)
- Boso — cosponsor (person)
- Drennan — cosponsor (person)
- Facemire — cosponsor (person)
- Ferns — cosponsor (person)
- Gaunch — cosponsor (person)
- Maroney — cosponsor (person)
- Palumbo — cosponsor (person)
- Plymale — cosponsor (person)
- Prezioso — cosponsor (person)
- Stollings — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2018-01-16** Originating in Senate Finance
- **2018-01-16** Reported do pass `committee-passage`
- **2018-01-17** On 1st reading
- **2018-01-17** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2018-01-18** On 2nd reading
- **2018-01-18** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2018-01-19** On 3rd reading
- **2018-01-19** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2018-01-19** Passed Senate (Roll No. 6) `passage`
- **2018-01-19** Ordered to House
- **2018-01-22** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2018-01-22** To Health and Human Resources then Finance `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-22** To House Health and Human Resources `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-26** With amendment, do pass, but first to Finance `committee-passage`
- **2018-01-26** To House Finance `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-03** With amendment, do pass `committee-passage`
- **2018-03-05** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2018-03-05** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2018-03-06** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2018-03-06** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2018-03-06** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2018-03-07** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2018-03-07** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2018-03-07** Passed House (Roll No. 366) `passage`
- **2018-03-07** Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2018-03-07** Communicated to Senate
- **2018-03-08** House Message received
- **2018-03-08** Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 391)
- **2018-03-08** Communicated to House
- **2018-03-08** Completed legislative action
- **2018-03-09** House received Senate message
- **2018-03-20** To Governor 3/20/18 `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-10** To Governor 3/20/18 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-10** To Governor 3/20/18 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-10** Approved by Governor 3/27/18 - House Journal
- **2018-03-27** Approved by Governor 3/27/18 `executive-signature`
- **2018-03-10** Approved by Governor 3/27/18 - Senate Journal
- **2018-04-23** Chapter 125, Acts, Regular Session, 2018

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/50f43d93-8cd6-4976-8a9c-e4d7ba432736`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).