---
type: "Bill"
title: "Permitting critical access hospital become community outpatient medical center"
description: "Permitting critical access hospital become community outpatient medical center"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 593"
citation: "West Virginia SB 593 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Maroney"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 35
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-02-12"
last_action: "2019-04-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a17476a0-1d08-455d-b820-2c4896fdfc4d"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=593&year=2019&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "7851e73d5654eed7cfedfeff4db4a6628427831ff34fa37d46ca6b98dc97bc80"
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 593 (2019) — Permitting critical access hospital become community outpatient medical center

## 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=SB593%20ENR.htm&yr=2019&sesstype=RS&i=593)
2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB593%20INTR.htm&yr=2019&sesstype=RS&i=593)

## Votes

- Passage — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE — **96–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Maroney — primary (person)
- Boso — cosponsor (person)
- Stollings — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-13** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2019-02-12** To Health and Human Resources `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-13** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2019-02-13** To Health and Human Resources `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-20** Reported do pass `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-21** On 1st reading
- **2019-02-21** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2019-02-22** On 2nd reading
- **2019-02-22** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-02-23** On 3rd reading
- **2019-02-23** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-02-23** Passed Senate (Roll No. 208) `passage`
- **2019-02-23** Ordered to House
- **2019-02-25** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2019-02-25** Reference dispensed
- **2019-02-25** Immediate consideration
- **2019-02-25** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2019-02-26** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2019-02-27** From Special Calendar, 2nd reading, placed on House Calendar
- **2019-02-28** On 2nd reading, House Calendar
- **2019-02-28** Placed on Special Calender
- **2019-02-28** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2019-02-28** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-03-01** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2019-03-01** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-03-01** Passed House (Roll No. 403) `passage`
- **2019-03-01** Communicated to Senate
- **2019-03-01** Completed legislative action
- **2019-03-02** House Message received
- **2019-03-08** To Governor 3/8/19 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-08** To Governor 3/8/19 `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-25** Approved by Governor 3/25/19 `executive-signature`
- **2019-03-09** Approved by Governor 3/25/19 - Senate Journal
- **2019-03-09** Approved by Governor 3/25/19 - House Journal
- **2019-04-16** Chapter 209, Acts, Regular Session, 2019

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a17476a0-1d08-455d-b820-2c4896fdfc4d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).