---
type: "Bill"
title: "Expand direct health care agreements beyond primary care to include more medical care services"
description: "Expand direct health care agreements beyond primary care to include more medical care services"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 2877"
citation: "West Virginia HB 2877 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Westfall"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 34
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-03-03"
last_action: "2021-05-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c7079738-589a-4081-ae20-4ecd4f8be820"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=2877&year=2021&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "813bc503259341dcb7ae45f6055ae5ee14d16a5b3114d8b8d2b9dad644a1018a"
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 HB 2877 (2021) — Expand direct health care agreements beyond primary care to include more medical care services

## Version chain

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

1. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB2877%20SUB.htm&yr=2021&sesstype=RS&i=2877)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB2877%20SUB%20ENR.htm&yr=2021&sesstype=RS&i=2877)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB2877%20INTR.htm&yr=2021&sesstype=RS&i=2877)

## Votes

- Passage — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Westfall — primary (person)
- Bates — cosponsor (person)
- Jennings — cosponsor (person)
- Pack, L. — cosponsor (person)
- Summers — cosponsor (person)
- Tully — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-03** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2021-03-03** To Health and Human Resources `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-03** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2021-03-03** To House Health and Human Resources `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-10** By substitute, do pass
- **2021-03-11** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2021-03-11** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2021-03-12** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2021-03-12** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-03-15** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2021-03-15** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-03-15** Passed House (Roll No. 159) `passage`
- **2021-03-15** Communicated to Senate
- **2021-03-16** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2021-03-16** To Health and Human Resources `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-16** To Health and Human Resources `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-31** Reported do pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-01** On 1st reading
- **2021-04-01** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2021-04-02** On 2nd reading
- **2021-04-02** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-05** On 3rd reading
- **2021-04-05** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-05** Passed Senate (Roll No. 312) `passage`
- **2021-04-05** Communicated to House
- **2021-04-05** Completed legislative action
- **2021-04-05** House received Senate message
- **2021-04-10** To Governor 4/14/21 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-10** To Governor 4/14/21 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-14** To Governor 4/14/21 `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-10** Approved by Governor 4/19/21 - House Journal
- **2021-04-19** Approved by Governor 4/19/21 `executive-signature`
- **2021-04-10** Approved by Governor 4/19/21 - Senate Journal
- **2021-05-20** Chapter 204, Acts, Regular Session, 2021

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c7079738-589a-4081-ae20-4ecd4f8be820`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).