---
type: "Bill"
title: "Exempting managed care contracts from purchasing requirements"
description: "Exempting managed care contracts from purchasing requirements"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 476"
citation: "West Virginia SB 476 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Human Services"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Tarr"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 43
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-01-25"
last_action: "2023-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c58e1431-325a-4c1f-8f9b-b467ade39528"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=476&year=2023&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "ae4dfb079e53794f95990804d858610da38230de4be0d2052319efb890935e04"
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 476 (2023) — Exempting managed care contracts from purchasing requirements

## 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=sb476%20sub1.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=476)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb476%20sub1%20enr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=476)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb476%20intr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=476)
4. **sb476 h hhr am _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/com_amends/sb476 h hhr am _1 adopted.htm)
5. **sb476 hfa hhr 3-7 _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/floor_amends/sb476 hfa hhr 3-7 _1 adopted.htm)
6. **sb476 hfat summers 3-7 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/floor_amends/sb476 hfat summers 3-7 adopted.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **33–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Tarr — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-25** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2023-01-25** To Health and Human Resources `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-25** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2023-01-25** To Health and Human Resources `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-24** Committee substitute reported
- **2023-02-25** On 1st reading
- **2023-02-25** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-27** On 2nd reading
- **2023-02-27** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-28** On 3rd reading
- **2023-02-28** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-28** Passed Senate (Roll No. 313) `passage`
- **2023-02-28** Ordered to House
- **2023-03-01** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2023-03-01** To Health and Human Resources `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-01** To House Health and Human Resources `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-03** With amendment, do pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-04** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2023-03-04** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2023-03-06** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2023-03-06** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-03-06** Amendment pending
- **2023-03-07** On 3rd reading with right to amend, Special Calendar
- **2023-03-07** Amendment reported by the Clerk
- **2023-03-07** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2023-03-07** Amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2023-03-07** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-03-07** Passed House (Roll No. 538) `passage`
- **2023-03-07** Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2023-03-07** Effective from passage (Roll No. 539)
- **2023-03-07** Communicated to Senate
- **2023-03-08** House Message received
- **2023-03-08** Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 424)
- **2023-03-08** Effective from passage (Roll No. 424)
- **2023-03-08** Communicated to House
- **2023-03-08** Completed legislative action
- **2023-03-08** House received Senate message
- **2023-03-10** To Governor 3/10/2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-11** To Governor 3/10/2023 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-29** Approved by Governor 3/29/23 `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-11** Approved by Governor 3/29/23 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-11** Approved by Governor 3/29/2023 - House Journal `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-01** Chapter 187, Acts, Regular Session, 2023 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c58e1431-325a-4c1f-8f9b-b467ade39528`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).