---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to certified community behavioral health clinics"
description: "Relating to certified community behavioral health clinics"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 247"
citation: "West Virginia SB 247 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Weld"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 44
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2022-01-12"
last_action: "2022-04-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e1c6c5e1-fb48-46a1-9ac0-cb5149b5d58a"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=247&year=2022&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "2123c777dae4f5d4be87a8f5f597632789c6130fd5eaa142d8f0e6d9709fa38c"
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 247 (2022) — Relating to certified community behavioral health clinics

## 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=SB247%20SUB1.htm&yr=2022&sesstype=RS&i=247)
2. **Committee Substitute for the Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB247%20SUB2.htm&yr=2022&sesstype=RS&i=247)
3. **Enrolled Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB247%20SUB2%20ENR.htm&yr=2022&sesstype=RS&i=247)
4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB247%20INTR.htm&yr=2022&sesstype=RS&i=247)

## Votes

- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Weld — primary (person)
- Baldwin — cosponsor (person)
- Grady — cosponsor (person)
- Jeffries — cosponsor (person)
- Lindsay — cosponsor (person)
- Maroney — cosponsor (person)
- Plymale — cosponsor (person)
- Romano — cosponsor (person)
- Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Stollings — cosponsor (person)
- Sypolt — cosponsor (person)
- Takubo — cosponsor (person)
- Woelfel — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-12** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2022-01-12** To Health and Human Resources then Finance `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-12** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2022-01-12** To Health and Human Resources `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-02** Committee substitute reported, but first to Finance
- **2022-02-02** To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-15** Committee substitute for committee substitute reported
- **2022-02-16** On 1st reading
- **2022-02-16** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2022-02-17** On 2nd reading
- **2022-02-17** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2022-02-18** On 3rd reading
- **2022-02-18** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2022-02-18** Passed Senate (Roll No. 148) `passage`
- **2022-02-18** Ordered to House
- **2022-02-21** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2022-02-21** To Health and Human Resources then Finance `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-21** To House Health and Human Resources `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-24** Do pass, but first to Finance
- **2022-02-24** To House Finance `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-09** Do pass
- **2022-03-09** Immediate consideration
- **2022-03-09** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2022-03-10** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2022-03-10** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2022-03-11** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2022-03-11** Placed on House Calendar
- **2022-03-12** On 3rd reading, House Calendar
- **2022-03-12** Placed on Special Calender
- **2022-03-12** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2022-03-12** Placed at foot of bills
- **2022-03-12** Reported by the Clerk
- **2022-03-12** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2022-03-12** Passed House (Roll No. 650) `passage`
- **2022-03-12** Communicated to Senate
- **2022-03-12** Completed legislative action
- **2022-03-12** House Message received
- **2022-03-17** To Governor 3/17/2022 `executive-receipt`
- **2022-03-12** To Governor 3/17/2022 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2022-03-12** To Governor 3/17/22 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2022-03-12** Approved by Governor 3/28/22 - House Journal
- **2022-03-28** Approved by Governor 3/28/22 `executive-signature`
- **2022-03-12** Approved by Governor 3/28/22 - Senate Journal
- **2022-04-20** Chapter 154, Acts, Regular Session, 2022

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e1c6c5e1-fb48-46a1-9ac0-cb5149b5d58a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).