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Senate passes bill adding alpha-gal to reportable diseases and limits backflow inspection frequency
Summary
The West Virginia Senate passed Engrossed House Bill 2,776 requiring the Department of Health to propose rules to report positive alpha-gal tests to the CDC and restricting how often the department can require inspections of backflow prevention assemblies for low- and high-hazard systems.
The West Virginia Senate on the floor passed Engrossed House Bill 2,776 on a roll-call vote, directing the Department of Health to propose rules that would add alpha-gal syndrome to the list of conditions required to be reported to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The bill also bars the Department from adopting rules that require inspections of backflow prevention assemblies more frequently than once every five years for low-hazard systems and no more frequently than…
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