Committee backs licensing requirement for wellness reimbursement administrators

The West Virginia Senate Committee on Government Organization voted to report House Bill 55-27 to the full Senate with a recommendation that it pass and be first referred to the Committee on Finance. Professor Johnson, speaking as counsel to the committee, said the bill would require the insurance commissioner to license administrators of so-called "wellness reimbursement programs," define those programs, and prescribe civil and criminal penalties for failure to obtain a license.