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HB5391 - Creating the False Claims Act
Brandon Scott Steele, Shawn Lucas Fluharty, Joseph David Garcia
Last updated 8 months ago
11 Co-Sponsors
The purpose of this bill relates to creating the False Claims Act. The bill amends the fraud and abuse provisions in Medicaid program to provide for damages under the False Claims Act; sets forth prohibited acts, damages, costs and civil penalties, limitations on damages, and responsibilities of the Attorney General; provides for civil actions by private persons, rights of parties to qui tam proceedings, awards to qui tam plaintiffs, the barring of certain civil actions; provides that state is not liable for the expenses of private litigants; provides for private action for retaliatory conduct, limitation of actions, retroactive application, and state intervention in action by private person; addresses estoppel, jurisdiction and venue, nonexclusivity of act, liberality of construction, and distribution of proceeds.
STATUS
Introduced
HB5378 - Prohibiting discrimination on the basis of hairstyle or texture
Anitra Hamilton, Sean Hornbuckle, Hollis Skaff Lewis
Last updated 8 months ago
11 Co-Sponsors
The purpose of this bill is to clarify that impermissible discrimination includes discrimination based on certain hair textures and styles.
STATUS
Introduced
HB5390 - Modifying the crime of fraud
Brandon Scott Steele, Pat McGeehan, Christopher Todd Pritt
Last updated 8 months ago
11 Co-Sponsors
The purpose of this bill is to proscribe a new penalty that is subject to the value limitations of W. Va. Code §61-3-13, that the sentence provided for in subsection (c) be amended to become the exact same sentence for a violation of W. Va. Code §61-3-13, and to provide for calculation of the value of the criminal act in determining the appropriate sentence.
STATUS
Introduced
HB5393 - Providing a cost-of-living provision for certain persons retired under the Public Employees Retirement System and the Teachers Retirement System
John Ryan Nelson Williams, Anitra Hamilton, Sean Hornbuckle
Last updated 8 months ago
11 Co-Sponsors
The purpose of this bill is to provide a cost-of-living increase, based on the annual increase in the consumer price index, for persons under the Public Employees Retirement Act and Teachers Retirement System that are at least 60 years of age and that have received retirement payments for at least five years.
STATUS
Introduced
HB4491 - Prohibiting the home schooling of children in certain circumstances
Shawn Lucas Fluharty, Mike Pushkin, Larry L. Rowe
Last updated 9 months ago
10 Co-Sponsors
The purpose of this bill is to prohibit home schooling of any child in homes where there is suspected or known child abuse or neglect, or domestic violence by a parent or person instructing the child. This shall be known as "Raylee's Law."
STATUS
Introduced
HB4631 - Creating the Paid Parental Leave Pilot Program
Kayla Ann Young, Mike Pushkin, Larry L. Rowe
Last updated 9 months ago
11 Co-Sponsors
The purpose of this bill is to create a paid parental leave pilot program.
STATUS
Introduced
HB4618 - Make the Consumer Advocate division separate and independent from the PSC
Larry L. Rowe, Kayla Ann Young, Shawn Lucas Fluharty
Last updated 9 months ago
10 Co-Sponsors
The purpose of this bill is to establish the consumer advocate division as a separate, independent agency. The bill provides for legislative findings, provides the purpose of the consumer advocate division, and distinguishes the consumer advocate division as an independent agency that is separate from the Public Service Commission.
STATUS
Introduced
HB5259 - To promote the security of West Virginia motorists to account for increased costs of property damages, healthcare, and inflation.
William Tyler Nestor, Carl Robert Martin, Keith Marple
Last updated 8 months ago
11 Co-Sponsors
The purpose of this bill is to increase required minimum insurance coverages as proof of financial responsibility.
STATUS
Introduced
HB4482 - Relating to Good Samaritan Food Donation Act
Shawn Lucas Fluharty
Last updated 9 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
The purpose of this bill is to expand the Good Samaritan Food Donation Act to include tax incentives for retail food distributors who make wholesome and fit grocery products available for nonprofit organizations who will distribute the food to individuals and families in need.
STATUS
Introduced
HB4492 - Prohibiting chairmen of state political parties during or up to one year after the termination of their employment as chairmen of those political parties from registering as lobbyists
Shawn Lucas Fluharty
Last updated 9 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
The purpose of this bill is to prohibit chairmen of state political parties during or up to one year after the termination of their employment as chairmen of those political parties from registering as lobbyists. The bill provides an effective date.
STATUS
Introduced
BIOGRAPHY
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Representative from West Virginia district HD-005
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West Virginia House
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Shawn Fluharty is a democratic member of the West Virginia House of Delegates, representing District 3. He was first elected to the chamber in 2012. Fluharty earned his B.A. in Political Science from West Virginia University in 2000. He went on to receive his J.D. from the West Virginia University College of Law in 2003. Fluharty served as an Assistant Prosecuting Attorney for Ohio County. He has also worked as an attorney in private practice. Fluharty is a member of the West Virginia Bar Association, Ohio County Bar Association, and Defense Trial Counsel of West Virginia.read less
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