Prohibiting expanding drug and alcohol treatment facilities and services in certain counties

HB 3246 removes a current restriction that prevents adding licensed substance abuse treatment beds in West Virginia counties with more than 250 existing such beds. This bill directly affects counties exceeding that bed threshold and substance abuse treatment facilities seeking to expand services there. It amends the certificate of need law (§16-2D-9) to allow new beds in these high-capacity counties, removing a prior prohibition. The policy change specifically targets regulatory barriers for treatment providers in areas already meeting or exceeding current bed capacity. The bill does not alter bed limits in counties with fewer than 250 beds.