{"data":{"id":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-16-29e-3","jurisdiction":"us-wv","citation":"W. Va. Code § 16-29E-3","heading":"Definitions.","body":"As used in this article:\n\"Agency\" means those various agencies, authorities, boards, committees, and commissions with authority to regulate health care providers, practitioners, or consumers; or those offering social services programs within the departments;\n\"Commission\" means the Legislative Oversight Commission on Health and Human Resources Accountability;\n\"Departments\" collectively means the Department of Health, the Department of Human Services, the Department of Health Facilities, the Office of the Inspector General, and all of their bureaus, offices, and programs;\n\"Outcome measures\" means an assessment of the results of a program activity compared to its intended goal and purpose and this goal shall be compared to a state and national rate;\n\"Output measure\" means the tabulation, calculation, or recording of activity or effort and can be expressed in a quantitative or qualitative manner;\n\"Performance goal\" means a target level of performance expressed as a tangible, measurable objective, against which achievement shall be compared, including a goal expressed as a quantitative standard, value, or rate;\n\"Performance indicator\" means a particular value or characteristic used to measure output or outcome;\n\"Program activity\" means a specific activity related to the mission of the departments; and\n\"Program evaluation\" means an assessment, through objective and systemic analysis, of the manner to which the departments achieved intended objectives.","path":["CHAPTER 16. PUBLIC HEALTH.","ARTICLE 29E. LEGISLATIVE OVERSIGHT COMMISSION ON HEALTH AND HUMAN RESOURCES ACCOUNTABILITY."],"source_url":"https://code.wvlegislature.gov/16-29E-3/","current_through":"as of 2026-08-03; contains at least the enactments of the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T00:23:38Z","sha256":"fe85870a85af094a7ed9abf4edd0f118dbe06663d5de3456af946213430e8240","source_id":"us-wv","stale":true,"prev":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-16-29e-2","next":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-16-29e-4"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}