Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)

New Capabilities

Coordinates NEST; Administrator Tom Engels announced the West Virginia rollout with Governor Morrisey

West Virginia is the first state to receive kits under the national expansion of the Newborn Essentials Support Toolkit, run by the Department of Health and Human Services. About 2,000 kits are expected in the first phase, handed out through WVU Medicine and other health systems, including Valley Health, which joined as a partner on October 12.

Updated Oct 27

Rule Changes

As of May 2026: Adopts women’s preventive guidelines that trigger ACA no-cost coverage duties.

People think "preventive care is free" is a fixed promise. It isn't. It's a living list that gets edited through a notice-and-comment process—then quietly becomes binding later when plan years roll over.

Updated May 15