WV Senate’s CPS reform includes recording device mandate; social workers raise ethics concerns

By: Amelia Ferrell Knisely

Outlets: West Virginia Watch

Published: February 25, 2026

Words: 959

Last Updated: 2 weeks, 1 day ago

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Numerous bills aimed at improving West Virginia’s Child Protective Services will be considered this week at the Capitol.

The changes come in the wake of CPS failing to remove an 11-year-old girl, Miana Moran, from her home in Taylor County, and the child was later found unresponsive, weighing just 43 pounds and wearing a diaper. CPS had visited the girl’s home numerous times before her death. Her father and a caretaker have been …

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