South Carolina H 3022: Long Term Care Council

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2025-2026 Bill 3022 Text of Previous Version (May. 06, 2026) - South Carolina Legislature Online 

South Carolina General Assembly
126th Session, 2025-2026

Bill 3022

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Amt. No. 1 (LC-3022.WAB0001H)

May 6, 2026

H. 3022

Introduced 
by Reps. M. M. Smith, Guest, Kirby and W. Newton 

S. Printed 5/6/26--H.

Read the first time January 14, 2025

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A bill

TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING 
SECTION 43-21-130, RELATING TO THE LONG-TERM CARE COUNCIL, SO AS TO CORRECT 
REFERENCES TO CERTAIN AGENCIES WITH MEMBERSHIP ON THE COUNCIL; BY AMENDING 
SECTION 43-21-140, RELATING TO THE PURPOSE AND DUTIES OF COUNCIL, SO AS TO 
PROVIDE FOR THE SHARING OF DATA WITH MEMBER AGENCIES; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

 Amend Title To Conform

Be it enacted by the 
General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:

SECTION 1. Sections 43-21-130 through 43-21-140 of the S.C. Code 
are amended to read:

 Section 
43-21-130. (A) There is created the 
Long TermLong-Term Care 
Council (council) composed of the following voting members:

 (1) 
the Governor or histheir 
designee;

 (2) 
the Director of the Department of Social Services or their 
designee;

 (3) 
the Director of the Department of Public Health and Environmental Control or their 
designee;

 (4) 
the Director of the Department of Mental Behavioral Health and Developmental 
Disabilities Office of Mental Health or their designee;

 (5) 
the Director of the Department of Disabilities and Special 
NeedsBehavioral Health and Developmental 
Disabilities Office of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities or their 
designee;

 (6) 
the Director of the DivisionDepartment 
on Aging or their designee;

 (7) 
the Director of the Department of Health and Human Services or their designee;

 (8) the Chairman of the Joint Legislative Health Care Planning and 
Oversight Committee, or his designee the Secretary 
of the Department of Veterans' Affairs or their designee;

 (9) 
the Chairman of the Joint Legislative Committee on Aging, or histheir designee;

 (10) 
one representative of each of the following groups appointed by the Lieutenant Governor annually:

 (a) 
long termlong-term care 
providers;

 (b) 
long termlong-term care 
consumers;

 (c) 
persons in the insurance industry developing or marketing a long termlong-term care 
product.

 (B) 
Each director serving as a council member may authorize in writing a designee 
to vote on his behalf at two meetings a year. Members appointed by the Lieutenant Governor to represent private groups serve 
without compensation.

 (C) 
The council shall meet at least quarterly, provide for its own officers, and 
make an annual report to the General Assembly before January second each year. 
This report must include new council recommendations.

 Section 
43-21-140. The council has no authority to direct or 
require any implementing action from any member agency. The council shall 
identify future policy issues in long termlong-term care and may conduct research and demonstration 
activities related to these issues. Through close coordination of each member 
agency's planning efforts, including sharing necessary 
data and information, the council shall develop recommendations for a 
statewide service delivery system for all health-impaired elderly or disabled 
persons, regardless of the persons' resources or source of payment. These 
recommendations must be updated annually as needed. The service delivery system 
must provide for:

 (1) 
charges based on ability to pay for persons not eligible for Medicaid;

 (2) 
coordination of community services;

 (3) 
access to and receipt of an appropriate mix of long termlong-term care services for all health-impaired elderly 
or disabled persons;

 (4) 
case management; and

 (5) 
discharge planning and services.

 The council, through 
its member agencies, shall study and make recommendations concerning the costs 
and benefits of: adult day care centers, in-home and institutional respite 
care, adult foster homes, incentives for families to provide in-home care, such 
as cash assistance, tax credits or deductions, and home-delivered services to 
aid families caring for chronically impaired elderly relatives. The council shall work to establish and maintain a statewide 
access system for consumers to access long-term supports and services.

SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval 
by the Governor.

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