South Carolina H 4302: Rev. Bruce Crawford retirement

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2025-2026 Bill 4302 Text of Previous Version (Apr. 03, 2025) - South Carolina Legislature Online 

South Carolina General Assembly
126th Session, 2025-2026

Bill 4302

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TO AMEND THE SOUTH 
CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY ADDING SECTION 63-7-2355 SO AS TO REQUIRE THAT 
CHILDREN IN FOSTER CARE WHO ARE PLACED IN RESIDENTIAL FACILITIES BE ASSIGNED TO 
SEX-SPECIFIC FACILITIES BASED ON THE INDIVIDUAL'S ANATOMICAL SEX AT BIRTH AS 
RECOGNIZED ON THEIR ORIGINAL BIRTH CERTIFICATE.

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

SECTION 1. Article 5, Chapter 7, Title 63 of the S.C. Code is 
amended by adding:

 Section 
63-7-2355. (A) Any residential 
facility that receives state funding shall assign youth to housing units, 
sleeping quarters, and other sex-specific facilities based strictly upon the 
individual's anatomical sex at birth as recognized on their original birth 
certificate.

 (B) 
No state funds shall be expended to any residential facility that fails to 
comply with this provision. The Department of Social Services is responsible 
for monitoring compliance and enforcing this requirement, including through the 
suspension or termination of funding for noncompliant facilities.

 (C) 
Any residential facility found to be in violation of this section is ineligible 
for state funding for a period of no less than one fiscal year following the 
determination of noncompliance.

 (D) 
This section does not prohibit the placement of youth in single-occupancy 
accommodations or other arrangements deemed necessary for the safety and 
well-being of the youth, provided the accommodations do not violate the 
anatomical sex-based assignment requirement set forth in this section.

 (E) 
For the purposes of this section, "residential facility" means a group home, 
residential treatment center, or other facility that, pursuant to a contract 
with or a license or permit issued by the department, provides residential 
services to children in the custody of the department. This includes, but is 
not limited to, child caring institutions, emergency shelters, group homes, 
wilderness therapeutic camps, and organizations with supervised individual 
living facilities.

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

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