South Carolina S 494: Certificate of Need exemptions

Bill Text

South Carolina General Assembly

123rd Session, 2019-2020



S. 494



STATUS INFORMATION



General Bill

Sponsors: Senator Fanning

Document Path: l:\council\bills\cc\15428vr19.docx



Introduced in the Senate on February 7, 2019

Currently residing in the Senate Committee on Medical Affairs



Summary: Certificate of Need exemptions





HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS



	Date	Body	Action Description with journal page number	

	2/7/2019	Senate	Introduced and read first time (Senate Journal‑page 6)

	2/7/2019	Senate	Referred to Committee on Medical Affairs (Senate Journal‑page 6)



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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL



2/7/2019





















A BILL



TO AMEND SECTION 44‑7‑170, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING IN PART TO EXEMPTIONS FROM THE CERTIFICATE OF NEED PROCESS, SO AS TO ADD AN EXEMPTION FOR SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT FACILITIES ESTABLISHED AND OPERATING ON THE GROUNDS OF CERTAIN CLOSED RURAL HOSPITALS.



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



SECTION	1.	Section 44‑7‑170(A) of the 1976 Code is amended by adding an appropriately numbered item at the end to read:



		“( )	a substance abuse treatment facility established and operating on the grounds of a rural hospital that closed before December 31, 2019. For purposes of this item, a ‘substance abuse treatment facility’ includes a ‘medical detoxification facility’, a ‘narcotic treatment program’, ‘a social detoxification facility’, a ‘residential treatment program facility’, or an ‘outpatient facility’, all as defined in Regulation 61‑93, S.C. Code of State Regulations, or an ‘inpatient treatment facility’ as defined in the State Health Plan.”



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

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