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2025-2026 Bill 5365 Text of Previous Version (Mar. 11, 2026) - South Carolina Legislature Online 

South Carolina General Assembly
126th Session, 2025-2026

Bill 5365

Indicates Matter Stricken
Indicates New Matter

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A bill

TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY ADDING ARTICLE 
17 TO CHAPTER 13, TITLE 24 SO AS TO ESTABLISH THE MEDICALLY RECOMMENDED 
INTENSIVE SUPERVISION PROGRAM TO BE SUPERVISED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF PROBATION, 
PAROLE AND PARDON SERVICES.

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

SECTION 1. Chapter 13, Title 24 of the S.C. Code is amended by 
adding:

Article 17

Medically Recommended Intensive Supervision Program

 Section 
24-13-1710. (A) The Department of 
Corrections and the Department of Probation, Parole and Pardon Services shall 
jointly develop the policies, procedures, guidelines, and cooperative agreement 
for the implementation of a medically recommended intensive supervision program 
that allows an inmate, other than an inmate who is serving a sentence of death 
or life, or an inmate who is not a citizen of the United States, to be released 
on medically recommended intensive supervision on a date designated by the 
Department of Probation, Parole and Pardon Services, if the inmate is 
identified as:

 (1) 
being elderly;

 (2) 
being terminally ill;

 (3) 
having an intellectual disability or a physical disability;

 (4) 
having a condition requiring long-term care;

 (5) 
being in a persistent vegetative state;

 (6) 
having an organic brain syndrome with significant to total mobility impairment; 
or

 (7) 
having another eligible medical condition as prescribed by the Department of 
Corrections and the Department of Probation, Parole and Pardon Services; and

 (8) 
it is determined, based upon his condition and a medical evaluation, that the 
inmate does not pose a threat to public safety.

 (B) Inmates 
approved and placed in the program shall be under the supervision of agents of 
the Department of Probation, Parole and Pardon Services. The department shall 
prepare for an inmate who is approved for release under this article a 
medically recommended intensive supervision plan that requires the inmate to 
submit to electronic monitoring, places the inmate on super-intensive 
supervision, or otherwise ensures appropriate supervision of the inmate.

 (C) The 
Department of Probation, Parole and Pardon Services shall require as a 
condition of release under subsection (A) that the releasee remain under the 
care of a physician and in a medically suitable placement. At least once each 
calendar quarter, the department shall complete an evaluation of the releasee's 
medical and placement status. On the basis of the evaluation, the department may 
modify conditions of release and impose any condition on the releasee that may 
be imposed on a releasee, including a condition that the releasee resides in a 
halfway house or community residential facility.

 Section 
24-13-1720. The Department of Probation, Parole and Pardon Services may 
request proposals from public or private vendors to provide, under contract, 
services for inmates released on medically recommended intensive supervision. A 
request for proposals under this section may require that the services be 
provided in a medical care facility.

 Section 
24-13-1730. (A) The Department of Probation, Parole and Pardon Services shall 
promulgate regulations that:

 (1) 
specify the procedures for evaluating the prognosis of inmates who are eligible 
for medically recommended intensive supervision because of a qualifying medical 
condition;

 (2) 
specify the factors, other than an inmate's condition, that are relevant to 
release an inmate on medically recommended intensive supervision; and

 (3) 
define what constitutes a threat to public safety and specify the factors that 
the department must consider when determining whether an inmate constitutes a 
threat to public safety.

 (B) 
The procedures described by subsection (A) must:

 (1) 
require a review of the inmate's condition by at least one healthcare 
practitioner; and

 (2) 
require each healthcare practitioner who reviews an inmate's condition to 
provide the department, before it makes a final determination, a written report 
on the inmate's condition that:

 (a) 
is in plain language that is understandable by a nonmedical professional;

 (b) 
specifically describes how the inmate's condition and treatment for the 
condition will affect the inmate's cognitive and physical abilities and 
limitations; and

 (c) 
contains other information as required by the department.

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

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