Reference is to Printer's Date 4/10/13--H.
Amend the bill, as and if amended, by striking all after the enacting words and inserting:
/ SECTION 1. The General
Assembly declares that authority for this act is the following:
(1) The Tenth Amendment
to the United States Constitution provides that the United
States federal government is authorized to exercise only those
powers delegated to it in the Constitution.
(2) Article VI, Clause
2 of the Constitution of the United States provides that laws of
the United States are the supreme law of the land provided that
they are made in pursuance of the powers delegated to the
federal government in the Constitution.
(3) It is the stated
policy of the South Carolina General Assembly that provisions of
the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 grossly
exceed the powers delegated to the federal government in the
Constitution.
(4) The provisions of
the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 which
exceed the limited powers granted to the Congress pursuant to
the Constitution, cannot and should not be considered the
supreme law of the land.
(5) The General
Assembly of South Carolina has the absolute and sovereign
authority to interpose and refuse to enforce the provisions of
the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 that
exceed the authority of the Congress.
(6) The Fourteenth
Amendment provides that the people are to be free from
deprivation of life, liberty, or property, without due process
of law."
SECTION 2. Chapter 1, Title 1 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:
Section 1-1-1910.(A) No agency of the State, officer or employee of this State, acting on behalf of the state, may engage in an activity that aids any agency in the enforcement of those provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 and any subsequent federal act that amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 that exceed the authority of the United States Constitution
(B) The General Assembly of the State of South Carolina is empowered to take all necessary actions to ensure that the provisions of subsection (A) are adhered to by all agencies, departments, and political subdivisions of the State."
SECTION 3. Article 1, Chapter 7, Title 1 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:
"Section 1-7-180. Whenever the Attorney General has reasonable cause to believe that a person or business is being harmed by implementation of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and that proceedings would be in the public interest, the Attorney General may bring an action in the name of the State against such person or entity causing the harm to restrain by temporary restraining order, temporary injunction, or permanent injunction the use of such method, act, or practice. Unless the Attorney General determines in writing that the purposes of this section will be substantially impaired by delay in instituting legal proceedings, the Attorney General shall, at least three days before instituting a legal proceeding as provided in this section, give notice to the person or entity against whom the proceeding is contemplated and give such person or entity an opportunity to present reasons to the Attorney General why a proceeding should not be instituted. The action may be brought in a court of competent jurisdiction. Whenever the court issues a permanent injunction in connection with an action, which has become final, the court shall award reasonable costs to the State."
SECTION 4. Chapter 6, Title 12 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:
"Section 12-6-3579. A South Carolina resident taxpayer who is subjected to a tax by the Internal Revenue Code under 26 U.S.C. Section 5000A of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act shall receive a tax deduction in the exact amount of the taxes or penalty paid the federal government pursuant to 26 U.S.C. Section 5000A. The tax deduction allowed by this section must be used in the year the federal tax or penalty is paid."
SECTION 5. Article 1, Chapter 71, Title 38 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:
"Section 38-71-44.
(A) 'Health Care Exchange' means an
American Health Benefit Exchange established by any state or
political subdivision of a state, as provided for in the Patient
Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010.
(B) Neither South
Carolina nor a political subdivision including, but not limited
to, counties, municipalities, or special purpose districts of
the State may establish a Health Care Exchange for the purchase
of health insurance.
(C) Neither South
Carolina nor a political subdivision including, but not limited
to, counties, municipalities, or special purpose districts, may
participate in or purchase insurance from a health care exchange
established by a nonprofit organization.
(D) A health insurance
contract purchased or established in violation of this section
is void and must not be enforced by the courts of this
State."
SECTION 6. Chapter 1,
Title 43 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:
"Section 43-1-300. No agency, department, or other state entity, including but not limited to the Department of Social Services and the Department of Health and Human Services, may authorize an employee, contractor, vendor, or any other person acting on behalf of the department to conduct or participate in an involuntary maternal, infant, and early childhood in-home visitation pursuant to Section 2951 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 and any subsequent federal act that amends that section or that may refer to an entity or a process established pursuant to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010."
SECTION 7. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
Renumber sections to conform.
Amend title to conform.