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A61, R47, S232

STATUS INFORMATION

General Bill
Sponsors: Senators Cleary and Ford
Document Path: l:\council\bills\agm\18247bh11.docx

Introduced in the Senate on January 11, 2011
Introduced in the House on March 29, 2011
Last Amended on March 23, 2011
Passed by the General Assembly on May 5, 2011
Governor's Action: May 23, 2011, Vetoed
Legislative veto action(s): Veto overridden

Summary: Health care facilities

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
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   12/8/2010  Senate  Prefiled
   12/8/2010  Senate  Referred to Committee on Medical Affairs
   1/11/2011  Senate  Introduced and read first time (Senate Journal-page 108)
   1/11/2011  Senate  Referred to Committee on Medical Affairs 
                        (Senate Journal-page 108)
    3/3/2011  Senate  Committee report: Favorable with amendment Medical 
                        Affairs (Senate Journal-page 17)
    3/4/2011          Scrivener's error corrected
   3/23/2011  Senate  Committee Amendment Adopted (Senate Journal-page 17)
   3/23/2011  Senate  Read second time (Senate Journal-page 17)
   3/23/2011  Senate  Roll call Ayes-29  Nays-8 (Senate Journal-page 17)
   3/24/2011  Senate  Read third time and sent to House 
                        (Senate Journal-page 13)
   3/24/2011  Senate  Roll call Ayes-31  Nays-11 (Senate Journal-page 13)
   3/29/2011  House   Introduced and read first time (House Journal-page 19)
   3/29/2011  House   Referred to Committee on Medical, Military, Public and 
                        Municipal Affairs (House Journal-page 19)
   4/26/2011  House   Committee report: Favorable Medical, Military, Public 
                        and Municipal Affairs (House Journal-page 70)
   4/28/2011  House   Debate adjourned until Tuesday, May 3, 2011 
                        (House Journal-page 17)
    5/3/2011  House   Debate adjourned until Wednesday, May 4, 2011 
                        (House Journal-page 20)
    5/4/2011  House   Read second time (House Journal-page 15)
    5/4/2011  House   Roll call Yeas-94  Nays-0 (House Journal-page 15)
    5/5/2011  House   Read third time and enrolled (House Journal-page 11)
   5/17/2011          Ratified R 47
   5/23/2011          Vetoed by Governor
    6/1/2011  Senate  Veto sustained Ayes-22  Nays-15 (Senate Journal-page 129)
    6/1/2011  Senate  Reconsider vote whereby veto sustained 
                        (Senate Journal-page 130)
    6/1/2011  Senate  Roll call Ayes-24  Nays-13 (Senate Journal-page 130)
    6/2/2011  Senate  Veto overridden by originating body Ayes-27  Nays-11 
                        (Senate Journal-page 27)
   6/15/2011  House   Veto overridden Yeas-112  Nays-1 (House Journal-page 286)
   6/24/2011          Effective date 06/15/11
   6/27/2011          Act No. 61

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

12/8/2010
3/3/2011
3/4/2011
3/23/2011
4/26/2011

(A61, R47, S232)

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 44-7-130, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO DEFINITIONS OF THE STATE CERTIFICATION OF NEED AND HEALTH CARE FACILITY ACT, SO AS TO REVISE THE DEFINITION OF HEALTH CARE FACILITY.

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

Health care facility definition revised

SECTION    1.    Section 44-7-130(10) of the 1976 Code, as last amended by Act 278 of 2010, is further amended to read:

"(10)    'Health care facility' means acute care hospitals, psychiatric hospitals, alcohol and substance abuse hospitals, nursing homes, ambulatory surgical facilities, hospice facilities, radiation therapy facilities, rehabilitation facilities, residential treatment facilities for children and adolescents, intermediate care facilities for the mentally retarded, narcotic treatment programs, and any other facility for which certificate of need review is required by federal law."

Exception for certain narcotic treatment programs

SECTION    2.    A facility that has applied for licensure as a narcotic treatment program within a facility for chemically dependent or addicted persons, prior to the effective date of this act, may be granted a license by the department without first obtaining a certificate of need.

Time effective

SECTION    3.    This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.

Ratified the 17th day of May, 2011.

Vetoed by the Governor -- 5/23/2011.

Veto overridden by Senate -- 6/2/2011.

Veto overridden by House -- 6/15/2011.

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