South Carolina General Assembly
120th Session, 2013-2014

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H. 4994

STATUS INFORMATION

Joint Resolution
Sponsors: Medical, Military, Public and Municipal Affairs Committee
Document Path: l:\council\bills\dbs\31156ac14.docx

Introduced in the House on March 27, 2014
Introduced in the Senate on April 3, 2014
Currently residing in the Senate Committee on Medical Affairs

Summary: Critical congenital heart defects screening on newborns (D. No. 4429)

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
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   3/27/2014  House   Introduced, read first time, placed on calendar without 
                        reference (House Journal-page 7)
    4/2/2014  House   Read second time (House Journal-page 198)
    4/2/2014  House   Roll call Yeas-104  Nays-0 (House Journal-page 198)
    4/3/2014  House   Read third time and sent to Senate 
                        (House Journal-page 14)
    4/3/2014  Senate  Introduced and read first time (Senate Journal-page 12)
    4/3/2014  Senate  Referred to Committee on Medical Affairs 
                        (Senate Journal-page 12)
   4/10/2014  House   Requests for debate-Rep(s). King, Cobb-Hunter, RL Ott, 
                        Southard, Thayer, Long, Skelton, Hosey, Mack, 
                        Clemmons, GR Smith (House Journal-page 101)

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

3/27/2014
3/27/2014-A

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INTRODUCED

March 27, 2014

H. 4994

Introduced by Medical, Military, Public and Municipal Affairs Committee

S. Printed 3/27/14--H.

Read the first time March 27, 2014.

            

A JOINT RESOLUTION

TO APPROVE REGULATIONS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL, RELATING TO CRITICAL CONGENITAL HEART DEFECTS SCREENING ON NEWBORNS, DESIGNATED AS REGULATION DOCUMENT NUMBER 4429, PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF ARTICLE 1, CHAPTER 23, TITLE 1 OF THE 1976 CODE.

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

SECTION    1.    The regulations of the Department of Health and Environmental Control, relating to Critical Congenital Heart Defects Screening on Newborns, designated as Regulation Document Number 4429, and submitted to the General Assembly pursuant to the provisions of Article 1, Chapter 23, Title 1 of the 1976 Code, are approved.

SECTION    2.    This joint resolution takes effect upon approval by the Governor.

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SUMMARY AS SUBMITTED

BY PROMULGATING AGENCY.

South Carolina Act No. 0064, effective September 11, 2013, enacted the Emerson Rose Act, S.C. Code Section 44-37-70 et seq. The Act, at 1976 Code Sections 44-37-70 et seq., directed the Department to promulgate regulations to perform a pulse oximetry screening tests, or another approved screening to detect congenital heart defects, on every newborn in its care, when the baby is twenty-four to forty-eight hours of age, or as late as possible if the baby is discharged from the hospital before reaching twenty-four hours of age. This regulation will comply with the Act by mandating congenital heart defect screening on newborns. See sectional discussion below and Statements of Need and Reasonableness and Rationale herein.

A Notice of Drafting for this regulation was published in the State Register on September 27, 2013.

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