South Carolina General Assembly
121st Session, 2015-2016

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S. 811

STATUS INFORMATION

Joint Resolution
Sponsors: Medical Affairs Committee
Document Path: l:\council\bills\dbs\31267cz15.docx

Introduced in the Senate on May 21, 2015
Currently residing in the Senate Committee on Medical Affairs

Summary: Certification of Need for Health Facilities and Services (D. No. 4538)

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS 

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
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   5/21/2015  Senate  Introduced, read first time, placed on calendar without 
                        reference (Senate Journal-page 3)
   5/31/2016  Senate  Committed to Committee on Medical Affairs

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

5/21/2015
5/21/2015-A

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INTRODUCED

May 21, 2015

S. 811

Introduced by Medical Affairs Committee

S. Printed 5/21/15--S.

Read the first time May 21, 2015.

            

A JOINT RESOLUTION

TO DISAPPROVE REGULATIONS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL, RELATING TO CERTIFICATION OF NEED FOR HEALTH FACILITIES AND SERVICES, DESIGNATED AS REGULATION DOCUMENT NUMBER 4538, 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 Certification of Need for Health Facilities and Services, designated as Regulation Document Number 4538, and submitted to the General Assembly pursuant to the provisions of Article 1, Chapter 23, Title 1 of the 1976 Code, are disapproved.

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

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SUMMARY AS SUBMITTED

BY PROMULGATING AGENCY.

Amendments of R.61-15 support the Department's goal of administering the Certificate of Need Program in a more efficient and cost-effective manner. These amendments will conform the Regulation to the relevant statutory authority, delete procedures and practices made obsolete by the release of a web-based Certificate of Need Application, simplify certain procedural requirements, make technical corrections and correct typographical errors. See the Section-by-Section Discussion of the Amendments below and the Statements of Need and Reasonableness and Rationale herein.

A Notice of Drafting for these amendments was published in the State Register on September 26, 2014.

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