A bill

TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING SECTION 44-7-130, RELATING TO DEFINITIONS in the State Certification of Need and Health Facility Licensure Act, SO AS TO INCLUDE ALL SHORT-TERM RESIDENTIAL STABILIZATION AND INTENSIVE CRISIS SERVICES IN THE DEFINITION of crisis stabilization unit facilities AND TO CHANGE THE AGE OF THE INDIVIDUALS SERVED IN SAME.

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

SECTION 1.   Section 44-7-130(26) of the S.C. Code is amended to read:

   As used in this article:

   (26) "Crisis stabilization unit facility" means a facility, other than a health care facility, operated by the Department of Mental Health or operated in partnership with the Department of Mental Health that provides a short-term residential program, offering psychiatric stabilization services and brief, intensive crisis services to individuals eighteen five and older, twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week.

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

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