HOUSE LEGISLATIVE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE
Other Study #1
LOC Committee: Ad Hoc Committee
LOC Chair: Hon. Gary E. Clary
LOC Members: Hon. Nathan Ballentine, Hon. Raye Felder, Hon. Mia S. McLeod, Hon. Walton J. McLeod, Hon. Robert L. Ridgeway III, Hon. James E. Smith Jr., Hon. Tommy M. Stringer, Hon. Bill Taylor
Agency Website(s): DHEC, DHHS, DSS
Agency Head(s): DHEC - Director Catherine E. Heigel; DHHS - Director Christian Soura; DSS - Director V. Susan Alford; DOC - Bryan P. Stirling
Study Contact: DHEC - Shelly Kelly; DHHS - Jenny Stirling and Bryan Kost; DSS - Director V. Susan Alford; DOC - Director Bryan P.Stirling
Contact Email: DHEC - kellysb@dhec.sc.gov; DHHS - lynchjen@scdhhs.gov and kostbr@scdhhhs.gov; DSS - Susan.Alford@dss.sc.gov; Department of Corrections - stirling.bryan@doc.sc.gov
Responses to online surveys posted on this Committee's webpage are provided verbatim as they were received by the Committee. They are not the comments or expression of the House Legislative Oversight Committee, any of its Subcommittees, or the House of Representatives.
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On August 26, 2015, a motion was adopted for the House Oversight Committee to commence an investigation into state agencies, including, but not limited to the Department of Social Services, the Department of Health and Environmental Control, and Department of Health and Human Services, relationship with, funding of, and other activities relating to Planned Parenthood facilities and other abortion providers in South Carolina.
- Requests to the Committee for an investigation
- Letter Appointing Ad Hoc Committee Members
- September 30, 2015 - Department of Health and Environmental Control Information for House Legislative Oversight Committee's Ad Hoc Committee
- September 30, 2015 - Department of Health and Environmental Control Information about Regulatory Oversight
- September 30, 2015 - Department of Health and Human Services Information for House Legislative Oversight Committees Ad Hoc Committee
- May 2015 - Legislative Audit Council's Review of the Department of Health and Environmental Control's Regulation of Abortion Clinics
- September 30, 2015 - Ad Hoc Committee Letter to the Department of Health and Environmental Control informing the agency of the next meeting on November 12, 2015
- September 30, 2015 - Ad Hoc Committee letter to the Legislative Audit Council concluding LAC's involvement in the study
- September 30, 2015 - Ad Hoc Committee letter to the Department of Health and Human Services requesting additional information
- September 30, 2015 - Ad Hoc Committee letter to the Department of Social Services requesting additional information
- Extension of Deadline for Agencies to Provide Information to the Ad Hoc Committee
- Department of Health and Human Services' Response to Ad Hoc Committee request for additional information
- Department of Social Services' Response to Ad Hoc Committee request for additional information
- November 12, 2015 - Department of Health and Environmental Control Supplemental Information for House Legislative Oversight Committee's Ad Hoc Committee
- Handout from Department of Health and Human Services at November 12, 2015 meeting
- September 30, 2015 Meeting Minutes
- Department of Health and Human Services' Response to Second Request for Additional Information
- November 17, 2015 letter to Department of Corrections concluding their part in Other Study No. 1
- November 17, 2015 letter to DSS concluding their part in Other Study No. 1
- November 13, 2015 - Letter to DHEC requesting additional information
- November 13, 2015 - Letter to HHS requesting additional information
- November 20, 2015 - Letter from DHEC in response to LOC request for additional information
- Minutes from November 12, 2015 meeting
- December 1, 2015 letter to DHEC concluding its involvement in the study
- December 1, 2015 letter to HHS requesting additional information
- December 7, 2015 letter from Director Soura of DHHS
- December 14, 2015 - Letter to the Department of Social Services, the Department of Health and Environmental Control, the Department of Health and Human Services, and the Department of Corrections
- December 14, 2015 - ASF Abortion Clinic Summary Comparison from DHEC
- December 23, 2015 - Letter from Director Soura of DHHS
- December 31, 2015 - Staff Summary of Information Provided to the Ad Hoc Committee
- January 7, 2016 Department of Corrections Response to Request for Additional Information
- January 8, 2016 DHEC Response to Request for Additional Information
- January 5, 2016 DSS Response to Request for Additional Information
- December 1, 2015 Meeting Minutes
- January 12, 2016 Letter Concluding DHEC Participation in Study
- January 12, 2016 Letter Concluding DSS Participation in Study
- January 12, 2016 Letter Concluding DHHS Participation in Study
- January 12, 2016 Letter Concluding Department of Corrections Participation in Study
- January 11, 2016 Meeting Minutes
- January 21, 2016 Letter to Attorney General Requesting Opinion
- February 10, 2016 - Attorney General Opinion
- February 24, 2016 Letter from DHEC
- January 21, 2016 Meeting Minutes
- February 25, 2016 Meeting Minutes
- Ad Hoc Committee Study and Notification to Full Committee (March 4, 2016)
- April 7, 2016 Letter from DHEC
- Full Committee Study (April 13, 2016)