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EXPLANATION: Comprises a new study committee looking at indigent care in South Carolina.
Amend the bill, as and if amended, Part IB, Section 89, GENERAL
PROVISIONS, page 520, after line 27, by adding an appropriately
numbered paragraph to read:
/(GP: Healthcare Study) There is created a study
committee to look at the level and quality of healthcare being
provided in South Carolina. The purpose of the study committee
is to determine whether the proper level of healthcare is being
provided for all recipients under State and Federal guidelines.
The study committee shall be composed of the Governor, or
her designee; the President Pro Tempore of the Senate, or his
designee; the Speaker of the House of Representatives, or his
designee; a member appointed by the Chairman of the House
Minority Caucus, a member appointed by the Chairman of the
Senate Minority Caucus, a representative from the Department of
Health and Human Services, a representative from the Department
of Health and Environmental Control, a representative from the
Lieutenant Governor's Office on Aging, a representative from the
Counsel on Aging, a representative from the Attorney General's
office, a representative from the Health Care Association, a
representative from the South Carolina Primary Association, a
member of the South Carolina Medical Association, a member of
the South Carolina Hospital Association, and a representative
from the South Carolina Nursing Home Association. The members
of the study committee shall elect a chairman.
The study committee shall accept committee staffing
and coordination from the appropriate committees of the Senate
and House of Representatives. The members of the study
committee shall serve without mileage, per diem, and
subsistence. The study committee shall meet as often as is
necessary, and shall convene no later than sixty days after the
effective date of this act.
The study committee shall
submit its reccomendations for priority funding for healthcare
in the General appropriations act for the ensuing year. This
plan must be submitted to the General Assembly no later than
December 1, 2011, at which point the study committee shall
dissolve./
Renumber sections to conform.
Amend totals and titles to conform.