Rep. COBB-HUNTER proposes the following Amendment No.     to H.5201 as introduced by Ways & Means

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EXPLANATION: Directs the South Carolina Center for Rural and Primary Healthcare to initiate and report findings from a study on how to develop a coordinating system for mobile health clinics operating within the state.

Amend the bill, as and if amended, Part IB, Section 33, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES, page 365, after line 28, by adding an appropriately numbered paragraph to read:

/ (HHS: Mobile Clinic Coordination Study) Of the funds appropriated to the department for the Rural Health Initiative, the South Carolina Center for Rural and Primary Healthcare shall study how to develop a coordinating system for mobile health clinics operating within the state to ensure that mobile health clinics are serving all areas of the state including rural and underserved areas. The center shall be authorized to analyze currently operating mobile health clinics and identify relevant stakeholders for the purpose of developing a coordinating system to provide organization and collaboration among those clinics and any clinics that may begin operating in the future. The center shall submit a report to the Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee and the Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee detailing its findings no later than January 31, 2021./

Amend totals and titles to conform.