S 0119 General Bill, By M.T. Rose
    A Bill to amend Title 44, Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976, by adding Chapter 54 so as to create the South Carolina Drug Impaired Infants Act, to amend Section 20-7-290, relating to the rendering of health services to minors without parental consent, to provide that a physician providing care for a newborn child may order testing for alcohol and other drugs without the consent of parents under certain circumstances, to amend Section 20-7-510, relating to the requirement that certain persons report instances of child abuse or neglect, so as to add Subsection (D) to provide the circumstances under which persons are required to report positive results of drug or alcohol testing performed on a newborn, to amend Section 44-7-260, relating to hospitals, etc. and requirements for licensure, so as to provide, among other things, that no facility or service that provides diagnostic treatment or rehabilitative services related to alcohol or other drugs may refuse to provide these services to a woman solely because the woman is pregnant, to amend Section 44-49-40, relating to powers and duties of the Department of Health and Environmental Control concerning narcotics and controlled substances, so as to coordinate services of the Department relating to prenatal substance abuse, to amend Section 44-53-140, relating to the alcohol and drug abuse commitment, so as to provide that evidence obtained in the administering of health care may not be used against the person seeking treatment in any proceeding except proceedings initiated by the Department of Social Services, and to amend Sections 59-32-20 and 59-32-30, relating to education, so as to provide for the development and inclusion of appropriate drug education curricula concerning the effects of alcohol and drug abuse.
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10/03/94	Senate	Prefiled
10/03/94	Senate	Referred to Committee on Medical Affairs
01/10/95	Senate	Introduced, read first time, placed on calendar without reference SJ-45
01/12/95	Senate	Read second time SJ-8
01/12/95	Senate	Ordered to third reading with notice of amendments SJ-8
01/18/95	Senate	Committed to Committee on Finance SJ-15
04/11/95	Senate	Recalled from Committee on Finance SJ-11
04/11/95	Senate	Read third time and sent to House SJ-11
04/12/95	House	Introduced and read first time HJ-54
04/12/95	House	Referred to Committee on Medical, Military, Public and Municipal Affairs HJ-54
05/15/96	House	Committee report: Majority favorable with amend., minority unfavorable Medical, Military, Public and Municipal Affairs HJ-18
05/23/96	House	Debate adjourned until Tuesday, May 28, 1996 HJ-93
05/28/96	House	Debate adjourned until Wednesday, May 29, 1996 HJ-126
05/30/96	House	Continued HJ-104
06/12/96	House	Reconsidered HJ-10
06/12/96	House	Debate adjourned HJ-10
06/13/96	House	Amended HJ-8
06/13/96	House	Tabled HJ-9