H 3636 General Bill, By J.E. Lockemy
    A Bill to amend Section 44-6-170, Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976, relating to the South Carolina Medically Indigent Assistance Act and, among other things, to confidential information, so as to provide for the release of uniform billing system data and other necessary data with patient and hospital identification to the Department of Health and Environmental Control to conduct disease and injury surveillance studies, restrict the release of the information provided to the Department, and allow the Department to publish the results of its surveillance studies; and to amend Section 44-6-180, relating to the Medically Indigent Assistance Act and the confidentiality of patient records, so as to provide that nothing in this Section may be construed as limiting access to information needed by the Department to conduct disease and injury surveillance studies.

03/07/89	House	Introduced and read first time HJ-13
03/07/89	House	Referred to Committee on Medical, Military, Public and Municipal Affairs HJ-13
04/11/89	House	Committee report: Favorable with amendment Medical, Military, Public and Municipal Affairs HJ-3
04/13/89	House	Amended HJ-25
04/13/89	House	Read second time HJ-27
04/18/89	House	Read third time and sent to Senate HJ-28
04/19/89	Senate	Introduced and read first time SJ-13
04/19/89	Senate	Referred to Committee on Medical Affairs SJ-13