Current Status Bill Number:1226 Ratification Number:369 Act Number:336 Type of Legislation:General Bill GB Introducing Body:Senate Introduced Date:19960306 Primary Sponsor:Giese All Sponsors:Giese, Passailaigue and Glover Drafted Document Number:pfm\8044ac.96 Companion Bill Number:4702 Date Bill Passed both Bodies:19960502 Date of Last Amendment:19960423 Governor's Action:S Date of Governor's Action:19960520 Subject:Alzheimer's Special Care Disclosure Act
Body Date Action Description Com Leg Involved ______ ________ _______________________________________ _______ ____________ ------ 19960530 Act No. A336 ------ 19960520 Signed by Governor ------ 19960514 Ratified R369 House 19960502 Read third time, enrolled for ratification House 19960501 Read second time House 19960430 Introduced, read first time, placed on Calendar without reference Senate 19960425 Read third time, sent to House Senate 19960423 Amended, read second time Senate 19960417 Polled out of Committee: 13 SMA Favorable with amendment Senate 19960306 Introduced, read first time, 13 SMA referred to CommitteeView additional legislative information at the LPITS web site.
(A336, R369, S1226)
AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 44, CHAPTER 36, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE, BY ADDING ARTICLE 5 TO ENACT THE "ALZHEIMER'S SPECIAL CARE DISCLOSURE ACT" SO AS TO REQUIRE CERTAIN FACILITIES OFFERING SPECIAL CARE UNITS OR PROGRAMS FOR ALZHEIMER'S PATIENTS TO DISCLOSE TO THE RESPONSIBLE PARTY SEEKING A PLACEMENT IN THE UNIT OR PROGRAM THE FORM OF CARE OR TREATMENT PROVIDED THAT DISTINGUISHES IT AS BEING ESPECIALLY SUITABLE FOR THESE PATIENTS AND TO INCLUDE THE INFORMATION THAT MUST BE PROVIDED.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
Act citation
SECTION 1. This act may be cited as the "Alzheimer's Special Care Disclosure Act".
Type of Alzheimer's care disclosure required
SECTION 2. Title 44, Chapter 36, as amended, of the 1976 Code is further amended by adding:
Section 44-36-510. This article may be cited as the `Alzheimer's Special Care Disclosure Act'.
Section 44-36-520. A nursing home, community residential care facility, or day care facility for adults licensed by the Department of Health and Environmental Control which offers to provide or provides an Alzheimer's special care unit or program must include in its policies and procedures and disclose to the responsible party seeking a placement within the Alzheimer's special care unit or program, the form of care or treatment provided that distinguishes it as being especially applicable to or suitable for persons with Alzheimer's disease. The information that distinguishes the form of care or treatment shall include criteria for admission, transfer, and discharge; care planning; staffing patterns; staff training; physical environment; resident and participant activities; family role in care; and unique costs to the resident or participant associated with specialized service delivery."
Time effective
SECTION 3. This act takes effect January 1, 1997.
Approved the 20th day of May, 1996.