Indicates Matter Stricken
Indicates New Matter
The House assembled at 10:00 A.M.
Deliberations were opened with prayer by the Chaplain of the House of Representatives, the Rev. Dr. Alton C. Clark as follows:
Almighty God, infinite, eternal and unchanging, we confess that without You our human strength and wisdom are insufficient for the urgent needs committed to us. Be, then, constantly with us to guide us in actions great and small, that serving You with our whole effort, all around will be a better place because we have lived and worked in it today. Fill our needs in abundance of Your wisdom. Beyond the shadows of the days in which we live, show us the shining glory of the things You would have us to do.
And to You shall be all praise and thanksgiving. Amen.
After corrections to the Journal of the proceedings of yesterday, the SPEAKER ordered it confirmed.
Rep. SHISSIAS moved that when the House adjourns, it adjourn in memory of Richard W. Wildman of Columbia, which was agreed to.
TO: Members of the House
FROM: Rep. Patrick B. Harris
DATE: May 16, 1995
RE: Annual Report
I am pleased to present to the House of Representatives herewith the 26th Annual Report of the Joint Legislative Committee on Aging as mandated by statue.
Thank you.
To: Members of the General Assembly of South Carolina
The Joint Legislative Committee on Aging, created in 1969 by Concurrent Resolution H.1286 and in 1978 made a permanent committee by Act 402 (Section 2-51-10), is pleased to submit the Twenty-sixth Annual Report of the Committee.
HOUSE MEMBERS:
/s/Representative Patrick B. Harris, Chairman
/s/Representative Dave C. Waldrop, Jr., Vice-Chairman
/s/Representative Denny Woodall Neilson
SENATE MEMBERS:
/s/Senator Warren K. Giese
/s/Senator Ernest L. Passailaigue
/s/Senator Maggie Wallace Glover
GOVERNOR'S APPOINTEES:
/s/Gloria H. Sholin
/s/Thomas D. Stilwell
/s/Robert C. Wasson
STAFF:
Keller H. Barron, Research Director
Karen L. Jacobs, Research Assistant
212 Blatt Building, PO Box 11867
Columbia, South Carolina 29211
Telephone: (803) 734-2995 Fax: (803) 734-2925
I. BRIEF HISTORY
In 1959 the first Joint Legislative Committee "to study the needs and problems relating to the aged citizens in South Carolina" was created. This Committee continued its work until 1963. By 1969 the need for a committee to study the problems of the elderly in South Carolina was again evident and the legislature created such a committee under Concurrent Resolution No. 1286. This Committee continued under the authority of continuing resolutions until 1978 when the General Assembly found "the Committee to Study Public and Private Service, Programs and Facilities of the Aging fulfills a necessary and continuing legislative need and that the functions of the Committee can be more properly fulfilled by a permanent Committee," Act 402 (Code 2-51-10, 1978).
The Committee is made up of three members of the Senate, appointed by the President of the Senate, three members of the House, appointed by the Speaker of the House, and three members appointed by the Governor. Serving as chair of the Committee have been Representative Martha Thomas Fitzgerald, 1959-1963; Senator Richard Riley, 1969-1976; Senator Hyman Rubin, 1977-1984. Representative Patrick Harris is the current Chairman, elected on November 29, 1984.
The Annual Public Hearing of the Committee on Aging was held in Columbia on September 21, 1994. Testimony was received from 31 persons representing individual interests, state agencies, organizations and service delivery groups. Over 100 persons attended the Hearing.
The record of the hearing is available in the office of the Committee, 212 Blatt Building. Transcription copies are provided to appropriate state agencies and upon request to individuals and organizations.
The Committee met on November 30, 1994, to review the public hearing testimony, to receive reports, to discuss proposed legislation and to determine the 1995 legislative priorities.
Copies of Acts, Bills, and Bill Status may be obtained from Legislative Information 1-800-922-1539, 734-2060
ADVISORY COUNCIL, DIVISION ON AGING, OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR (H.3190/R51, Act No. A30, S.350) Effective Date: April 10, 1995
This Act changes the Division on Aging, Office of the Governor's Advisory Commission to the Advisory Council and revises its composition to have one member from each of the ten (10) planning and service areas under the Division on Aging and five (5) from the state at large appointed by the Governor, with the advice and consent of the Senate
ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE - SPECIAL CARE UNITS STUDY
(H.3212, S.329/R23, Act No. ____) Effective Date: April 4, 1995
This Act directs the Department of Health and Environmental Control to study if there is a need for specific licensing criteria for facilities which provide care units and other specialized programs for individuals with Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders. Findings to be reported to the Joint Legislative Committee on Aging before January 1, 1996
CONTINUING CARE RETIREMENT COMMUNITIES ACT AMENDMENTS (H.3191/R31, Act No. A19, S.347) Effective Date: April 4, 1995
This Act requires an operator of a Continuing Care Retirement Community (CCRC) to obtain approval from the Department of Consumer Affairs to distribute a dividend or similar distribution; to require an operator of a CCRC to submit a financial plan to the Department for approval if the Department has reason to believe the operator is or may become insolvent; to exempt from certain licensing requirements CCRCs which do not require entrance fees.
ELDERCARE TRUST FUND MONIES
(H.3189, S.351/R4, Act No. A10) Effective Date: March 7, 1995
This Act makes all assets of the Eldercare Trust Fund up to $200,000 available for disbursement after allowances for operating expenses rather than only 75% and to deposit funds in excess of $200,000 in a separate account until $5M accrues; provides that any assets held in the fund under the former provisions must be released and disbursed.
WHITE HOUSE CONFERENCE ON AGING
(H.3206/R12, Act No. ___, S.330) Effective Date: March 7, 1995
This Joint Resolution directs the Division on Aging, Office of the Governor, to provide information and recommendations to the General Assembly from the 1995 White House Conference on Aging and the 1995 State Conference on Aging for the members' use in developing aging policy and legislation.
ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE-STATE HEALTH PLAN (H.3192, S.346) A bill to require the State Health Plan to address and include projections and standards for specified health services and equipment which have a potential to substantially impact health care cost and accessibility including, but not limited to, the care and treatment of patients with Alzheimer's disease and related disorders.
STATUS: H.3192 _ Referred to House Medical, Military, Public and Municipal Affairs Cmte., Adjourn debate in sbcmte.; S.346 _ Referred to Senate Medical Affairs Cmte.
ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE REGISTRY (H.3929, S.703)
A bill to amend change the name to Alzheimer's Disease Registry, change the membership of the advisory committee to be the same as the Alzheimer's Resource Coordination Center Advisory Council and list duties, require an annual report, provide link with the Budget and Control Board Office of Research and Statistics.
STATUS: H.3929 _ Referred to House Medical, Military, Public and Municipal Affairs Cmte., Adjourn debate in sbcmte.; S.703 _ PASSED SENATE, Favorable from House Medical, Military, Public and Municipal Affairs
CONTINUING CARE RETIREMENT COMMUNITIES HOME HEALTH SERVICES (H.3269, S.390)
A bill to exempt from Certificate of Need requirements Home Health Services provided by a CCRC to their residents.
STATUS: H.3269 _ PASSED HOUSE with amendments, referred to Senate Medical Affairs; S.390 _ Referred to Senate Medical Affairs
ADULT DAY CARE CREDITS FOR EMPLOYERS (H.3193, S.345)
A bill to require income tax credits be given to employers who provide adult care programs.
STATUS: H.3193 _ Referred to House Ways and Means; S.345 _ Senate Finance Cmte.
HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION - FAIR MARKET VALUE (H.3188, S.352)
A bill to exempt from residential property tax that amount of fair market value qualifying for the homestead exemption which represents increases in the fair market value of the property occurring after the property first qualifies for the homestead exemption.
STATUS: H.3188 _ Referred to House Ways and Means Cmte.; S.352 _ Referred to Senate Finance Cmte.
HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION - CONSUMER PRICE INDEX (H.3187, S.353)
A bill to require the homestead exemption amount be adjusted annually to offset increases in the consumer price index and to prescribe the procedure for making the adjustment.
STATUS: H.3187 _ Referred to House Ways and Means; S.353 _ Referred to Senate Finance Cmte.
MANUFACTURED HOME PARK TENANCY ACT AMENDMENTS (H.3186, S.348)
A bill relating to grounds for eviction from a manufactured home park, so as to make technical corrections and to delete as grounds for eviction by the park owner taking of the park by eminent domain.
STATUS: H.3186 _ Referred to House Labor, Commerce and Industry Cmte., Referred to subcommittee - Real Estate; S.348 _ Referred to Senate Labor, Commerce and Industry subcommittee -Property & Development, amendments pending, carried over.
OMNIBUS ADULT PROTECTION ACT AMENDMENTS (H.3185, S.354)
A bill to provide that no vulnerable adult may be considered abused or neglected for the sole reason that the vulnerable adult is being furnished nonmedical remedial treatment by spiritual means.
STATUS: H.3185 _ PASSED HOUSE, PASSED SENATE with amendments.
1995 OUTSTANDING OLDER SOUTH CAROLINIAN (H. , S. ) Effective Date: May 18, 1995
House and Senate Resolutions to recognize Dr. Allen Edwards of Rock Hill, York County upon receiving the 1995 Outstanding Older South Carolinian Award presented by the Office of the Governor, Division on Aging.
ABSENTEE BALLOT (H.3033/Enrolled for Ratification, Act No. ____) Effective Date: Upon approval by the Governor
A bill to lower the age of persons qualified to vote by absentee ballot from seventy-two to sixty-five years of age.
FEES IN ESTATE/CONSERVATORSHIP PROCEEDING (S.356/R24, Act No. A15) Effective Date: April 4, 1995,
Section 1 to apply retroactively to August 15, 1994.
A bill to specify that fees in estate and conservatorship proceedings must be based upon the gross value of the personal property of the probate estate; to provide for a retroactive refund to taxpayers for the difference between the current fees paid through August 15, 1994 and the reduced fees.
VOLUNTEERS FOR MEALS ON WHEELS - LEXINGTON COUNTY (H.3722)
A concurrent resolution to recognize and commend the Meals on Wheels volunteers of the Lexington County Recreation and Aging Commission for the many tireless hours devoted to serving meals to the elderly and disabled residents of Lexington County.
ATTENDANCE OF MEETINGS (H.3026)
A bill to provide that a member of a State Board, Council, Commission, or Committee who has three consecutive unexcused absences from meetings is considered removed from office and a vacancy is created.
STATUS: PASSED HOUSE _ PASSED SENATE w/amendments _ returned to House for concurrence
BIRD SANCTUARIES (H.3526)
A bill to include Rolling Green Retirement Community in Greenville County as a Bird Sanctuary.
STATUS: PASSED HOUSE _ Referred to Senate Fish, Game and Forestry Cmte.
BOARD OF PODIATRY (H.3307)
A bill to revise the procedures for nominating members and removal from office; to require the board offer examinations to practice podiatric medicine twice annually; to allow reciprocal licensing without taking an examination; to authorize the board to require mental or physical examinations, access records and use then in proceedings and to provide penalties for refusal to consent to these examinations and access to records.
STATUS: PASSED HOUSE _ Referred to Senate Medical Affairs
EYEGLASS LENSES EXEMPTION (H.3127)
A bill to exempt prescription eyeglass lenses and raw materials used in the fabrication of such lenses from sales and use tax. To provide that this exemption does not extend to eyeglass frames.
STATUS: Referred to House Ways and Means Cmte.
FREE ADMISSION TO THE STATE PARK FACILITIES (H.3061)
A bill to allow aged, blind, and disabled persons use of state park facilities free of charge.
STATUS: PASSED HOUSE, Referred to Fish, Game and Forestry Cmte.
HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION - $25,000 (S.51)
A bill to increase the amount of real property exempted from taxation from the first twenty thousand dollars of fair market value to the first twenty-five thousand dollars.
STATUS: Referred to Senate Finance Cmte.
HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION - $30,000 (H.3035)
A bill to increase the amount of real property exempted from taxation from the first twenty-thousand dollars of fair market value to the first-thirty thousand dollars.
STATUS: Referred to House Ways and Means Cmte.
HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION - $40,000 (H.3572, S.107)
A bill to increase the exemption from the first twenty thousand dollars to forty thousand dollars beginning with the 1995 tax year.
STATUS: H.3572 _ Referred to House Ways and Means Cmte., S.107 _ Referred to Senate Finance Cmte.
HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION - FAIR MARKET VALUE (H.3216)
A bill to exempt from property tax fair market value of residential property qualifying for the homestead exemption which represents increases in the fair market value of the property occurring after the property first qualifies for the homestead exemption.
STATUS: Referred to House Ways and Means Cmte.
HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION FOR PERSON 70+ (H.3725)
A bill to allow an additional homestead exemption equal to one hundred fifty thousand dollars of fair market value of the homestead for an owner who has attained age seventy before the applicable tax year.
STATUS: House Ways and Means Cmte.
HOMESTEAD PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTION (S.52)
A bill to delete the date by which life estates created other than by will are otherwise eligible for the exemption.
STATUS: Referred to Senate Finance Cmte.
HOMESTEAD PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTION (S.255)
A bill to exempt property receiving the homestead exemption from increases in fair market value due to reassessment.
STATUS: Referred to Senate Finance Cmte.
HOSPITAL FAIR PRICING ACT (H.3583)
A bill to enact the Hospital Fair Pricing Act, to define terms, to allow acute care hospitals to purchase services from sole provider hospitals at a certain rate, to provide that the state health plan must contain a policy statement requiring access to health care services by a provider so that the provider may offer these services on a competitive basis, where competition is permitted.
STATUS: Referred to House Medical, Military, Public and Municipal Cmte.
HUNTING AND FISHING LICENSES AMENDMENT (H.3197)
A bill to provide that persons who live in certain parts of Georgia who hunt and fish, are at least age sixty-five of years or older and wish to attain free licenses should be issued to them.
STATUS: Referred to House Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs Cmte.
INDIVIDUAL MEDICAL ACCOUNT ACT (H.3326, S.167)
A bill to create the Individual Medical Account Act allowing a person to deposit funds in an account established as a trust for the purpose of paying the medical, dental and long-term care expenses of the account holder and to provide for the duties of the trustee, to provide a tax exemption on interest earned.
STATUS: H.3326 _ Referred to House Ways and Means Cmte.; S.167 _ Referred to Senate Finance Cmte.
LONG TERM CARE SERVICES FOR ELDERLY (H.4178, S.801)
A Joint Resolution to direct the Governor to appoint a task force to develop a plan to restructure and consolidate state level programs which plan, fund, regulate, and deliver long-term care services for the elderly; and to develop a plan which addresses local level coordination of these services.
STATUS: H.4178 _ Referred to House Ways and Means Cmte.; S.801 _ Referred to Senate Medical Affairs Cmte.
MAGISTRATE AGE REQUIREMENT (H.3067)
A bill to delete this requirement that a magistrate has to retire no later than the end of the fiscal year in which he reaches his seventy-second birthday, allowing him to serve so long as the appointing authority consents to and by appointment provides for such service.
STATUS: Referred to House Judiciary Cmte.
MEDICAID ESTATE RECOVERY AMENDMENT (S.609)
A bill to further specify services considered to be medical assistance paid under Medicaid and to revise from whom recovery from an estate may be sought.
STATUS: PASSED SENATE, Referred to House Medical, Military, Public and Municipal Affairs Cmte.
PRESCRIPTION ORTHOTIC DEVICES EXEMPTION (H.3130)
A bill to exempt from sales tax prescription orthoptic devices and replacement parts for prescription prosthetic and orthotic devices.
STATUS: Referred to House Ways and Means Cmte.
ORGAN AND TISSUE DONATION AMENDMENTS (H.3182)
A bill to require that counseling and a written statement regarding the donation and its proposed use be given to the person consenting; to prohibit body parts from a dead body removed during an autopsy to be used for organ or tissue donation unless consent had been obtained; to clarify that this permission is in addition to the consent of the decedent or next-of-kin.
STATUS: Referred to House Medical, Military, Public and Municipal Affairs Cmte.
REGISTRATION FEE FOR VEHICLE OF PERSONS 65+ (H.3051)
A bill to provide that the fee of ten dollars annually is authorized for a person sixty-five years of age or older who leases a private passenger-carrying vehicle.
STATUS: PASSED House, Referred to Senate Transportation Cmte.
RESTRUCTURING STATE GOVERNMENT AMENDMENTS (S.264)
A bill which amends to the current Restructuring Act to include revision of Long Term Care Council and the Human Services Coordinating Council.
STATUS: PASSED SENATE, Referred to House Judiciary Cmte.
RETIREMENT INCOME (H.3082)
A bill to increase from three thousand to six thousand dollars the maximum amount of retirement income a taxpayer at least sixty-two years of age may deduct from taxable income.
STATUS: Referred to House Ways and Means Cmte.
STATE INCOME TAX EXEMPTION FOR 65+ (S.36)
A bill to exempt from state income tax resident individuals who have attained the age of sixty-five years.
STATUS: Referred to Senate Finance Cmte.
STATE INDIVIDUAL INCOME TAX (H.3270)
A bill to eliminate retirement income exclusion election; provide for the deduction of all retirement income beginning the taxable year the taxpayer attains age sixty-five and provide the deduction to surviving spouses.
STATUS: Referred to House Ways and Means Cmte.
UNIFORM CUSTODIAL TRUST ACT (H.3052)
A bill to enact the Uniform Custodial Trust Act which provides for the creation of a statutory custodial trust for adults whenever property is delivered to another as a custodial trustee under this Act.
STATUS: Referred to House Judiciary Cmte.
VEHICLE PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTION (S.570)
A bill to exempt fifty percent of the fair market value of a recreational vehicle owned by an individual who has attained age sixty-five.
STATUS: Referred to Senate Finance Cmte.
1995-96 APPROPRIATION BILL (H.3362)
A bill to make appropriations to meet the ordinary expenses of the state government for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1995 and for other purposes.
STATUS: PASSED HOUSE, PASSED SENATE with amendments, in Conference Committee
•Long Term Care Insurance Home/Community Optional Benefit, Office of the Governor, Division on Aging, Department of Insurance. Report Date, January 1995 and January 1997 (1991 Act 165, Section 3).
The status of legislation introduced by the Committee and other selected legislation related to aging interests are summarized periodically during the session. This "Legislative Update" is very popular among legislators, the aging network organizations and interested individuals. Copies are distributed upon request.
The "Summary of Legislation Related to Aging Interests" (28 pages) is updated after each session, distributed to House and Senate Research, State Library, the aging network, other state libraries and organizations as requested.
The Committee also distributes the following pamphlets:
1) "Joint Legislative Committee on Aging," provides brief history, members and legislative priorities; 2) "Aging Resources" lists state organizations, agencies and legislative committees interested in aging issues; 3) "Programs and Services for the Aged", lists age-related benefits; 4) "Your Right to Make Decisions About Health Care," compiles with the federal Patient Self-Determination Act regarding advanced directives, i.e. "Living Wills" and Health Care Powers of Attorney; 5)" State of South Carolina Homestead Tax Exemption Program," compiled by Comptroller General's office.
This year the SC Federation of Older Americans (SCFOA) hosted Seniors' Legislative Day '95 on Tuesday, March 7, 1995 at the Adams Mark Hotel in Columbia. Over 125 persons attended.
"Keeping the Issues Alive in '95" was the theme of this year's event which consisted of workshops and the annual luncheon to honor members of the General Assembly.
Dr. James Califf, President of the Federation, presided over the event and introduced the legislators. Ms. Constance C. Rinehart, Director of the Division on Aging, Office of the Governor, introduced the guest speaker, Senator Hugh Leatherman, Chair of the Health Care Planning and Oversight Committee and the Property Tax Reform Ad Hoc Committee who spoke on "Legislative Issues Affecting Seniors."
Rep. Elsie Rast Stuart received the 1994 Legislator of the Year Award. Ed Galligan, Senior Reporter, WCSC TV, Channel 5 won the Media Person of the Year Award. Bob Corbett, a Meals on Wheels volunteer for Lexington County Recreation and Aging Commission, won the Volunteer of the Year Award. The Media Award of the Year went to "Good Morning Columbia", WSCQ Sunny 100.
Karen Jacobs, JLCOA staff, served on the Planning Committee. The Joint Legislative Committee on Aging conducted a workshop on legislative issues for the 1995 session.
Last year the Blue Ribbon Task Force to Study Services for Alzheimer's Victims and Their Families, appointed by the Committee on Aging, recommended in their report, GRAY PLAGUE OF THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY: Meeting the Needs of Individuals with Alzheimer's Disease, Their Families and Caregivers, the establishment of the Alzheimer's Resource Coordination Center, Division on Aging, Office of the Governor (Code 44-36-310) and funding of local respite programs ($100,000 FY94-95).
This year the JLCOA introduced three other legislative recommendations: Special Care Units Study by DHEC (S.329, H.3212), Inclusion of Alzheimer's disease in the State Health Plan (H.3192,S.346), Alzheimer's Disease Registry amendments (H.3929,S.703). Senator Warren K. Giese proposed and the Senate passed in the FY95/96 Appropriation Bill, $150,000 to the Resource Center. House concurrence is pending.
Baylor University
Dana Blanton, Master of Science in Gerontology candidate, from Baylor University, Waco, Texas, interned from January 9 - April 21, 1995.
She prepared a brochure, "Programs and Services for the Aged," in response to inquires generated by the Comptroller General's pamphlet on homestead exemption.
She also collected data on how many persons from Councils on Aging across the state have purchased state health and dental insurance and how it affected costs to the agencies, since enabling legislation was passed last year ( Code 1-11-720(A)).
Her chief project was a preliminary study, Alzheimer's or Dementia Specific Care Units: Should They Be Regulated?. Copies were sent to the Department of Health and Environmental Control; Division on Aging, Office of the Governor; Alzheimer's Associations, Area Agencies on Aging, State Library (15) and Alzheimer's Task Force members.
Dana served as a issues workshop reporter at the Midlands mini-White House Conference on Aging and the Governor's White House Conference on Aging.
Agnes Scott College
Cheryl Monk participated in the ASC Externship program during the week of January 9-13, 1995. She attended a planning meeting for the Governor's White House Conference on Aging, a press conference, opening day of the 1995 legislative session, an Advanced Directives Coalition meeting, House and Senate committee meetings, and toured the State House and the State Museum.
Caroline Hopps participated in the Shadow program on March 14, 1995. She attended House and Senate committee meetings and observed a session of the General Assembly.
Members of the Committee and/or staff worked cooperatively throughout the year with the standing Committees of the House and Senate, Department of Health and Environmental Control, Joint Health Care Planning and Oversight Committee,Long Term Care Reform Subcommittee, Joint Legislative Committee for Persons with Disabilities and Special Needs, Governor's Office-Division on Aging, Comptroller General's Office, Health and Human Services Finance Commission, Human Services Coordinating Council, Adult Protective Services Coordinating Council, Department of Consumer Affairs, the State Library, American Association of Retired Persons, Alzheimer's Associations, Area Agencies on Aging, Councils on Aging, United Way, Manufactured Housing Institute of South Carolina, various Colleges and Universities.
Chairman Patrick B. Harris represents the Committee on the Health Care Planning and Oversight Committee and the Long Term Care Reform Subcommittee.
Senator Warren K. Giese was appointed a delegate by the Governor Campbell to the White House Conference on Aging held in Washington, DC May 2-5, 1995. He was unable to attend due to the Senate budget debate. He attended the Governor's White House Conference on Aging, March 2-3, 1995 at Myrtle Beach, SC.
Keller H. Barron, Director of Research, serves on the Advance Directives Coalition, the Adult Protection Coordinating Council as Committee designee, and on the South Carolina Health Decisions Committee. She was appointed a delegate by the Governor Campbell to the White House Conference on Aging. She attend the Midlands mini-White House conference as a facilitator, and was a state delegate and facilitator at the Governor's White House Conference on Aging.
This year the Committee staff completed two reports:
Alzheimer's or Dementia Specific Care Units: Should They Regulated?
"State Health and Dental Enrollment Survey of Councils on Aging"
The following publications are available from the Committee office and distributed upon request:
* Final Report, Advisory Committee on Adult Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of the Long Term Care Council; April 1992
* Adult Day Care Survey of Needs of State Employees Report to the Committee, Human Resource Management Division, Budget and Control Board, 1991
* Aging in South Carolina: Focus on Caregiving, SC Commission on Aging, 1993
* Alzheimer's or Dementia Specific Care Units: Should They Be Regulated?, 1995
* Annual Reports 1970-1994
* Aging Resources, 1995
* Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders Registry, Annual Report, School of Public Health, 1994
* Consumer's Guide to Long Term Care Insurance in SC, 1990
* Declaration of a Desire for a Natural Death,as amended 1991 * Directory of Housing for Seniors in SC, 1994
* Economic Impact of the Senior Living Industry in SC, Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism, 1991
* Elder Abuse: Questions and Answers, NCEA, 1995
* Final Report: SC Community Long Term Care Waiting List Study, August 1993
* GRAY PLAGUE OF THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY: Meeting the Needs of Individuals with Alzheimer's Disease, Their Families and Caregivers, Alzheimer's Task Force, 1993
* Greying of South Carolina: Facing the 90's, Final Report; SC Humanities Council, 1990
* Health Care Power of Attorney form, as revised 1992
* Health Care for the Medically Indigent of SC: 1990 Health Access Update, Summary Report, 1992
* Health of an Aging America: 1994 Bibliography, 1995
* Highlights of Trends in the Health of Older Americans: United States, U.S. Dept. of Health & Human Services, 1994
* Homestead Tax Exemption Program; Comptroller General, 1994
* Laws, Regulations, Policies and Procedures Affecting the Aged and Disabled Drivers in SC Report to the Committee, Department of Highways and Public Transportation, 1992
* Legislative History of the "Living Will" and Health Care Power of Attorney, 1977-1993
* Long Term Care and Related Services for the Elderly, Limited-Scope Review, Legislative Audit Council, 1993
* Medicare Supplement Insurance Standardization Comparison of Annual Premium Rates in SC, Dept. of Insurance, 1995
* Older Americans Act 1993
* Panel Study of Older South Carolinians, Long Term Care Council, 1990
* Profiles of Long Term Care Systems, AARP, 1994
* Report on the Study of Applicants Seeking Medicaid-Sponsored Nursing Facility Care in SC, H&HSFC, July 1993
* Discovering SC, Vol.2, No.I, 1994
* SC Senior Citizens' Handbook, a Guide to Laws and Programs Affecting Senior Citizens, Young Lawyers Division, SC Bar, 1992
* Senior Housing Survey Report, SC Commission on Aging, 1993
* State Plan on Aging, SC Commission on Aging, 1993-96
* Study of Home Equity Conversion Mortgages in SC, 1993
* Summary of Legislation Related to Aging Interest Enacted Through 1995
* Trends in the Health of Older Americans: United States, U.S. Dept. of Health & Human Services, 1994
* Understanding Social Security, Social Security Admin., 1995
* Volunteers and the Law in South Carolina, Young Lawyers Division of the SC Bar, 1993
APPENDIX A: ACT 402 to Create a Permanent Committee
(R 420, H.3247)(Code 2-51-10)
An Act to create a Permanent Committee to conduct continuing Studies of Public and Private Services, Programs and Facilities for the Aging.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
Section 1. The General Assembly finds that the Committee to Study Public and Private Services, Programs and Facilities for the Aging, originally created H.1286 of 1969 and continued by concurrent resolution through 1977, fulfills a necessary and continuing legislative need and the functions of the committee can be more properly fulfilled by a permanent committee.
Section 2. There is created a permanent committee to conduct continuing studies of public and private services, programs and facilities for the aging in South Carolina and report its findings and recommendations annually to the General Assembly.
Three members shall be appointed from the Senate by the President thereof, three members shall be appointed from the House of Representative by the Speaker and three member shall be appointed by the Governor. Terms of legislative members shall be coterminous with their terms as members of the General Assembly and terms of members appointed by the Governor shall be coterminous with the term of the appointing Governor.
Members of the Committee shall be provided by an annual appropriation in the general Appropriation Act.
The Legislative Council shall provide such legal services as the Committee may require in the performance of its duties.
Section 3. This act shall take effect upon approval by the Governor.
Approved the 14th day of February 1978.
APPENDIX B: COUNTY COUNCILS ON AGING 1995
County Service Providers Telephone
Abbeville Abbeville Senior Center 459-9666
Aiken Aiken Council on Aging 648-5447
Allendale Allendale Council on Aging 584-4350
Anderson Anderson/Oconee Council on Aging 225-3370
Bamberg Bamberg Co. Office on Aging 245-3021
Barnwell Barnwell Co. Office on Aging 541-1249
Beaufort Beaufort Council on Aging 524-1787
Neighborhood Legal Assist. Prog., Inc. 838-5001
Berkeley Berkeley County Senior Citizens 761-6900
Calhoun Calhoun Co. Agy. for Senior Citizens 874-1270
Charleston Charleston Area Senior Citizens, Inc. 722-4127
American Red Cross - Low Country 566-9965
Neighborhood Legal Assist. Prog., Inc. 722-0107
Sea Island Com. Health Ctr., Inc. 559-4137
South Santee Community Center 546-2789
Cherokee Cherokee Co. Services to the Aging 488-0476
Chester Senior Services Inc. of Chester Co. 385-3810
Chesterfield Chesterfield Council on Aging 623-2280
Clarendon Clarendon Council on Aging 435-8593
Colleton Colleton Council on Aging 549-7642
Neighborhood Legal Assist. Prog., Inc. 549-9581
Darlington Darlington Council on Aging 393-8521
Dillon Dillon Council on Aging 774-0089
Dorchester Dorchester Human Development Bd. 871-5053
Edgefield Edgefield Senior Citizens Council 637-5326
Fairfield Fairfield Council on Aging 635-3015
Florence Florence Council on Aging 669-6761
Georgetown Georgetown Council on Aging 546-8539
Greenville Senior Action Inc. 467-3660
Greenville Transit Authority 467-5000
Greenville Urban League 244-3862
Legal Services of Western Carolina 467-3232
Greenwood Piedmont Agency on Aging 223-0164
Hampton Hampton Council on Aging 943-7555
Horry Horry Council on Aging 248-6361
Jasper Jasper Council on Aging 726-5601
Kershaw Kershaw Council on Aging 432-8173
Lancaster Lancaster Council on Aging 285-6956
Laurens Seniors Options, Inc. 984-2438
Lee Lee Council on Aging 484-6212
Lexington Lexington Co. Rec. & Aging Comm. 356-5111
Chapin Aging Dept. 345-1310
Irmo/Chapin Rec. Commission 731-0047
Marion Marion Co. Council on Aging 423-4391
Marlboro Marlboro Council on Aging 479-9951
McCormick McCormick Council on Aging 465-2626
Newberry Newberry Council on Aging 276-8266
Oconee Anderson/Oconee Council on Aging 882-1673
Orangeburg Orangeburg Council on Aging 531-4663
Pickens Pickens Co. Seniors Unlimited 843-2275
Richland Council on Aging of the Midlands 252-7734
Saluda Saluda Council on Aging 445-2175
Spartanburg Senior Centers of Spartanburg Co., Inc. 596-3910
Sumter Santee Senior Services 773-5508
Union Union Council on Aging 429-1682
Williamsburg Santee Senior Services 354-5496
Neighborhood Legal Assist. Prog., Inc. 354-7475
York York Council on Aging 327-6694
APPENDIX C: AREA AGENCIES ON AGING 1995
REGION SERVICE PROVIDERS NUMBER
I SC Appalachian Council of Govn'ts 242-9733
Appalachia Dr. Michael Stogner, Aging Unit Director
Anderson, Cherokee, Greenville,
Oconee, Pickens, Spartanburg
II Upper Savannah Council of Govn'ts 941-8050
Upper Ms. Sandra Johnson, Aging Unit Director (800)
Savannah Abbeville, Edgefield, Greenwood, 922-7729
Laurens, McCormick, Saluda
III Catawba Area Agency on Aging 329-9670
Catawba Ms. Sherron Marshall, Aging Unit Director
Chester, Lancaster, York, Union
IV Central Midlands Reg. Planning Council 771-0887
Central Ms. Sherri Burriss, Human Services Manager
Midlands Fairfield, Lexington, Newberry, Richland
REGION SERVICE PROVIDERS NUMBER
V Lower Savannah Council of Govn'ts 649-7981
Lower Linda Holmes, Aging Unit Director
Savannah Aiken, Allendale, Bamberg,
Barnwell, Calhoun, Orangeburg
VI Santee-Lynches Regional Council 773-6628
Santee on Governments
Lynches Ms. Connie D. Munn, Aging Unit Director
Clarendon, Kershaw, Lee, Sumter
VII Pee Dee Community Health Services 373-3632
Pee Dee Ms. Earlene Mark, Aging Unit Director
Chesterfield, Darlington, Dillon
Florence, Marion, Marlboro
VIII Waccamaw Area Agency on Aging 349-2130
Waccamaw Ms. Barbara Blain, Aging Unit Director
Georgetown, Horry, Williamsburg
IX ElderLink, Incorporated 745-1710
Trident Mr. James D. Dubs, Executive Director
Berkeley, Charleston, Dorchester
X Lowcountry Council of Governments 726-5536
Lowcountry Ms. Yolanda Abram, Aging Unit Director
Beaufort, Colleton, Hampton, Jasper
APPENDIX D: COUNTY/MUNICIPALITIES HOMESTEAD TAX EXEMPTION REIMBURSEMENTS TAX YEAR 1993
COUNTY NUMBER AMOUNT
Abbeville 3,226 454,402.85
Aiken 11,648 1,349,317.93
Allendale 1,394 194,332.61
Anderson 15,931 2,029,254.67
Bamberg 1,928 280,255.82
Barnwell 2,294 242,995.29
Beaufort 8,913 962,990.84
Berkeley 5,768 686,228.90
Calhoun 1,297 166,422.64
Charleston 23,893 2,907,751.19
Cherokee 4,807 634,971.22
Chester 3,797 634,900.36
Chesterfield 4,062 390,166.69
Clarendon 2,631 429,893.95
Colleton 3,462 464,355.52
Darlington 6,380 731,146.44
Dillon 2,556 275,279.71
Dorchester 4,808 625,722.16
Edgefield 1,768 286,582.10
Fairfield 2,039 299,531.26
Florence 10,231 1,081,030.00
Georgetown 4,938 703,520.60
Greenville 27,698 4,067,602.93
Greenwood 7,118 992,631.80
Hampton 2,355 429,400.67
Horry 15,081 1,665,256.64
Jasper 1,342 215,655.80
Kershaw 4,373 565,236.91
Lancaster 5,041 795,721.56
Laurens 5,931 672,095.74
Lee 1,781 257,356.03
Lexington 13,111 2,098,233.31
McCormick 849 117,148.08
Marion 3,427 470,895.19
Marlboro 3,280 308,529.95
Newberry 4,894 714,287.81
Oconee 6,019 674,589.00
Orangeburg 7,798 1,272,441.48
Pickens 9,973 1,036,938.00
Richland 20,296 2,987,725.76
Saluda 1,847 241,608.44
Spartanburg 21,131 3,560,531.54
Sumter 7,293 961,211.53
Union 4,157 549,113.17
Williamsburg 2,981 447,968.28
York 11,304 1,368,388.16
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STATE TOTALS 316,851* $42,301,620.53
* Unduplicated count 228,885 persons
APPENDIX E: SOUTH CAROLINA ELDERLY POPULATION (AGE 65 YEARS+) FOR 1980, 1990 AND PROJECTED 2000
April 1, April 1, July 1,
COUNTY 1980 1990 2000
Abbeville 2,821 3,499 3,330
Aiken 10,023 13,735 19,300
Allendale 1,281 1,478 1,800
Anderson 14,348 19,592 23,200
Bamberg 2,005 2,143 2,300
Barnwell 2,111 2,462 2,800
Beaufort 5,303 10,564 18,800
Berkeley 4,583 7,336 13,400
Calhoun 1,411 1,767 1,500
Charleston 21,442 29,548 39,200
Cherokee 4,280 5,759 6,500
Chester 3,550 4,258 5,300
Chesterfield 4,027 4,888 6,600
Clarendon 2,978 3,716 4,600
Colleton 3,546 4,377 5,000
Darlington 5,946 7,370 9,100
Dillon 2,928 3,540 4,200
Dorchester 3,669 6,088 12,600
Edgefield 1,789 2,219 2,600
Fairfield 2,441 3,021 3,800
Florence 9,482 12,638 15,000
Georgetown 3,871 5,920 7,400
Greenville 27,391 37,862 44,400
Greenwood 6,585 8,221 8,600
Hampton 2,044 2,221 3,000
Horry 9,395 18,147 34,700
Jasper 1,535 1,915 1,700
Kershaw 3,835 5,238 7,000
Lancaster 5,182 6,657 8,200
Laurens 6,015 7,752 8,900
Lee 1,865 2,232 2,100
Lexington 9,581 14,846 19,900
McCormick 858 1,154 1,100
Marion 3,435 4,192 4,700
Marlboro 3,333 3,733 4,100
Newberry 4,458 5,108 5,100
Oconee 5,291 7,896 8,800
Orangeburg 8,359 10,427 11,500
Pickens 7,044 10,441 11,200
Richland 20,542 26,889 30,600
Saluda 2,022 2,332 2,700
Spartanburg 21,350 28,571 31,000
Sumter 6,795 9,534 11,200
Union 3,659 4,470 5,100
Williamsburg 3,674 4,369 4,500
York 9,245 13,924 17,000
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TOTAL 287,328 394,049 495,500
APPENDIX F: SC ELECTION STATISTICS VOTER ACTIVITY BREAKDOWN 65 AND OVER COUNTY FOR 1994
TOTAL TOTAL %
COUNTY REGISTERED VOTED VOTED
Abbeville 2,456 1,702 69.29
Aiken 10,591 7,412 69.98
Allendale 1,098 739 67.30
Anderson 12,100 8,654 71.52
Bamberg 1,639 1,079 65.83
Barnwell 1,915 1,278 66.73
Beaufort 10,766 8,117 75.39
Berkeley 6,066 4,412 72.73
Calhoun 1,318 917 69.57
Charleston 23,039 16,564 71.89
Cherokee 3,937 2,801 71.14
Chester 2,940 1,993 67.78
Chesterfield 3,154 2,151 68.19
Clarendon 2,994 2,088 69.73
Colleton 3,076 2,195 71.35
Darlington 4,879 3,537 72.49
Dillon 2,454 1,621 66.05
Dorchester 5,105 3,346 65.54
Edgefield 1,721 1,303 75.71
Fairfield 1,928 1,396 72.40
Florence 8,790 6,145 69.90
Georgetown 4,987 3,535 70.88
Greenville 25,269 18,910 74.83
Greenwood 5,196 3,597 69.22
Hampton 1,989 1,658 83.35
Horry 16,560 11,808 71.30
Jasper 1,513 1,005 66.42
Kershaw 4,147 3,202 77.21
Lancaster 4,534 3,472 76.57
Laurens 4,842 3,439 71.02
Lee 1,887 1,297 68.73
Lexington 11,941 9,003 75.39
McCormick 994 718 72.23
Marion 3,088 1,919 62.14
Marlboro 2,457 1,507 61.33
Newberry 3,671 2,580 70.28
Oconee 5,757 4,318 75.00
Orangeburg 8,318 5,749 69.11
Pickens 6,419 4,512 70.29
Richland 20,287 14,903 73.46
Saluda 1,730 1,233 71.27
Spartanburg 16,945 11,243 66.34
Sumter 6,684 4,680 70.01
Union 3,257 2,319 71.20
Williamsburg 3,633 2,498 68.75
York 9,576 6,965 72.73
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TOTALS 287,647 205,520 71.44%
The following Bill was taken up, read the third time, and ordered sent to the Senate.
H. 4226 -- Reps. Stuart, Cobb-Hunter, Sharpe, Felder and Govan: A BILL TO AUTHORIZE THE MEMBERS OF THE ORANGEBURG COUNTY TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE TO BE REIMBURSED MILEAGE FROM FUNDS AVAILABLE FOR ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES OF THE COMMITTEE AND TO PROVIDE FOR THE ALLOWABLE RATE.
At 10:15 A.M. the House in accordance with the motion of Rep. SHISSIAS adjourned in memory of Richard W. Wildman of Columbia, to meet at 12:00 Noon, Tuesday, May 23.
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