South Carolina General Assembly
112th Session, 1997-1998

Bill 5073

                    Current Status

Bill Number:                    5073
Ratification Number:            496
Act Number:                     351
Type of Legislation:            General Bill GB
Introducing Body:               House
Introduced Date:                19980422
Primary Sponsor:                Medical, Military, Public and
                                Municipal Affairs Committee H3M
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All Sponsors:                   Medical, Military, Public and
                                Municipal Affairs Committee
Drafted Document Number:        pt\1903ac.98
Date Bill Passed both Bodies:   19980603
Governor's Action:              S
Date of Governor's Action:      19980608
Subject:                        Mental health treatment, child or
                                adolescent when in custody of state
                                agency may receive; Juveniles,
                                Minors
History


Body    Date      Action Description                       Com     Leg Involved
______  ________  _______________________________________  _______ ____________

------  19980617  Act No. A351
------  19980608  Signed by Governor
------  19980604  Ratified R496
Senate  19980603  Read third time, enrolled for
                  ratification
Senate  19980528  Read second time, notice of
                  general amendments
Senate  19980527  Committee report: Favorable              13 SMA
Senate  19980505  Introduced, read first time,             13 SMA
                  referred to Committee
House   19980430  Read third time, sent to Senate
House   19980429  Read second time
House   19980428  Debate interrupted
House   19980422  Introduced, read first time
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(A351, R496, H5073)

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 44-7-130, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO DEFINITIONS IN THE STATE CERTIFICATION OF NEED AND HEALTH FACILITY LICENSURE ACT, SO AS TO REVISE THE DEFINITION OF CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS IN NEED OF MENTAL HEALTH TREATMENT TO INCLUDE CHILDREN OR ADOLESCENTS UNDER AGE TWENTY-ONE WHO ARE CLIENTS OF OR COMMITTED TO THE CUSTODY OF AN AGENCY OF THE STATE.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:

Definition revised

SECTION 1. Section 44-7-130(18) of the 1976 Code, as last amended by Act 670 of 1988, is further amended to read:

"(18) 'Children and adolescents in need of mental health treatment' in a residential treatment facility means a child or adolescent under age eighteen or a child or adolescent under age twenty-one who is a client of, committed to the custody of, or in the legal custody of an agency of the State of South Carolina who manifests a substantial disorder of cognitive or emotional process, which lessens or impairs to a marked degree that child's or adolescent's capacity either to develop or to exercise age-appropriate or age-adequate behavior. The behavior includes, but is not limited to, marked disorders of mood or thought processes, severe difficulties with self-control and judgment including behavior dangerous to self or others, and serious disturbances in the ability to care for and relate to others."

Time effective

SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.

Approved the 8th day of June, 1998.