South Carolina General Assembly
115th Session, 2003-2004

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H. 3221

STATUS INFORMATION

General Bill
Sponsors: Reps. Lourie, Altman, Bailey, Bales, Cotty and Clemmons
Document Path: l:\council\bills\nbd\11088ac03.doc

Introduced in the House on January 14, 2003
Currently residing in the House Committee on Medical, Military, Public and Municipal Affairs

Summary: Long Term Ombudsman Program to publish report on all facility complaints; information available on HHS website

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
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  12/18/2002  House   Prefiled
  12/18/2002  House   Referred to Committee on Medical, Military, Public and 
                        Municipal Affairs
   1/14/2003  House   Introduced and read first time HJ-89
   1/14/2003  House   Referred to Committee on Medical, Military, Public and 
                        Municipal Affairs HJ-90
    2/4/2003  House   Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Cotty
   2/13/2003  House   Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Clemmons

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

12/18/2002

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A BILL

TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 43-38-70 SO AS TO REQUIRE THE LONG TERM CARE OMBUDSMAN PROGRAM TO ANNUALLY PUBLISH A REPORT ON ALL COMPLAINTS RECEIVED ON LONG TERM CARE FACILITIES AND TO REQUIRE THE PROGRAM TO MAKE THIS INFORMATION AVAILABLE ON THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES' WEB SITE.

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

SECTION    1.    Chapter 38, Title 43 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:

"Section 43-38-70.    (A)    The Long Term Care Ombudsman Program annually shall publish a report of all complaints received on long term care facilities by number and category of complaints received on each facility. The program must make the report available on the Department of Health and Human Services' web site. Patient or client identifying information must not be included in the report.

(B)    For purposes of this section, 'long term care facilities' means nursing homes and community residential care facilities."

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

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