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STATUS INFORMATION
General Bill
Sponsors: Senator Reese
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Introduced in the Senate on February 10, 2005
Currently residing in the Senate Committee on Medical Affairs
Summary: Hospitals conducting clinical trials must register with the Office of Research and Statistics
HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS
Date Body Action Description with journal page number ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2/10/2005 Senate Introduced and read first time SJ-10 2/10/2005 Senate Referred to Committee on Medical Affairs SJ-10
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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL
TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 44-7-65 SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT A HOSPITAL OR UNIVERSITY THAT RECEIVES STATE FUNDING MUST NOT CONDUCT CLINICAL TRIALS UNLESS THESE TRIALS ARE REGISTERED WITH THE OFFICE OF RESEARCH AND STATISTICS OF THE BUDGET AND CONTROL BOARD AND THE TRIAL RESULTS ARE REPORTED TO THE OFFICE AND MADE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Article 1, Chapter 7, Title 44 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:
"Section 44-7-65. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any hospital or university in this State that receives state funding, including Medicaid, may not conduct clinical trials unless the hospital or university registers the clinical trial with the Office of Research and Statistics of the Budget and Control Board established pursuant to Section 44-6-170, and reports the results of these trials to the office, which shall make these results available to the public in a manner and form determined by the office."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
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