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H. 3600

STATUS INFORMATION

General Bill
Sponsors: Reps. Gullick and King
Document Path: l:\council\bills\gjk\20143ac09.docx

Introduced in the House on February 25, 2009
Currently residing in the House Committee on Medical, Military, Public and Municipal Affairs

Summary: Medical laboratories

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
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   2/25/2009  House   Introduced and read first time HJ-2
   2/25/2009  House   Referred to Committee on Medical, Military, Public and 
                        Municipal Affairs HJ-3
    3/3/2009  House   Member(s) request name added as sponsor: King

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

2/25/2009

TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING CHAPTER 133 TO TITLE 44 SO AS TO REQUIRE MEDICAL LABORATORIES TO PROVIDE TEST RESULTS TO PATIENTS AT THE SAME TIME THE RESULTS ARE PROVIDED TO THE HEALTHCARE PROVIDER.

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

SECTION    1.    Title 44 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:

"Section 44-133-10.    Notwithstanding another provision of law, a medical laboratory that provides laboratory test services must send the test results to a patient, who is undergoing such laboratory testing on an outpatient basis, at the same time the laboratory provides the test results to the healthcare provider."

SECTION    2.    This act takes effect sixty days after approval by the Governor.

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