South Carolina General Assembly
121st Session, 2015-2016

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S. 136

STATUS INFORMATION

General Bill
Sponsors: Senator Cleary
Document Path: l:\council\bills\bbm\9094ab15.docx

Introduced in the Senate on January 13, 2015
Introduced in the House on February 12, 2015
Last Amended on February 3, 2015
Currently residing in the House Committee on Medical, Military, Public and Municipal Affairs

Summary: Dentists and oral surgeons

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS 

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
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   12/3/2014  Senate  Prefiled
   12/3/2014  Senate  Referred to Committee on Banking and Insurance
   1/13/2015  Senate  Introduced and read first time (Senate Journal-page 94)
   1/13/2015  Senate  Referred to Committee on Banking and Insurance 
                        (Senate Journal-page 94)
   1/29/2015  Senate  Committee report: Favorable with amendment Banking and 
                        Insurance (Senate Journal-page 6)
   1/30/2015          Scrivener's error corrected
    2/3/2015  Senate  Committee Amendment Adopted (Senate Journal-page 27)
    2/5/2015  Senate  Read second time (Senate Journal-page 13)
    2/5/2015  Senate  Roll call Ayes-42  Nays-0 (Senate Journal-page 13)
   2/10/2015  Senate  Read third time and sent to House 
                        (Senate Journal-page 11)
   2/12/2015  House   Introduced and read first time (House Journal-page 23)
   2/12/2015  House   Referred to Committee on Medical, Military, Public and 
                        Municipal Affairs (House Journal-page 23)

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

12/3/2014
1/29/2015
1/30/2015
2/3/2015

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COMMITTEE AMENDMENT ADOPTED

February 3, 2015

S. 136

Introduced by Senator Cleary

S. Printed 2/3/15--S.

Read the first time January 13, 2015.

            

A BILL

TO AMEND SECTION 38-71-1520, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO DEFINITIONS IN THE ACCESS TO EMERGENCY MEDICAL CARE ACT, SO AS TO REVISE THE DEFINITION OF EMERGENCY MEDICAL PROVIDER TO INCLUDE ORAL SURGEONS AND DENTISTS LICENSED BY THE STATE BOARD OF DENTISTRY.

Amend Title To Conform

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

SECTION    1.    Section 38-71-1520(3) of the 1976 Code is amended to read:

"(3)    'Emergency medical provider' means hospitals licensed by the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control, hospital-based services, and physicians licensed by the State Board of Medical Examiners, and oral surgeons and dentists licensed by the State Board of Dentistry who provide emergency medical care."

SECTION    2.    Article 15, Chapter 71, Title 38 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:

"Section 38-71-1545.    The provisions of this article do not apply to a policy which provides disability or income protection coverage, hospital confinement indemnity coverage, accident only coverage, specified disease or specified accident coverage, long-term care coverage, vision only coverage, or coverage issued as a supplement to Medicare."

SECTION    3.    This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.

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