Senate: Massey

Attorney: Moffitt

Drafting Assistant: Bishop

Date: January 08, 2026

DOC. ID.: /SENATE RESEARCH/KM/DRAFTS/SR-0469KM26/SR-0469KM26.DOCX

 

 

 

A bill

 

TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY ADDING SECTION 44-6-75 SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT LICENSED ABORTION CLINICS AND AFFILIATED PHYSICIANS OR MEDICAL PRACTICES ARE UNQUALIFIED TO PROVIDE FAMILY PLANNING UNDER THE STATE'S MEDICAID PROGRAM, TO PROHIBIT STATE AND LOCAL FUNDS FOR FAMILY PLANNING TO BE APPROPRIATED TO A LICENSED ABORTION CLINIC AND AFFILIATED PHYSICIANS AND MEDICAL PRACTICES, AND TO PROVIDE THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH MUST PROVIDE A LIST OF QUALIFIED FAMILY PLANNING SERVICE PROVIDERS.

 

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

 

SECTION 1.  Article 1, Chapter 6, Title 44 of the S.C. Code is amended by adding:

 

    Section 44-6-75. (A) Any facility licensed by the Department of Public Health to operate as an abortion provider pursuant to Section 44-41-75 and any affiliated physicians or professional medical practices who are operating concurrently with and in the same physical, geographic location or footprint as the licensed facility are unqualified to provide family planning services under the State's Medicaid program.

    (B) State and local funds for family planning, whether through a grant, a contract, state-administered federal funds, or any other form, may not be directly or indirectly provided to any facility licensed by the Department of Public Health to operate as abortion provider pursuant to Section 44-41-75 or to a physician or professional medical practice affiliated with a licensed abortion provider who is operating concurrently with and in the same physical, geographic location or footprint as the licensed facility.

    (C) The department of Public Health shall prepare, produce, and make publicly available in a user-friendly format a list of all qualified family planning service providers operating within a twenty-five-mile radius of any facility licensed to provide abortions pursuant to Section 44-41-75 that is excluded from the State's Medicaid provider network.

 

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

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