2011-2012 Bill 1394: Certification of Need for Health Facilities and Services (D. No. 4181)

South Carolina General Assembly

119th Session, 2011-2012

S.1394

STATUS INFORMATION

Joint Resolution

Sponsors: Medical Affairs Committee

Document Path: l:\council\bills\dbs\31082ac12.docx

Introduced in the Senate on March 29, 2012

Introduced in the House on April 17, 2012

Currently residing in the House Committee on Medical, Military, Public and Municipal Affairs

Summary: Certification of need for health facilities and services (D. No. 4181)

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS

DateBodyAction Description with journal page number

3/29/2012SenateIntroduced, read first time, placed on calendar without reference (Senate Journalpage6)

4/11/2012SenateRead second time (Senate Journalpage31)

4/11/2012SenateRoll call Ayes40 Nays1 (Senate Journalpage31)

4/12/2012SenateRead third time and sent to House (Senate Journalpage13)

4/17/2012HouseIntroduced and read first time (House Journalpage11)

4/17/2012HouseReferred to Committee on Medical, Military, Public and Municipal Affairs (House Journalpage11)

VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

3/29/2012

3/29/2012-A

INTRODUCED

March 29, 2012

S.1394

Introduced by Medical Affairs Committee

S. Printed 3/29/12--S.

Read the first time March 29, 2012.

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AJOINT RESOLUTION

TO APPROVE REGULATIONS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL, RELATING TO CERTIFICATION OF NEED FOR HEALTH FACILITIES AND SERVICES, DESIGNATED AS REGULATION DOCUMENT NUMBER 4181, PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF ARTICLE 1, CHAPTER 23, TITLE 1 OF THE 1976 CODE.

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

SECTION1.The regulations of the Department of Health and Environmental Control, relating to Certification of Need for Health Facilities and Services, designated as Regulation Document Number 4181, and submitted to the General Assembly pursuant to the provisions of Article 1, Chapter 23, Title 1 of the 1976 Code, are approved.

SECTION2.This joint resolution takes effect upon approval by the Governor.

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SUMMARY AS SUBMITTED

BY PROMULGATING AGENCY.

The Department has revised R.6115, Certification of Need for Health Facilities and Services, to incorporate applicable amendments from Act 278 of 2010 which amended Section 447110 et seq., S.C. Code of Laws, 1976, effective July 1, 2010, and to make other revisions. The amendments include the following, in addition to incorporating provisions from Act 278: clarify Section 604 regarding nontransferability and voidance of a Certificate of Need; add provisions to submit information related to quality of patient care as part of Section 202.2.b; streamline the program by relaxing reporting requirements and extending the period for an exemption or nonapplicability determination to be valid; revise the Part A Questionnaire; and, make other changes to R.6115 to improve the overall quality of the regulation; such as deleting references to federal acts that are obsolete, revisions for clarity, language style, consistency, grammar, punctuation, codification and other stylistic changes. Numerous changes were made as a result of comments received from the regulated community.

A Notice of Drafting for the proposed revision was published in the State Register on September 24, 2010.

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