2011-2012 Bill 232: Health care facilities - South ...



South Carolina General Assembly119th Session, 2011-2012A61, R47, S232STATUS INFORMATIONGeneral BillSponsors: Senators Cleary and FordDocument Path: l:\council\bills\agm\18247bh11.docxIntroduced in the Senate on January 11, 2011Introduced in the House on March 29, 2011Last Amended on March 23, 2011Passed by the General Assembly on May 5, 2011Governor's Action: May 23, 2011, VetoedLegislative veto action(s): Veto overriddenSummary: Health care facilitiesHISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONSDateBodyAction Description with journal page number12/8/2010SenatePrefiled12/8/2010SenateReferred to Committee on Medical Affairs1/11/2011SenateIntroduced and read first time (Senate Journalpage?108)1/11/2011SenateReferred to Committee on Medical Affairs (Senate Journalpage?108)3/3/2011SenateCommittee report: Favorable with amendment Medical Affairs (Senate Journalpage?17)3/4/2011Scrivener's error corrected3/23/2011SenateCommittee Amendment Adopted (Senate Journalpage?17)3/23/2011SenateRead second time (Senate Journalpage?17)3/23/2011SenateRoll call Ayes29 Nays8 (Senate Journalpage?17)3/24/2011SenateRead third time and sent to House (Senate Journalpage?13)3/24/2011SenateRoll call Ayes31 Nays11 (Senate Journalpage?13)3/29/2011HouseIntroduced and read first time (House Journalpage?19)3/29/2011HouseReferred to Committee on Medical, Military, Public and Municipal Affairs (House Journalpage?19)4/26/2011HouseCommittee report: Favorable Medical, Military, Public and Municipal Affairs (House Journalpage?70)4/28/2011HouseDebate adjourned until Tuesday, May 3, 2011 (House Journalpage?17)5/3/2011HouseDebate adjourned until Wednesday, May 4, 2011 (House Journalpage?20)5/4/2011HouseRead second time (House Journalpage?15)5/4/2011HouseRoll call Yeas94 Nays0 (House Journalpage?15)5/5/2011HouseRead third time and enrolled (House Journalpage?11)5/17/2011Ratified R 475/23/2011Vetoed by Governor6/1/2011SenateVeto sustained Ayes22 Nays15 (Senate Journalpage?129)6/1/2011SenateReconsider vote whereby veto sustained (Senate Journalpage?130)6/1/2011SenateRoll call Ayes24 Nays13 (Senate Journalpage?130)6/2/2011SenateVeto overridden by originating body Ayes27 Nays11 (Senate Journalpage?27)6/15/2011HouseVeto overridden Yeas112 Nays1 (House Journalpage?286)6/24/2011Effective date 06/15/116/27/2011Act No.?61VERSIONS OF THIS BILL12/8/20103/3/20113/4/20113/23/20114/26/2011(A61, R47, S232)AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 447130, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO DEFINITIONS OF THE STATE CERTIFICATION OF NEED AND HEALTH CARE FACILITY ACT, SO AS TO REVISE THE DEFINITION OF HEALTH CARE FACILITY.Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:Health care facility definition revisedSECTION1.Section 447130(10) of the 1976 Code, as last amended by Act 278 of 2010, is further amended to read:“(10)‘Health care facility’ means acute care hospitals, psychiatric hospitals, alcohol and substance abuse hospitals, nursing homes, ambulatory surgical facilities, hospice facilities, radiation therapy facilities, rehabilitation facilities, residential treatment facilities for children and adolescents, intermediate care facilities for the mentally retarded, narcotic treatment programs, and any other facility for which certificate of need review is required by federal law.”Exception for certain narcotic treatment programsSECTION2.A facility that has applied for licensure as a narcotic treatment program within a facility for chemically dependent or addicted persons, prior to the effective date of this act, may be granted a license by the department without first obtaining a certificate of need. Time effectiveSECTION3.This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.Ratified the 17th day of May, 2011.Vetoed by the Governor -- 5/23/2011.Veto overridden by Senate -- 6/2/2011.Veto overridden by House -- 6/15/2011. __________ ................
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