House Amendment 659
S 474 - Session 125 (2023-2024)
Abortion - Fetal Heartbeat
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Rep. King and Bamberg proposes the following amendment (LC-474.DG0175H):

Amend the bill, as and if amended, by adding an appropriately numbered SECTION to read:

SECTION X. Article 6, Chapter 41, Title 44 of the S.C. Code is amended by adding:

 Section 44-41-750. Where the provisions of this article prohibit physicians from providing the best medical care to patients, and patients are forced to undergo alternative abortion procedures, all health insurance plans in this state and Medicaid must pay the full costs of additional, medically unnecessary procedures required by this article, including, but not limited to hospitalizations, anesthesia, pharmaceuticals, surgeons, anesthesiologists, professional nursing care, mental health counseling and all other medical care as deemed necessary by the attending physician.