Current Status Bill Number:View additional legislative information at the LPITS web site.3284 Ratification Number:354 Act Number:335 Introducing Body:House Subject:Relating to the creation of the South Carolina Medically Indigent Assistance Fund
(A335, R354, H3284)
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 44-6-150, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE CREATION OF THE SOUTH CAROLINA MEDICALLY INDIGENT ASSISTANCE FUND, SO AS TO REPLACE PER CAPITA INCOME WITH PERSONAL INCOME AS ONE OF THE FACTORS WHICH MUST BE USED IN COMPUTING EACH COUNTY'S ASSESSMENT TO THE FUND, TO SPECIFY, FOR FISCAL YEAR 1985-86 ONLY, THE AMOUNT OF EACH COUNTY'S CONTRIBUTION TO THE FUND, AND TO MAKE THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ACT RETROACTIVE TO THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF SECTION 19 OF PART II OF ACT 201 OF 1985.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
County assessment; formula
SECTION 1. The first paragraph of subsection (C) of Section 44-6-150, as added by subsection (C) of Section 19 of Part II of Act 201 of 1985, is amended to read:
"(C) For the first two years, each county is assessed its portion for the Medically Indigent Assistance Fund based on a formula which equally weighs the following factors in each county: property value, personal income, and net taxable sales. For the third and subsequent years, each county will be assessed its portion for the Medically Indigent Assistance Fund based on a formula which equally weighs the following factors in each county: property value, personal income, net taxable sales, and the previous two years of claims against the fund by county residences. If a trust fund has been established in a county to fund indigent care in the county, contributions to the Medically Indigent Assistance Fund from the trust fund on behalf of the county must be credited against the county assessment."
County contribution
SECTION 2. For fiscal year 1985-86 only, the following is the amount of each county's contribution for the Medically Indigent Assistance Act, as calculated pursuant to the provisions of Section 44-6-150 of the 1976 Code, as amended by the provisions of Section 1 of this act:
COUNTY AMOUNT
Abbeville $ 36,141
Aiken 246,252
Allendale 20,215
Anderson 312,409
Bamberg 31,241
Barnwell 41,655
Beaufort 299,545
Berkeley 208,885
Calhoun 33,691
Charleston 775,510
Cherokee 89,435
Chester 62,482
Chesterfield 73,508
Clarendon 52,681
Colleton 71,058
Darlington 134,765
Dillon 55,131
Dorchester 137,215
Edgefield 33,691
Fairfield 60,032
Florence 309,959
Georgetown 121,288
Greenville 870,458
Greenwood 145,178
Hampton 36,141
Horry 455,750
Jasper 33,691
Kershaw 99,848
Lancaster 105,362
Laurens 102,911
Lee 25,728
Lexington 376,116
McCormick 12,251
Marion 57,582
Marlboro 46,555
Newberry 71,058
Oconee 121,288
Orangeburg 177,032
Pickens 169,068
Richland 714,253
Saluda 22,665
Spartanburg 556,823
Sumter 177,032
Union 54,518
Williamsburg 65,545
York 259,728
TOTAL $7,963,370
Retroactive effect
SECTION 3. The provisions of this act are retroactive to June 20, 1985, the effective date of Section 19 of Part II of Act 201 of 1985.
Time effective
SECTION 4. This act shall take effect upon approval by the Governor.