Current Status Bill Number:4523 Type of Legislation:General Bill GB Introducing Body:House Introduced Date:19980128 Primary Sponsor:Fleming All Sponsors:Fleming, Phillips, Rodgers, Stuart, McCraw, Young-Brickell, Allison and Spearman Drafted Document Number:psd\7143ac.98 Residing Body:House Current Committee:Medical, Military, Public and Municipal Affairs Committee 27 H3M Subject:Certificate of Need program, kidney disease treatment or dialysis machine centers exempt from process; Medical
Body Date Action Description Com Leg Involved ______ ________ _______________________________________ _______ ____________ House 19980128 Introduced, read first time, 27 H3M referred to CommitteeView additional legislative information at the LPITS web site.
TO AMEND SECTION 44-7-130, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO DEFINITIONS IN THE STATE CERTIFICATION OF NEED AND HEALTH FACILITY LICENSURE ACT, SO AS TO DELETE KIDNEY DISEASE TREATMENT CENTERS AND HEMODIALYSIS CENTERS FROM THE DEFINITION OF "HEALTH CARE FACILITY", AND TO AMEND SECTION 44-7-170, AS AMENDED, RELATING TO EXEMPTIONS FROM THE CERTIFICATE OF NEED PROCESS, SO AS TO EXEMPT DIALYSIS MACHINES AND KIDNEY DISEASE TREATMENT CENTERS.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Section 44-7-130(10) of the 1976 Code, as last amended by Act 511 of 1992, is further amended to read:
"(10) 'Health care facility' means acute care hospitals, psychiatric hospitals, alcohol and substance abuse hospitals, tuberculosis hospitals, nursing homes, kidney disease treatment centers, including free-standing hemodialysis centers, ambulatory surgical facilities, rehabilitation facilities, residential treatment facilities for children and adolescents, habilitation centers for mentally retarded persons or persons with related conditions, and any other facility for which Certificate of Need review is required by federal law."
SECTION 2. Section 44-7-170(B) of the 1976 Code, as last amended by Act 511 of 1992, is further amended by adding an appropriately numbered item at the end to read:
"(6) dialysis machines and kidney disease treatment centers including, but not limited to, free standing hemodialysis centers and renal dialysis centers."
SECTION 3. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.