South Carolina General Assembly
117th Session, 2007-2008

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A29, R51, H3406

STATUS INFORMATION

General Bill
Sponsors: Reps. Sellers, Govan and Ott
Document Path: l:\council\bills\nbd\11200ac07.doc

Introduced in the House on January 31, 2007
Introduced in the Senate on March 6, 2007
Last Amended on April 19, 2007
Passed by the General Assembly on May 1, 2007
Became law without Governor's signature, May 16, 2007

Summary: Hospital Patient Safety Act

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS 

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
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   1/31/2007  House   Introduced and read first time HJ-16
   1/31/2007  House   Referred to Committee on Medical, Military, Public and 
                        Municipal Affairs HJ-17
   2/28/2007  House   Committee report: Favorable Medical, Military, Public 
                        and Municipal Affairs HJ-19
    3/1/2007  House   Read second time HJ-24
    3/1/2007  House   Unanimous consent for third reading on next legislative 
                        day HJ-25
    3/2/2007  House   Read third time and sent to Senate HJ-1
    3/6/2007  Senate  Introduced and read first time SJ-11
    3/6/2007  Senate  Referred to Committee on Medical Affairs SJ-11
   4/18/2007  Senate  Committee report: Favorable with amendment Medical 
                        Affairs SJ-9
   4/19/2007  Senate  Amended SJ-38
   4/24/2007  Senate  Read second time SJ-12
   4/25/2007  Senate  Read third time and returned to House with amendments 
                        SJ-33
    5/1/2007  House   Concurred in Senate amendment and enrolled HJ-24
    5/9/2007          Ratified R 51
   5/16/2007          Became law without Governor's signature
   5/17/2007          Copies available
   5/17/2007          Effective date 05/16/07
   5/22/2007          Act No. 29

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

1/31/2007
2/28/2007
4/18/2007
4/19/2007

(Text matches printed bills. Document has been reformatted to meet World Wide Web specifications.)

(A29, R51, H3406)

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 44-7-3455, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO HOSPITALS NOT SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THE HOSPITAL PATIENT SAFETY ACT, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT PROVISIONS OF THAT ACT DO NOT APPLY TO SPECIALIZED HOSPITALS LICENSED EXCLUSIVELY FOR TREATMENT OF ALCOHOL OR DRUG TREATMENT THAT ARE UNDER CONTRACT WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF ALCOHOL AND OTHER DRUG ABUSE SERVICES.

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

Alcohol and drug abuse hospitals exempt

SECTION    1.    Section 44-7-3455 of the 1976 Code, as added by Act 146 of 2005, is amended to read:

"Section 44-7-3455.    The provisions of this article do not apply to hospitals owned or operated by the Department of Mental Health or by specialized hospitals licensed exclusively for treatment of alcohol or drug abuse and which are under contract with the Department of Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse Services."

Time effective

SECTION    2.    This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.

Ratified the 9th day of May, 2007.

Became law without the signature of the Governor -- 5/16/07.

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