South Carolina House Bill 3133 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: Introduced on January 10 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-01-10 - Referred to Committee on Medical, Military, Public and Municipal Affairs
Pending: House Medical, Military, Public and Municipal Affairs Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Require Birth Centers To Be Accredited And To Comply With State Statutes And Regulations, To Require Births Planned To Occur At Birth Centers To Be Evaluated By Professional Staff To Assess For Risk Status And To Document Evaluations In Client Files, To Address Professional Requirements For Staff Members Who Provide Patient Care, To Require Development Of Guidelines, Policies And Procedures Addressing, Among Other Practices, The Transfer Of Clients To Hospitals, To Require Birth Centers To Collect And Report Data, And To Establish A Deadline For Birth Centers In Operation To Become Accredited.

Regulation of birth centers

Rep. Murrell Smith [R]

Rep. Brandon Newton [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-01-10	House	Referred to Committee on Medical, Military, Public and Municipal Affairs
2017-01-10	House	Introduced and read first time
2016-12-15	House	Referred to Committee on Medical, Military, Public and Municipal Affairs
2016-12-15	House	Prefiled

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
44	89	30	(n/a)	See Bill Text
44	89	60	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=3133&session=122&summary=B
Text	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess122_2017-2018/prever/3133_20161215.htm