South Carolina House Bill 3518 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 24-0)
Status: Introduced on January 12 2021 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2022-01-12 - Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Yow
Pending: House Medical, Military, Public and Municipal Affairs Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amend The Code Of Laws Of South Carolina, 1976, To Enact The "medical Ethics And Diversity Act"; By Adding Chapter 139 To Title 44 So As To Set Forth Findings Of The General Assembly Regarding The Right Of Conscience In The Health Care Industry; To Define Certain Terms; To Authorize Medical Practitioners, Health Care Institutions, And Health Care Payers Not To Participate In Health Care Services That Violate The Practitioner's Or Entity's Conscience And To Protect These Individuals And Entities From Civil, Criminal, Or Administrative Liability And From Discrimination For Exercising Their Personal Right Of Conscience, With Exceptions; To Create A Private Right Of Action For Medical Practitioners, Health Care Institutions, And Health Care Payers For Violation Of The Chapter; And For Other Purposes.

Medical Ethics and Diversity Act

Rep. Mark Willis [R]	Rep. John Mccravy [R]	Rep. Doug Gilliam [R]	Rep. Sandy McGarry [R]
Rep. James Burns [R]	Rep. Steve Moss [R]	Rep. Thomas Pope [R]	Rep. Cally Forrest [R]
Rep. Bobby Cox [R]	Rep. Patrick Haddon [R]	Rep. Ashley Trantham [R]	Rep. Melissa Oremus [R]
Rep. Josiah Magnuson [R]	Rep. Jeffrey Johnson [R]	Rep. William Bailey [R]	Rep. Steven Long [R]
Rep. Chip Huggins [R]	Rep. Garry Smith [R]	Rep. Linda Bennett [R]	Rep. Anne Thayer [R]
Rep. Davey Hiott [R]	Rep. Bill Taylor [R]	Rep. Paula Rawl Calhoon [R]	Rep. Richard Yow [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2022-01-12	House	Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Yow
2021-02-18	House	Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Calhoon
2021-02-10	House	Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Taylor
2021-02-04	House	Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Hiott
2021-02-02	House	Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Thayer
2021-01-14	House	Member(s) request name added as sponsor: G.R.Smith, Bennett
2021-01-13	House	Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Trantham, Oremus, Magnuson, J.E.Johnson, Bailey, Long, Huggins
2021-01-12	House	Referred to Committee on Medical, Military, Public and Municipal Affairs
2021-01-12	House	Introduced and read first time
2020-12-16	House	Referred to Committee on Medical, Military, Public and Municipal Affairs
2020-12-16	House	Prefiled

S0811 (Similar To) 2021-05-12 - Referred to Committee on Medical Affairs
H4776 (Similar To) 2022-06-28 - Act No. 235
S1130 (Similar To) 2022-03-10 - Committee report: Favorable Medical Affairs

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=3518&session=124&summary=B
Text	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess124_2021-2022/prever/3518_20201216.htm
Supplement	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess124_2021-2022/fiscalimpactstatements/H3518%202021-01-12%20introduced.pdf