South Carolina House Bill 3851 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: Introduced on March 17 2015 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2015-04-28 - Recommitted to Committee on Medical, Military, Public and Municipal Affairs
Text: Latest bill text (Comm Sub) [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.

Birthing centers

Rep. Murrell Smith [R]

Rep. Jenny Horne [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-04-28	House	Recommitted to Committee on Medical, Military, Public and Municipal Affairs
2015-04-23	House	Committee report: Favorable with amendment Medical, Military, Public and Municipal Affairs
2015-03-17	House	Referred to Committee on Medical, Military, Public and Municipal Affairs
2015-03-17	House	Introduced and read first time

S1143 (Similar To) 2016-03-03 - Referred to Committee on Medical Affairs

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=3851&session=121&summary=B
Text	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess121_2015-2016/prever/3851_20150317.htm
Text	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess121_2015-2016/prever/3851_20150423.htm