South Carolina Senate Bill 486

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Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: Introduced on March 25 2025 - 25% progression
Action: 2025-03-25 - Referred to Committee on Medical Affairs
Pending: Senate Medical Affairs Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Adding Section 44-6-230 So As To Establish Minimum Compensation Requirements For Direct Care Workers Providing Personal Care Services Through Medicaid Home And Community-based Service Providers And To Provide For Phased In Upward Adjustments To The Compensation Paid; To Require Certain Reporting By Provider Agencies To The South Carolina Department Of Health And Human Services; And To Authorize The Department To Take Certain Enforcement Actions To Address Possible Inaccuracies Or Fraud.

Medicaid

Sen. Darrell Jackson [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2025-03-25	Senate	Referred to Committee on Medical Affairs
2025-03-25	Senate	Introduced and read first time

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
44	6	230	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=0486&session=126&summary=B
Text	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/486_20250325.htm