South Carolina Senate Bill 537

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 4-0)
Status: Introduced on February 15 2023 - 25% progression
Action: 2023-02-16 - Scrivener's error corrected
Pending: Senate Banking and Insurance Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #2) [HTML]

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Adding Section 38-5-25 So As To Provide That A Health Care Sharing Ministry Is A Nonprofit, Tax-exempt Organization That Establishes Criteria And Procedures To Facilitate Matching Participants Having Financial Or Medical Needs With Other Participants Who Are Able To Assist In Meeting Those Needs Or That Helps Provide For The Financial Or Medical Needs Of A Participant Through Contributions Of Another Participant And To Further Provide That Such A Health Care Sharing Ministry Is Not Insurance.

Healthcare Sharing Ministries Freedom to Share Act

Sen. Lawrence Grooms [R]

Sen. Wes Climer [R]

Sen. Joshua Kimbrell [R]

Sen. Danny Verdin [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-02-16		Scrivener's error corrected
2023-02-15	Senate	Referred to Committee on Banking and Insurance
2023-02-15	Senate	Introduced and read first time

H4024 (Similar To) 2023-04-18 - Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Harris

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
38	5	25	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=0537&session=125&summary=B
Text	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess125_2023-2024/prever/537_20230215.htm
Text	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess125_2023-2024/prever/537_20230216.htm