South Carolina Senate Bill 588

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 4-1)
Status: Introduced on March 2 2023 - 25% progression
Action: 2023-03-02 - Referred to Committee on Banking and Insurance
Pending: Senate Banking and Insurance Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 38-71-440, Relating To Health Maintenance Organizations And Health Benefit Plans Offering Medical Eye Care Or Vision Care Benefits And Prohibited Actions, So As To Provide Definitions For Vision Care Organization And Provider Panel, Prohibit The Requirement That An Ophthalmologist, Optometrist, Or Optician Must Join A Network Solely For The Purpose Of Credentialing The Licensee For Another Organization's Vision Network, Prohibit The Requirement That An Ophthalmologist, Optometrist, Or Optician Must Use Specific Suppliers Of Materials Or Optical Laboratories, Prohibit Contract Requirements That An Ophthalmologist, Optometrist, Or Optician Must Provide Services Or Materials To A Patient Based Upon The Health Maintenance Organization's Subsidiaries, Other Holdings, Or Contract Mandates, And Prohibit Patient Restriction Of Choice Of Labs And Material Providers.

Vision Care Plans

Sen. Brian Adams [R]	Sen. Joshua Kimbrell [R]	Sen. Michael Gambrell [R]	Sen. Katrina Shealy [R]
Sen. Michael Fanning [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-03-02	Senate	Referred to Committee on Banking and Insurance
2023-03-02	Senate	Introduced and read first time

H4271 (Similar To) 2023-04-05 - Referred to Committee on Labor, Commerce and Industry

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
38	71	440	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=0588&session=125&summary=B
Text	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess125_2023-2024/prever/588_20230302.htm
Supplement	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess125_2023-2024/fiscalimpactstatements/S0588%202023-03-02%20introduced.pdf
Supplement	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess125_2023-2024/fiscalimpactstatements/S0588%202023-03-02%20updated.pdf