Bill Text: SC H4130 | 2025-2026 | 126th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Miscarriages
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 6)
Status: (Introduced) 2025-03-05 - Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Long, Gagnon, Hartz, McCravy, Hiott [H4130 Detail]
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South Carolina General Assembly
126th Session, 2025-2026
Bill 4130
Indicates Matter Stricken
Indicates New Matter
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A bill
TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY ADDING SECTION 44-7-400 SO AS TO PROHIBIT HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS FROM DESIGNATING MISCARRIAGES AS AN ABORTION IN PATIENT MEDICAL RECORDS.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Article 3, Chapter 7, Title 44 of the S.C. Code is amended by adding:
Section 44-7-400. Notwithstanding reporting to the Department of Public Health required pursuant to Section 44-41-60, the medical record of a patient whose pregnancy terminated due to a miscarriage may not be coded by the healthcare facility or practitioner, or otherwise designated by the facility or practitioner, as an abortion or a medical procedure or healthcare related to an abortion.
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
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