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SC Code § 44-5-70 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 5 - State Health Planning And Development Act|Section 44-5-70. Compensation of council members.

 The SHCC members, while serving on business of the SHCC, shall receive the usual per diem, mileage and subsistence as provided by law for members of state boards, commissions and committees.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 32-507; 1968 (55) 2400; 1979 Act No. 45.
SC Code § 44-5-80 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 5 - State Health Planning And Development Act|Section 44-5-80. Charge for cost of reproduction and handling of plans.

 The state agency may levy a charge to cover costs of reproduction and handling to parties receiving copies of plans developed pursuant to this chapter.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 32-508; 1968 (55) 2400; 1979 Act No. 45.
SC Code § 44-5-90 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 5 - State Health Planning And Development Act|Section 44-5-90. Cooperation of other state departments with state agency.

 All agencies, departments and commissions of the State may cooperate with the state agency in its health planning and development functions. Any agency, department or commission of the State which has authority, designated by statute or regulation, to administer state or state-federal programs which involve related health functions shall cooperate with the state agency in its health planning and development functions so that these programs shall be properly considered in the overall state health plan and state medical facilities plan developed pursuant to this chapter.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 32-509; 1968 (55) 2400; 1979 Act No. 45.
SC Code § 44-5-100 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 5 - State Health Planning And Development Act|Section 44-5-100. Adoption of rules and regulations.

 The state agency, with the advice of the SHCC, shall adopt such regulations as are reasonable and necessary in order to effectuate the provisions of this chapter.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 32-510; 1968 (55) 2400; 1979 Act No. 45.
SC Code § 44-6-10 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 6 - Department Of Health And Human Services|Section 44-6-10. Creation of commission; members; term; conflict of interests.

 There is created the State Department of Health and Human Services which shall be headed by a Director appointed by the Governor, upon the advice and consent of the Senate. The director is subject to removal by the Governor pursuant to the provisions of Section 1-3-240.  HISTORY: 1983 Act No. 83 Section 2; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1039.
SC Code § 44-6-30 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 6 - Department Of Health And Human Services|Section 44-6-30. Duties and limitations.

 The department shall:  (1) administer Title XIX of the Social Security Act (Medicaid), including the Early Periodic Screening, Diagnostic and Treatment Program, and the Community Long-Term Care System;  (2) be designated as the South Carolina Center for Health Statistics to operate the Cooperative Health Statistics Program pursuant to the Public Health Services Act;  (3) be prohibited from engaging in the delivery of services.  HISTORY: 1983 Act No. 83 Section 2; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1040; 2004 Act No. 263, Section 15.A, eff June 18, 2004.
SC Code § 44-6-35 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 6 - Department Of Health And Human Services|Section 44-6-35. Medicaid waiver protections.

 In administering home- and community-based waiver programs, the department shall, to the extent possible, maintain the waiver status of an eligible family member of a member of the armed services who maintains his South Carolina state residence, regardless of where the service member is stationed. Consequently, a person on a waiver waiting list would return to the same place on the waiting list when the family returns to South Carolina. Furthermore, the eligible family member previously enrolled in a waiver program and who received active services would be reinstated into the waiver program once Medicaid eligibility is established, upon their return to South Carolina. It is not the intent of this section to authorize services provided outside the South Carolina Medicaid Service Area. These provisions are contingent upon the department receiving federal approval.  HISTORY: 2014 Act No. 289 (S.825), Pt III, Section 3, eff June 23, 2014.
SC Code § 44-6-40 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 6 - Department Of Health And Human Services|Section 44-6-40. Duties.

 For all health and human services interagency programs provided for in this chapter, the department shall have the following duties:  (1) Prepare and approve state and federal plans prior to submission to the appropriate authority as required by law for final approval or for state or federal funding, or both.  Such plans shall be guided by the goal of delivering services to citizens and administering plans in the most effective and efficient ways possible.  (2) Compile and maintain in a unified, concise, and orderly form information concerning programs provided for in this chapter.  (3) Continuously review and evaluate programs to determine the extent to which they:  (a) meet fiscal, administrative, and program objectives; and  (b) are being operated cost effectively.  (4) Evaluate plans and programs in terms of their compatibility with state objectives and priorities giving specific attention to areas outlined in Section 44-6-70.  (5) Formulate for consideration and promulgation criteria, standards, and procedures that ensure assigned programs are administered effectively, equitably, and economically and in accordance with statewide policies and priorities.  (6) Inform the Governor and the General Assembly as to the effectiveness of the criteria, standards, and procedures promulgated pursuant to item (5) of this section.  (7) Develop in conjunction with other state agencies an information system to provide data on comparative client and fiscal information needed for programs.  (8) Develop a mechanism for local planning.  (9) Obtain from participating state agencies information considered necessary by the department to perform duties assigned to the department.  HISTORY: 1983 Act No. 83 Section 2; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1041.
SC Code § 44-6-45 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 6 - Department Of Health And Human Services|Section 44-6-45. Authority of commission to collect administrative fees associated with accounts receivable for those individuals or entities which negotiate repayment to agency.

 The State Department of Health and Human Services may collect administrative fees associated with accounts receivable for those individuals or entities which negotiate repayment to the agency. The administrative fee may not exceed one and one-half percent of the amounts negotiated and must be remitted to the State Treasurer and deposited to the credit of the general fund of the State.  HISTORY: 1988 Act No. 658, Part II, Section 33; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1042.
SC Code § 44-6-50 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 6 - Department Of Health And Human Services|Section 44-6-50. Contracts with other agencies; program monitoring.

 In carrying out the duties provided for in Section 44-6-30 the department shall:  (1) Contract for health and human services eligibility determination with performance standards regarding quality control as required by law or regulation.  (2) Contract for operation of certified Medicaid management information claims processing system. For the first year of its operation it shall contract for such system with the Department of Social Services.  (3) Contract for other operational components of programs administered under this chapter as considered appropriate.  (4) Monitor and evaluate all contractual services authorized pursuant to this chapter to assure effective performance. Any contract entered into under the provisions of this chapter must be in accordance with the provisions of the South Carolina Consolidated Procurement Code.  (5) Establish a procedure whereby inquiries from members of the General Assembly concerning the department's work and responsibility shall be answered as expeditiously and definitely as possible.  HISTORY: 1983 Act No. 83 Section 2; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1043; 1995 Act No. 41, Section 1.
SC Code § 44-6-70 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 6 - Department Of Health And Human Services|Section 44-6-70. Preparation of state plan and resource allocation recommendations.

 A state plan must be prepared by the department for each program assigned to it and the department must also prepare resource allocation recommendations based on such plans. The resource allocation recommendations must be approved pursuant to state and federal law. The state plans must address state policy and priority areas of service with specific attention to the following objectives:  (a) Prevention measures as addressed in health and human services programs.  (b) Achievement of a balanced health care delivery system assuring that regulations, coverage, and reimbursement policies assure that while the most appropriate care is given, tailored to the client's needs, it is delivered in the most cost-effective manner.  (c) Simplification of paperwork requirements.  (d) Achievement of optimum cost effectiveness in administration and delivery of services provided quality of care is assured.  (e) Improvement of effectiveness of third party reimbursement efforts.  (f) Assurance of maximum utilization of private and nonprofit providers in administration and service delivery systems, provided quality of care is assured.  (g) Encouragement of structured volunteer programs in administration and service delivery.  HISTORY: 1983 Act No. 83 Section 2; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1044.
SC Code § 44-6-80 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 6 - Department Of Health And Human Services|Section 44-6-80. Annual and interim reports.

 The department must submit to the Governor, the State Fiscal Accountability Authority, Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office, and the Executive Budget Office, and the General Assembly an annual report concerning the work of the department including details on improvements in the cost effectiveness achieved since the enactment of this chapter and must recommend changes for further improvements.  Interim reports must be submitted as needed to advise the Governor and the General Assembly of substantive issues.  HISTORY: 1983 Act No. 83 Section 2; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1045.
SC Code § 44-6-90 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 6 - Department Of Health And Human Services|Section 44-6-90. Promulgation of regulations; other agencies to cooperate with commission.

 The department may promulgate regulations to carry out its duties.  All state and local agencies whose responsibilities include administration or delivery of services which are covered by this chapter shall cooperate with the department and comply with its regulations.  HISTORY: 1983 Act No. 83 Section 2; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1046.
SC Code § 44-6-100 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 6 - Department Of Health And Human Services|Section 44-6-100. Personnel of commission; duties; compensation.

 The department employees shall have such general duties and receive such compensation as determined by the director. The director shall be responsible for administration of state personnel policies and general department personnel policies. The director shall have sole authority to employ and discharge employees subject to such personnel policies and funding available for that purpose.  In all instances, the director shall serve as the chief administrative officer of the department and shall have the responsibility of executing policies, directives, and actions of the department either personally or by issuing appropriate directives to the employees.  The goal of the provisions of this section is to ensure that the department's business is conducted according to sound administrative practice, without unnecessary interference with its internal affairs. Public officers and employees shall be guided by this goal and comply with these provisions.  HISTORY: 1983 Act No. 83, Section 2; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1047.
SC Code § 44-6-110 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 6 - Department Of Health And Human Services|Section 44-6-110. Medicaid providers; boundary clarification.

 A Medicaid provider, outside of the geographical boundary of South Carolina but within the South Carolina Medicaid Service Area, as defined by R. 126-300(B) of the Code of State Regulations, prior to the effective date of the amendments to Section 1-1-10, which are effective January 1, 2017, shall not lose status as a Medicaid provider as a result of the clarification of the South Carolina-North Carolina border.  HISTORY: 2016 Act No. 270 (S.667), Section 19, eff January 1, 2017.
SC Code § 44-6-132 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 6 - Department Of Health And Human Services|Section 44-6-132. Legislative findings and intent.

 The General Assembly finds that:  (1) There are citizens who cannot afford to pay for hospital care because of inadequate financial resources or catastrophic medical expenses.  (2) Rising health care costs and the growth of the medically indigent population have increased the strains on the health care system with a growing burden on the hospital industry, health insurance companies, and paying patients.  (3) This burden has affected businesses, which are large purchasers of health care services through employee insurance benefits, and taxpayers in counties which support public hospitals, and it causes the cost of services provided to paying patients to increase in a manner unrelated to the actual cost of services delivered to them.  (4) Hospitals which provide the bulk of unreimbursed services cannot compete economically with hospitals which provide relatively little care to indigent persons.  (5) Because of the complexity of the health care system, any effort to resolve the problem of paying for care for medically indigent persons must be multifaceted and shall include at least four general principles:  (a) Funds must be made available to assure continued access to quality health care for medically indigent patients.  (b) Cost containment measures and competitive incentives must be placed into the health care system along with the additional funds.  (c) The cost of providing indigent care must be equitably borne by the State, the counties, and the providers of care.  (d) State residents must be guaranteed access to emergency medical care regardless of their ability to pay or county of residence.  It is the intent of the General Assembly to:  (1) assure care for the largest possible number of its medically indigent citizens within funds available by:  (a) expanding the number of persons eligible for Medicaid services, using additional state and county funds to take advantage of matching federal funds;  (b) creating a fund based on provider and local government contributions to provide medical assistance to those citizens who do not qualify for Medicaid or any other government assistance and who do not have the means to pay for hospital care; and  (c) mandating access to emergency medical care for all state residents in need of the care;  (2) Provide incentives for cost containment to providers of care to indigent patients by implementing a prospective payment system in the Medicaid and Medically Indigent Assistance Fund programs;  (3) monitor efforts to foster competition in the health care market place while being prepared to make adjustments in the system through regulatory intervention if needed;  (4) promote market reforms, as the single largest employer in the State, by structuring its health insurance program to encourage healthy lifestyles and prudent use of medical services; and  (5) reduce where possible or maintain the current rate schedules of hospitals to keep costs from escalating.  HISTORY: 1985 Act No. 201, Part II, Section 19 (preamble).
SC Code § 44-6-135 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 6 - Department Of Health And Human Services|Section 44-6-135. Short title.

 The following sections shall be known and may be cited as the "South Carolina Medically Indigent Assistance Act".  HISTORY: 1985 Act No. 201, Part II, Section 19A.
SC Code § 44-6-140 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 6 - Department Of Health And Human Services|Section 44-6-140. Medicaid hospital prospective payment system; cost containment measures.

 (A) To provide cost containment incentives for providers of care to Medicaid recipients, the department shall convert the Medicaid hospital reimbursement system from a retrospective payment system to a prospective payment system by October 1, 1985. The prospective payment system includes, at a minimum, the following elements:  (1) a maximum allowable payment amount established for individual hospital products, services, patient diagnoses, patient day, patient admission, or per patient, or any combination thereof. This payment must be based on hospital costs rather than hospital charges and must be adjusted at least every two years to reflect the most recent audited cost data available. The department shall set by regulation those circumstances under which a hospital may seek an exception. The maximum allowable payment amount must be weighted to allow for the costs of medical education and primary, secondary, or tertiary care considerations;  (2) payment on a timely basis to the hospital by the commission or patient or both, of the maximum allowable payment amount determined by the commission; and  (3) acceptance by the hospital of the maximum payment amount as payment in full, which includes any deductible or copayment provided for in the state Medicaid program.  (B) The department shall at the same time implement other cost containment measures which include, but are not limited to:  (1) utilization reviews for appropriateness of treatment and length of stay;  (2) preadmission certification of nonemergency admissions;  (3) mandatory outpatient surgery in appropriate cases;  (4) a second surgical opinion pilot study; and  (5) procedures for encouraging the use of outpatient services.  The department, to the fullest extent possible, shall utilize information required in this subsection in the form hospitals are presently submitting the information to other governmental agencies or in the form hospitals are presently utilizing the information within the hospital.  HISTORY: 1985 Act No. 201, Part II, Section 19C; 1989 Act No. 189, Part II, Section 35A; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1048.
SC Code § 44-6-146 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 6 - Department Of Health And Human Services|Section 44-6-146. County assessments for indigent medical care; penalties for failure to pay assessments in timely manner.

 (A) Every fiscal year the State Treasurer shall withhold from the portion of the Local Government Fund allotted to the counties a sum equal to fifty cents per capita based on the population of the several counties as shown by the latest official census of the United States. The money withheld by the State Treasurer must be placed to the credit of the commission and used to provide Title XIX (Medicaid) services.  (B) County governments are assessed an additional thirteen million dollars annually for use as matching funds for Medicaid services. Of these funds, seven and a half million dollars must be deposited into the Medicaid Expansion Fund created by Section 44-6-155.  The department shall assess each county its share of the thirteen million dollars based on a formula which equally weighs the following factors in each county: property value, personal income, net taxable sales, and the previous two years of claims against the medically indigent assistance fund or program against county residents. If a trust fund has been established in a county to fund indigent care in the county, contributions on behalf of the county must be credited against the county assessment.  (C) Within thirty days of the first day of the state's fiscal year, and on the first day of the other three quarters, each county shall remit one-fourth of its total assessment to the department. The department shall allow a brief grace period during which late payments are not subject to interest or penalty.  Any county which fails to pay its assessment within the time allotted must pay, in addition to the assessment, a penalty of five percent of the assessment and interest at one and one-half percent per month from the date the assessment was originally due to the date of the payment of the assessment and penalty. The department may in its discretion waive or reduce the penalty or interest or any part thereof.  HISTORY: 1989 Act No. 189, Part II, Section 35B; 1991 Act No. 171, Part II, Section 22K; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1049.
SC Code § 44-6-155 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 6 - Department Of Health And Human Services|Section 44-6-155. Medicaid Expansion Fund.

 (A) There is created the Medicaid Expansion Fund into which must be deposited funds:  (1) collected pursuant to Section 44-6-146;  (2) collected pursuant to Section 12-23-810; and  (3) appropriated pursuant to subsection (B).  This fund must be separate and distinct from the general fund. These funds are supplementary and may not be used to replace general funds appropriated by the General Assembly or other funds used to support Medicaid. These funds and the programs specified in subsection (C) are exempt from any budgetary cuts, reductions, or eliminations caused by the lack of general fund revenues. Earnings on investments from this fund must remain part of the separate fund and must not be deposited in the general fund.  (B) The department shall estimate the amount of federal matching funds which will be spent in the State during the next fiscal year due to the changes in Medicaid authorized by subsection (C). Based on this estimate, the General Assembly shall appropriate to the Medicaid Expansion Fund state funds equal to the additional state revenue generated by the expenditure of these federal funds.  (C) Monies in the fund must be used to:  (1) provide Medicaid coverage to pregnant women and infants with family incomes above one hundred percent but below one hundred eighty-five percent of the federal poverty guidelines;  (2) provide Medicaid coverage to children aged one through six with family income below federal poverty guidelines;  (3) provide Medicaid coverage to aged and disabled persons with family income below federal poverty guidelines;  (4) [reserved];  (5) [reserved];  (6) [reserved];  (7) provide up to two hundred forty thousand dollars to reimburse the Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office and hospitals for the cost of collecting and reporting data pursuant to Section 44-6-170;  (8) [reserved].  (D) Any funds not expended for the purposes specified in subsection (C) during a given year are carried forward to the succeeding year for the same purposes.  HISTORY: 1989 Act No. 189, Part II, Section 35D; 1991 Act No. 105, Sections 4, 5; 1993 Act No. 130, Section 2; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1051; 1998 Act No. 419, Part II, Section 41C.  Code Commissioner's Note  Pursuant to the directive to the Code Commissioner in 2018 Act No. 246, Section 10, "Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office" was substituted for all references to "Office of Research and Statistics of the Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office".