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SC Code § 44-9-100 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 9 - State Department Of Mental Health|Section 44-9-100. Additional powers and duties of commission.

 The commission may:  (1) prescribe the form of and information to be contained in applications, records, reports, and medical certificates provided for under this chapter, Chapter 11, Chapter 13, Article 1 of Chapter 15, Chapter 17, Chapter 22, Chapter 23, Chapter 24, Chapter 27, Chapter 48, and Chapter 52;  (2) require reports from the director of a state hospital relating to the admission, examination, diagnosis, discharge, or conditional discharge of a patient;  (3) investigate complaints made by a patient or by a person on behalf of a patient;  (4) adopt regulations not inconsistent with this chapter, Chapter 11, Chapter 13, Article 1 of Chapter 15, Chapter 17, Chapter 22, Chapter 23, Chapter 24, Chapter 27, Chapter 48, and Chapter 52 as it may find to be reasonably necessary for the government of all institutions over which it has authority and of state mental health facilities and the proper and efficient treatment of persons with a mental illness or substance abuse disorder;  (5) take appropriate action to initiate and develop relationships and agreements with state, local, federal, and private agencies, hospitals, and clinics as the commission considers necessary to increase and enhance the accessibility and delivery of emergency and all other types of mental health services.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 32-924; 1952 Code Section 32-954; 1942 Code Section 6223; 1932 Code Section 6223; Civ. C. '22 Section 5074; Civ. C. '12 Section 3355; Civ. C. '02 Section 2248; G. S. 1585; R. S. 1780; 1827 (11) 322; 1871 (15) 672; 1915 (29) 147; 1920 (31) 704; 1938 (40) 1665; 1952 (47) 2042; 1958 (50) 1634; 1979 Act No. 42 Section 2; 1993 Act No. 37, Section 1; 2000 Act No. 253, Section 2; 2008 Act No. 266, Section 5, eff June 4, 2008.
SC Code § 44-9-110 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 9 - State Department Of Mental Health|Section 44-9-110. Acceptance of gifts and grants by commission.

 The Mental Health Commission may accept on behalf of the Department of Mental Health or any of its facilities or services, gifts, bequests, devises, grants, donations of money or real and personal property of whatever kind, but no such gift or grant shall be accepted upon the condition that it shall diminish an obligation due the Department. The Commission may refuse to accept any such gift or grant and the acceptance of any such gift or grant shall not incur any obligation on the part of the State. Any gift or grant given to a specific facility or service shall be used for that facility or service only, or to its successor. The Commission may promulgate rules and regulations governing the disposition of such gifts and grants.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 32-923; 1971 (57) 473.
SC Code § 44-9-120 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 9 - State Department Of Mental Health|Section 44-9-120. Annual report of commission.

 The Commission shall submit an annual report to the Governor before the eleventh day of January of each year setting forth its activities, the financial affairs and the state and condition of the State mental health facilities and any other statistical information which is usually required of facilities of the type over which it has charge. The report shall include any recommendations which in the opinion of the Commission will improve the mental health program of the State. A copy of the report shall also be submitted to the General Assembly.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 32-927; 1952 Code Section 32-988; 1951 (47) 734; 1952 (47) 2042.
SC Code § 44-9-160 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 9 - State Department Of Mental Health|Section 44-9-160. Construction of certain references in Code.

 Wherever in the 1976 Code reference is made to the State Hospital, it shall mean a state hospital; wherever reference is made requiring the signature of the superintendent of any mental health facility, it shall mean the superintendent or his designee; and wherever reference is made to the State Commissioner of Mental Health, it shall mean the State Director of the Department of Mental Health.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 32-920.4; 1964 (53) 2078; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1075.
SC Code § 44-10-10 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 10 - Interstate Healthcare Compact|Section 44-10-10. Short title.

 This chapter may be referred to and cited as the "Interstate Healthcare Compact".  HISTORY: 2012 Act No. 221, Section 1, eff June 7, 2012.
SC Code § 44-10-20 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 10 - Interstate Healthcare Compact|Section 44-10-20. Compact enacted into law.

 The Interstate Healthcare Compact is hereby enacted into law and entered into by this State with any other states legally joining the compact in a form substantially similar to the form contained in this chapter.  HISTORY: 2012 Act No. 221, Section 1, eff June 7, 2012.
SC Code § 44-10-30 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 10 - Interstate Healthcare Compact|Section 44-10-30. Definitions.

 As used in this chapter:  (1) "Commission" means the Interstate Advisory Health Care Commission.  (2) "Effective date" means the date upon which this compact shall become effective for purposes of the operation of state and federal law in a member state, which shall be the later of:  (a) the date upon which this compact shall be adopted under the laws of the member state; and  (b) the date upon which this compact receives the consent of the United States Congress pursuant to Article I, Section 10 of the United States Constitution, after it is adopted by at least two member states.  (3) "Health care" means care, services, supplies, or plans related to the health of an individual and includes, but is not limited to:  (a) preventive, diagnostic, therapeutic, rehabilitative, maintenance, or palliative care and counseling, service, assessment, or procedure with respect to the physical or mental condition or functional status of an individual or that affects the structure or function of the body; and  (b) sale or dispensing of a drug, device, equipment, or other item pursuant to a prescription; and  (c) an individual or group plan that provides, or pays the cost of care, services, or supplies related to the health of an individual, except any care, services, supplies, or plans provided by the United States Department of Defense and United States Department of Veteran Affairs, or provided to Native Americans.  (4) "Member state" means a state that is a signatory to this compact and has adopted it under the laws of that state.  (5) "Member state base funding level" means a number equal to the total federal spending on health care in the member state during federal fiscal year 2010. On or before the effective date, each member state shall determine the member state base funding level for its state, and that number shall be binding upon that member state. The preliminary estimate of member state base funding level for the State of South Carolina is $11,144,000,000.  (6) "Member state current year funding level" means the member state base funding level multiplied by the member state current year population adjustment factor multiplied by the current year inflation adjustment factor.  (7) "Member state current year population adjustment factor" means the average population of the member state in the current year less the average population of the member state in federal fiscal year 2010, divided by the average population of the member state in federal fiscal year 2010, plus one. Average population in a member state shall be determined by the United States Census Bureau.  (8) "Current year inflation adjustment factor" means the total gross domestic product deflator in the current year divided by the total gross domestic product deflator in federal fiscal year 2010. The total gross domestic product deflator shall be determined by the Bureau of Economic Analysis of the United States Department of Commerce.  HISTORY: 2012 Act No. 221, Section 1, eff June 7, 2012.
SC Code § 44-10-40 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 10 - Interstate Healthcare Compact|Section 44-10-40. Pledge.

 Member states shall take joint and separate action to secure congressional consent to this compact in order to return the authority to regulate health care to the member states consistent with the goals and principles articulated in this compact. Member states shall improve health care policy within their respective jurisdictions and according to the judgment and discretion of each member state.  HISTORY: 2012 Act No. 221, Section 1, eff June 7, 2012.
SC Code § 44-10-50 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 10 - Interstate Healthcare Compact|Section 44-10-50. Legislative power.

 The legislature of each member state has the primary responsibility to regulate health care in their state.  HISTORY: 2012 Act No. 221, Section 1, eff June 7, 2012.
SC Code § 44-10-60 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 10 - Interstate Healthcare Compact|Section 44-10-60. State control.

 Each member state, within its jurisdiction, may enact legislation to suspend the operation of all federal laws, rules, regulations, and orders regarding health care that are inconsistent with the laws, rules, regulations, and orders adopted by the member state pursuant to this compact. Federal and state laws, rules, regulations, and orders regarding health care will remain in effect unless a member state expressly suspends them pursuant to its authority under this compact. For any federal law, rule, regulation, or order that remains in effect in a member state after the effective date, that member state shall be responsible for the associated funding obligations in its State.  HISTORY: 2012 Act No. 221, Section 1, eff June 7, 2012.
SC Code § 44-10-70 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 10 - Interstate Healthcare Compact|Section 44-10-70. Funding.

 (A) Each federal fiscal year, each member state shall have the right to federal monies up to an amount equal to its member state current year funding level for that federal fiscal year, funded by Congress as mandatory spending and not subject to annual appropriation, to support the exercise of member state authority under this compact. This funding shall not be conditional on any action of or regulation, policy, law, or rule being adopted by the member state.  (B) By the start of each federal fiscal year, Congress shall establish an initial member state current year funding level for each member state, based upon reasonable estimates. The final member state current year funding level shall be calculated, and funding shall be reconciled by the Congress based upon information provided by each member state and audited by the United States Government Accountability Office.  HISTORY: 2012 Act No. 221, Section 1, eff June 7, 2012.
SC Code § 44-10-80 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 10 - Interstate Healthcare Compact|Section 44-10-80. Interstate Advisory Health Care Commission.

 (A) The Interstate Advisory Health Care Commission is established. The commission consists of members appointed by each member state through a process to be determined by each member state. A member state may not appoint more than two members to the commission and may withdraw membership from the commission at any time. Each commission member is entitled to one vote. The commission shall not act unless a majority of the members are present, and no action shall be binding unless approved by a majority of the commission's total membership.  (B) The commission may elect from among its membership a chairman. The commission may adopt and publish bylaws and policies that are not inconsistent with this compact. The commission shall meet at least once a year and may meet more frequently.  (C) The commission may study issues of health care regulation that are of particular concern to the member states. The commission may make nonbinding recommendations to the member states. The legislatures of the member states may consider these recommendations in determining the appropriate health care policies in their respective states.  (D) The commission shall collect information and data to assist the member states in their regulation of health care, including assessing the performance of various state health care programs and compiling information on the prices of health care. The commission shall make this information and data available to the legislatures of the member states. Notwithstanding any other provision in this compact, no member state shall disclose to the commission the health information of any individual, nor shall the commission disclose the health information of any individual.  (E) The commission shall be funded by the member states as agreed to by the member states. The commission shall have the responsibilities and duties as may be conferred upon it by subsequent action of the respective legislatures of the member states in accordance with the terms of this compact.  (F) The commission shall not take any action within a member state that contravenes any state law of that member state.  HISTORY: 2012 Act No. 221, Section 1, eff June 7, 2012.
SC Code § 44-10-90 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 10 - Interstate Healthcare Compact|Section 44-10-90. Congressional consent.

 This compact shall be effective on its adoption by at least two member states and congressional consent. This compact shall be effective unless the United States Congress, in consenting to it, alters its fundamental purposes, which are to:  (1) secure the right of the member states to regulate health care in their respective states pursuant to this compact and to suspend the operation of any conflicting federal laws, rules, regulations, and orders within their states; and  (2) secure federal funding for member states that choose to invoke their authority under this compact.  HISTORY: 2012 Act No. 221, Section 1, eff June 7, 2012.
SC Code § 44-10-100 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 10 - Interstate Healthcare Compact|Section 44-10-100. Amendments.

 Member states, by unanimous agreement, may amend this compact from time to time without prior congressional consent or approval and any amendment shall be effective unless, within one year, the Congress disapproves that amendment. Any state may join this compact after the date by adoption into law under its state constitution.  HISTORY: 2012 Act No. 221, Section 1, eff June 7, 2012.
SC Code § 44-10-110 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 10 - Interstate Healthcare Compact|Section 44-10-110. Withdrawal; dissolution.

 A member state may withdraw from this compact by adopting a law to that effect, but no such withdrawal shall take effect until six months after the withdrawing member state has given notice of the withdrawal to the other member states. A withdrawing state shall be liable for any obligations that it may have incurred prior to the date on which its withdrawal becomes effective. This compact shall be dissolved upon the withdrawal of all but one of the member states.  HISTORY: 2012 Act No. 221, Section 1, eff June 7, 2012.
SC Code § 44-10-120 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 10 - Interstate Healthcare Compact|Section 44-10-120. Exemptions.

 South Carolina's participation in the compact does not include the administration of Medicare (42 U.S.C. 1395, et seq.) or the Children's Health Insurance Program unless the General Assembly takes action that specifically authorizes inclusion of the Medicare program or the Children's Health Insurance Program in the compact.  HISTORY: 2012 Act No. 221, Section 1, eff June 7, 2012.
SC Code § 44-11-10 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 11 - Organization And Control Of State Mental Health Facilities|Section 44-11-10. Facilities which must maintained; purposes.

 The following facilities shall continue in existence and shall be maintained for the following purposes:  (1) those inpatient facilities as authorized by the Department of Mental Health and funded by legislative appropriations, including facilities for the evaluation and treatment of mentally ill persons, facilities for the evaluation and treatment of chemically dependent persons, and long-term care facilities; and  (2) the mental health clinics for the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of mental illness.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 32-931; 1952 Code Section 32-957; 1942 Code Section 6226; 1932 Code Section 6226; Civ. C. '22 Section 5078; 1920 (31) 704; 1952 (47) 2042; 1954 (48) 1732; 1958 (50) 1634; 1964 (53) 1873; 1965 (54) 600; 1967 (55) 317; 1969 (56) 716; 1995 Act No. 145, Part II, Section 76; 2000 Act No. 253, Section 3.
SC Code § 44-11-30 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 11 - Organization And Control Of State Mental Health Facilities|Section 44-11-30. Establishment, purpose, and admission requirements of South Carolina Veterans Home.

 The South Carolina Mental Health Commission, in mutual agreement with the authorities of the United States Veterans Administration, may establish South Carolina veterans homes to be located on grounds owned by the Department of Mental Health. The purpose of these homes is to provide treatment for South Carolina veterans who are mentally ill or whose physical condition requires long-term nursing care. Admission requirements to these homes are the same as any other facility operated by the department except that the patients at these facilities must be South Carolina veterans. The South Carolina Mental Health Commission is designated as the agency of the State to apply for and to accept gifts, grants, and other contributions from the federal government or from any other governmental unit for the operation and construction of South Carolina veterans homes. The South Carolina Mental Health Commission shall consult with the Department of Veterans' Affairs, Office of the Governor, concerning the policies, management, and operation of the South Carolina veterans homes.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 32-1008; 1969 (56) 215; 1977 Act No. 41 Section 1; 1996 Act No. 350, Section 1.  Code Commissioner's Note  Pursuant to the directive to the Code Commissioner in 2019 Act No. 26, Section 4(C), references to the Division of Veterans' Affairs were changed to reflect the transfer of it to the Department of Veterans' Affairs.
SC Code § 44-11-40 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 11 - Organization And Control Of State Mental Health Facilities|Section 44-11-40. "South Carolina veterans" defined.

 For the purpose of Section 44-11-30 "South Carolina veterans" means any ex-service South Carolina citizen who was discharged under other than dishonorable conditions and who served in any branch of the military or naval service of the United States.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 32-1009; 1969 (56) 215; 1977 Act No. 41 Section 2.
SC Code § 44-11-60 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 11 - Organization And Control Of State Mental Health Facilities|Section 44-11-60. Establishment of mental health clinics.

 The Mental Health Commission shall establish mental health clinics throughout the State and shall supervise them.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 32-935; 1952 (47) 2042.
SC Code § 44-11-70 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 11 - Organization And Control Of State Mental Health Facilities|Section 44-11-70. Employment and powers of law enforcement officers for facilities.

 The Department of Mental Health may employ law enforcement officers as may be necessary to maintain the security of state mental health facilities. The law enforcement officers must be vested with all the powers and charged with all the duties of police officers generally. They may, without warrant, arrest persons guilty of disorderly conduct or of trespass on state mental health facilities and have them tried in any court of competent jurisdiction.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 32-937; 1952 Code Section 32-979; 1942 Code Section 6243; 1932 Code Section 6243; Civ. C. '22 Section 5104; Civ. C. '12 Section 3371; Civ. C. '02 Section 2260; 1894 (21) 835; 1920 (31) 704; 1952 (47) 2042; 2016 Act No. 227 (H.4124), Section 1, eff June 3, 2016.
SC Code § 44-11-75 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 11 - Organization And Control Of State Mental Health Facilities|Section 44-11-75. Entering or refusing to leave state mental health facility following warning or request; penalty.

 (A) It is unlawful for a person without legal cause or good excuse to enter on the premises of a state mental health facility after having been warned by the facility director or, in his absence, by the director's representative, in writing, within the six months preceding not to enter on the premises.  (B) It is unlawful for a person without legal cause or good excuse to fail or refuse immediately to leave the premises of a state mental health facility upon being ordered or requested to leave by the facility director or, in his absence, by the facility director's representative.  (C) A person violating subsection (A) or (B), upon conviction, must be fined not more than two hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than thirty days.  (D) A municipal court or magistrate's court has jurisdiction over violations of this section occurring within the respective limits of the municipality or magisterial district.  HISTORY: 1994 Act No. 351, Section 1.
SC Code § 44-11-110 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 11 - Organization And Control Of State Mental Health Facilities|Section 44-11-110. Easements and rights-of-way on grounds of facilities.

 The Mental Health Commission may, by resolution recorded on the minutes of its meetings, grant easements, permits or rights of way on, over or under the grounds of the facilities, but none may be granted unless approved in writing by the Attorney General before delivery.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 32-941; 1952 Code Sections 32-981, 32-982; 1942 Code Section 6245; 1932 Code Section 6245; Civ. C. '22 Section 5107; Civ. C. '12 Section 3372; Civ. C. '02 Section 2261; 1894 (21) 835; 1920 (31) 704; 1941 (42) 188; 1942 (42) 1685; 1952 (47) 2042.
SC Code § 44-13-10 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 13 - Admission, Detention And Removal Of Patients At State Mental Health Facilities|Section 44-13-10. Detention of individual pending removal to facility.

 Pending his removal to a State mental health facility an individual taken into custody or ordered to be admitted may be temporarily detained in his home, a licensed foster home or any other suitable facility under such reasonable conditions as the county governing body, supervisor or manager may fix, but he shall not, except because of and during an extreme emergency, be detained in a nonmedical establishment used for the detention of individuals charged with or convicted of penal offenses. The county governing body, supervisor or manager shall take such reasonable measures, including provision of medical care, as may be necessary to assure proper care of an individual temporarily detained under this section.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 32-1015; 1952 (47) 2042.