H 4799

South Carolina General Assembly
126th Session, 2025-2026
Bill 4799
Indicates Matter Stricken
Indicates New Matter
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Indicates
Matter Stricken
Indicates New Matter
Committee Report
April 30, 2026
H. 4799
Introduced by Reps. Lawson, Cox, C.
Mitchell, Pope, Govan, Lastinger, Caskey, M. M. Smith, Williams, Gilliard and
Waters
S. Printed 4/30/26--S.
Read the first time March 31, 2026
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The committee on Senate
Medical Affairs
To whom was referred a Bill (H. 4799) to
amend the South Carolina Code of Laws by amending Section 44-7-170, relating to
certificate of need exemptions, so as to provide that veterans homes owned or, etc.,
respectfully
Report:
That they have duly and carefully
considered the same, and recommend that the same do pass:
DANIEL VERDIN for
Committee.
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A bill
TO AMEND THE
SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING SECTION 44-7-170, RELATING TO
CERTIFICATE OF NEED EXEMPTIONS, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT VETERANS HOMES OWNED OR
OPERATED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS' AFFAIRS DO NOT REQUIRE A CERTIFICATE OF
NEED.
Be it enacted by the
General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION
1.  Section 44-7-170(B) of the S.C. Code is amended
to read:
    (B) This article does not apply to:
       (1)
construction of a new hospital with up to fifty beds in any county currently
without a hospital;
       (2)
hospitals owned by the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental
Disabilities and operated by the Office of Mental Health and the Office of
Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, except an addition of one or more
beds to the total number of beds of the predecessor departments' health care
facilities existing on July 1, 1988;
       (3)
any federal hospital sponsored and operated by this State;
       (4)
hospitals owned and operated by the federal government.;
       (5) veterans' homes owned and operated
by the South Carolina Department of Veterans' Affairs.
SECTION 2.  This act takes effect upon approval
by the Governor.
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