South Carolina Senate Bill 876

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 9 2024 - 25% progression
Action: 2024-01-09 - Referred to Committee on Medical Affairs
Pending: Senate Medical Affairs Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Adding Section 44-6-120 So As To Require The South Carolina Department Of Health And Human Services, Subject To Federal Approval, To Include Coverage Of Rapid Whole Genome Sequencing As A Separately Payable Service For Certain Medicaid Recipients; To Require That The Genetic Data Generated As A Result Of The Sequencing Be Used Only For Specified Purposes, With Exceptions; To Require The Department To Seek Federal Approval As Needed To Accomplish The Purposes Of This Section; And For Other Purposes.

Medicaid

Sen. Rex Rice [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2024-01-09	Senate	Referred to Committee on Medical Affairs
2024-01-09	Senate	Introduced and read first time
2023-11-30	Senate	Referred to Committee on Medical Affairs
2023-11-30	Senate	Prefiled

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
44	6	120	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=0876&session=125&summary=B
Text	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess125_2023-2024/prever/876_20231130.htm
Supplement	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess125_2023-2024/fiscalimpactstatements/S0876%202024-01-09%20introduced.pdf