Senate Medical Affairs Committee

Medical Affairs Committee

M E M O R A N D U M

TO: Senate Medical Affairs Committee
Interested Parties

FROM: Harvey S. Peeler, Jr., Chairman

DATE: February 15, 2013
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The Senate Medical Affairs Committee will meet on Thursday, February 21, 2013 at 9:30 a.m. in Room #308 of the Gressette Building. Please make every effort to attend. If you have any questions or need more information, please call Martha Casto or Julie Price at 212-6430.

STATEWIDE APPOINTMENTS
Mrs. Katherine Finley (Tega Cay)
Commission on Dissabilites and Special Needs

Mr. Charles M. Joye, II (Anderson)
Board of Health and Environmental Control

GENERAL BILLS
S. 127 -- Senator Alexander: A BILL TO AMEND ARTICLE 6, CHAPTER 38, TITLE 44 OF THE 1976 CODE, RELATING TO HEAD AND SPINAL CORD INJURIES, BY ADDING ARTICLE 6 TO CREATE THE SOUTH CAROLINA BRAIN INJURY LEADERSHIP COUNCIL, TO PROVIDE FOR THE RESPONSIBILITIES AND DUTIES OF THE COUNCIL, TO PROVIDE FOR THE COMPOSITION AND APPOINTMENT OF THE COUNCIL, AND TO PROVIDE FOR THE POWERS AND AUTHORITY OF THE COUNCIL.
Subcommittee members: Cleary(Ch.), Hutto and Davis
Subcommittee Report: Pending on Subcommittee action February 20, 2013

S. 341 -- Senators Alexander, Reese, Fair, Lourie, Cromer, L. Martin, Campbell and Shealy: A BILL TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, TO ENACT THE "EMERSON ROSE ACT" BY ADDING SECTION 44-37-70 SO AS TO REQUIRE EACH BIRTHING FACILITY LICENSED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL TO PERFORM A PULSE OXIMETRY SCREENING ON EVERY NEWBORN IN ITS CARE, WHEN THE BABY IS TWENTY-FOUR TO FORTY-EIGHT HOURS OF AGE, OR AS LATE AS POSSIBLE IF THE BABY IS DISCHARGED FROM THE HOSPITAL BEFORE REACHING TWENTY-FOUR HOURS OF AGE.
Subcommittee members: Cleary(Ch.), Hutto and Davis
Subcommittee Report: Pending on Subcommittee action February 20, 2013

S. 369 -- Senators Lourie and Setzler: A SENATE RESOLUTION TO DECLARE TUESDAY, APRIL 2, 2013, AS "AUTISM AWARENESS DAY" IN THE PALMETTO STATE AND TO ENCOURAGE ALL SOUTH CAROLINA CITIZENS TO SUPPORT INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES AFFECTED BY AUTISM.
Subcommittee members: Cleary(Ch.), Hutto and Davis
Subcommittee Report: Pending on Subcommittee action February 20, 2013

REGULATIONS

Regulation # 4237 Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation
Definitions - Panel for Dietetics
Subcommittee members: Cleary(Ch.), Hutto and Davis
Subcommittee Report: Pending on Subcommittee action February 20, 2013

Regulation # 4259 Department of Health and Environmental Control
South Carolina Immunization Registry
Subcommittee members: Cleary(Ch.), Hutto and Davis
Subcommittee Report: Pending on Subcommittee action February 20, 2013

Regulation # 4282 Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation
Requirements of Licensure for Chiropractics
Subcommittee members: Cleary(Ch.), Hutto and Davis
Subcommittee Report: Pending on Subcommittee action February 20, 2013

*Agenda is subject to change

Last Updated: Friday, February 15, 2013 at 11:03 A.M.