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H. 4351
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Sponsors: Reps. Ballentine, W.D. Smith, Vick, G.M. Smith, Altman, Hagood, Haley, Neilson, J.E. Smith, Haskins, Jennings, Funderburk, Jefferson, Hinson, G. Brown, Limehouse, Townsend, Miller, Agnew, Pinson, Sinclair, Bannister, Frye, E.H. Pitts, Clark, Umphlett, Leach, Loftis, Battle, Kennedy, Anthony, Allen, Mack, Anderson, Moody-Lawrence, Mitchell, McLeod, Coleman, Clemmons, Delleney, Rutherford, R. Brown, Parks, J.H. Neal, Howard, Clyburn, Govan, Hodges, Cobb-Hunter, Hosey, J. Brown, Young, M. Hines, Weeks, Hiott, Toole, Huggins, Hardwick, M.A. Pitts, Littlejohn, Branham, Cotty, J.R. Smith, Owens, Duncan, Skelton, Mahaffey, Bales, Whipper, Stewart, McGee, Hamilton, Bowers, Perry, Viers, Dantzler, Davenport, Chellis, Herbkersman, Bingham and Bailey
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Introduced in the House on January 10, 2006
Introduced in the Senate on April 11, 2006
Last Amended on April 6, 2006
Currently residing in the Senate Committee on Banking and Insurance
Summary: Pervasive developmental disorder
HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS
Date Body Action Description with journal page number
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12/7/2005 House Prefiled
12/7/2005 House Referred to Committee on Labor, Commerce and Industry
1/10/2006 House Introduced and read first time HJ-41
1/10/2006 House Referred to Committee on Labor, Commerce and Industry
HJ-41
1/10/2006 House Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Altman, Hagood,
Haley, Neilson, J.E.Smith, Haskins
1/11/2006 House Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Jennings,
Funderburk, Jefferson, Hinson, G.Brown, Limehouse,
Townsend, Miller
1/12/2006 House Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Agnew, Pinson
1/17/2006 House Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Sinclair,
Bannister, Frye, E.H.Pitts, Clark
1/18/2006 House Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Umphlett
1/19/2006 House Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Leach, Bailey
1/24/2006 House Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Loftis
1/25/2006 House Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Battle,
Kennedy, Anthony, Allen, Mack, Anderson,
Moody-Lawrence, Mitchell, McLeod, Coleman, Clemmons,
Delleney, Stewart, Rutherford, R.Brown, Parks,
J.H.Neal, Howard, Clyburn, Govan, Hodges, Cobb-Hunter,
Hosey, J.Brown, Young, M.Hines, Weeks, Hiott, Toole
1/26/2006 House Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Huggins,
Hardwick
1/31/2006 House Member(s) request name added as sponsor: M.A.Pitts,
Littlejohn, Branham, Cotty, J.R.Smith, Owens, Duncan,
Skelton
2/1/2006 House Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Mahaffey, Bales
2/2/2006 House Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Whipper
2/7/2006 House Member(s) request name added as sponsor: McGee
2/9/2006 House Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Hamilton
2/14/2006 House Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Bowers
2/15/2006 House Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Perry, Viers
3/7/2006 House Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Dantzler,
Davenport, Chellis
3/15/2006 House Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Herbkersman
3/29/2006 House Member(s) request name removed as sponsor: Bailey
4/5/2006 House Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Bailey
4/5/2006 House Committee report: Favorable with amendment Labor,
Commerce and Industry HJ-4
4/6/2006 House Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Bingham
4/6/2006 House Amended HJ-26
4/6/2006 House Read second time HJ-28
4/6/2006 House Unanimous consent for third reading on next legislative
day HJ-28
4/7/2006 House Read third time and sent to Senate
4/11/2006 Senate Introduced and read first time SJ-10
4/11/2006 Senate Referred to Committee on Banking and Insurance SJ-10
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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL
AMENDED
April 6, 2006
H. 4351
Introduced by Reps. Ballentine, W.D. Smith, Vick, G.M. Smith, Altman, Hagood, Haley, Neilson, J.E. Smith, Haskins, Jennings, Funderburk, Jefferson, Hinson, G. Brown, Limehouse, Townsend, Miller, Agnew, Pinson, Sinclair, Bannister, Frye, E.H. Pitts, Clark, Umphlett, Leach, Loftis, Battle, Kennedy, Anthony, Allen, Mack, Anderson, Moody-Lawrence, Mitchell, McLeod, Coleman, Clemmons, Delleney, Rutherford, R. Brown, Parks, J.H. Neal, Howard, Clyburn, Govan, Hodges, Cobb-Hunter, Hosey, J. Brown, Young, M. Hines, Weeks, Hiott, Toole, Huggins, Hardwick, M.A. Pitts, Littlejohn, Branham, Cotty, J.R. Smith, Owens, Duncan, Skelton, Mahaffey, Bales, Whipper, Stewart, McGee, Hamilton, Bowers, Perry, Viers, Dantzler, Davenport, Chellis, Herbkersman, Bailey and Bingham
S. Printed 4/6/06--H.
Read the first time January 10, 2006.
TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 38-71-280 SO AS TO REQUIRE INSURANCE COVERAGE FOR TREATMENT OF PERVASIVE DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDERS AND TO DEFINE "PERVASIVE DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER" AS A NEUROLOGICAL CONDITION, INCLUDING AUTISM AND ASPERGER'S SYNDROME.
Amend Title To Conform
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Article 3, Chapter 20, Title 44 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:
"Section 44-20-227. (A) There is created the Autism Early Intervention Advisory Committee within the Department of Disabilities and Special Needs. The committee must be composed of the Director of the Department of Disabilities and Special Needs or his designee, who shall serve as chairman of the committee, the Director of the Department of Health and Human Services or his designee, the Superintendent of Education or his designee, the Chairman of the House Education and Public Works Committee or his designee, the Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee or his designee, the Chairman of the Senate Education Committee or his designee, the Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee or his designee, four parents of children diagnosed with a pervasive developmental disorder appointed by the Governor, one of whom must be from a family with a household income less than two hundred and fifty percent of the federal poverty level, and an administrator of a school for special needs children.
(B) The committee shall make recommendations to the department on the administration of the Autism Early Intervention Fund. In developing its recommendations the advisory committee shall consider among other things, ages of children to receive developmental training focusing on the youngest ages feasible for treatment effectiveness, types of training or treatment options, types of conditions, proof of gains, and qualifications of providers.
(C) The department is authorized to serve persons with autistic disorder, but may, from monies in the Autism Early Intervention Fund, award grants or negotiate and contract with public or private entities to implement intervention programs for children who have been diagnosed with a pervasive developmental disorder.
(D) The Autism Early Intervention Advisory Committee shall report to the General Assembly and the Governor on the number of children participating in programs awarded grants pursuant to this section, the methodology of the treatment options, and the number of children that were mainstreamed into public or private school as a result of the therapies provided by these programs. The report must be submitted annually by December thirty-first for the duration of the program.
(E) As used in this section:
(1) 'Developmental training' means special education programs or other developmental training programs available to children diagnosed with a pervasive developmental disorder.
(2) 'Pervasive developmental disorder' means a neurological condition, including autistic disorder and Asperger's syndrome, as defined in the most recent edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders of the American Psychiatric Association.
(F) The Early Autism Intervention Fund is contingent upon the General Assembly providing funding annually in the appropriations act sufficient for awarding grants and contracts in accordance with this section.
(G) This section does not establish or authorize creation of an entitlement program or benefit."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect January 1, 2007.
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