South Carolina General Assembly
118th Session, 2009-2010

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S. 640

STATUS INFORMATION

General Bill
Sponsors: Senator Campsen
Document Path: l:\council\bills\nbd\11392ac09.docx

Introduced in the Senate on March 31, 2009
Currently residing in the Senate Committee on Judiciary

Summary: Medical records

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS 

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
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   3/31/2009  Senate  Introduced and read first time SJ-8
   3/31/2009  Senate  Referred to Committee on Judiciary SJ-8
   1/20/2010  Senate  Referred to Subcommittee: Campbell (ch), Knotts, 
                        Campsen, Lourie

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

3/31/2009

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A BILL

TO AMEND SECTION 63-5-30, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO EQUAL RIGHTS AND DUTIES OF PARENTS REGARDING MINOR CHILDREN, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT IN ADDITION TO EQUAL ACCESS AND EQUAL RIGHTS TO OBTAIN EDUCATIONAL AND MEDICAL RECORDS, A PARENT HAS EQUAL ACCESS AND EQUAL RIGHTS TO OBTAIN A MINOR CHILD'S COUNSELING AND THERAPY RECORDS.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:

SECTION    1.    Section 63-5-30 of the 1976 Code, as added by Act 361 of 2008, is amended to read:

"Section 63-5-30.    The mother and father are the joint natural guardians of their minor children and are equally charged with the welfare and education of their minor children and the care and management of the estates of their minor children; and the mother and father have equal power, rights, and duties, and neither parent has any right paramount to the right of the other concerning the custody of the minor or the control of the services or the earnings of the minor or any other matter affecting the minor. Each parent, whether the custodial or noncustodial parent of the child, has equal access and the same right to obtain all educational records, counseling and therapy records, and medical records of their minor children and the right to participate in their children's school activities unless prohibited by order of the court. Neither parent shall forcibly take a child from the guardianship of the parent legally entitled to custody of the child."

SECTION    2.    This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.

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