S*0474 (Rat #0170, Act #0105 of 1991) General Bill, By J.C. Hayes
    A Bill to amend Section 12-23-810, Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976, relating to taxation of hospitals licensed by the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control to fund Medicaid expansion, so as to revise the basis for the tax for South Carolina hospitals calculating it based on the number of Medicaid patient days, to require that hospitals licensed in another state and doing business in South Carolina are subject to this tax as of July 1, 1992, to provide the basis for doing business in South Carolina and for calculating the tax, and to increase the total revenue to be generated by this tax from seven and one-half to twenty-one and one-half million dollars; to amend Section 12-23-830, as amended, relating to payment of hospital taxes, so as to remove the grace period and penalties for late payment; to amend Section 44-6-170, as amended, relating to hospital data reporting under the South Carolina Medically Indigent Assistance Act, so as to clarify information to be reported and to require hospitals licensed in another state and doing business in South Carolina as of July 1, 1991, to comply with these reporting requirements; to amend Section 44-6-155, as amended, relating to the Medicaid Expansion Fund, so as to provide that these funds are supplementary and exempt from budget reductions, to set the fund for at least forty-four million dollars for adjusting Medicaid reimbursement for all hospitals, and to allow the funds to carry forward.-amended title
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01/15/91	Senate	Introduced and read first time SJ-10
01/15/91	Senate	Referred to Committee on Finance SJ-10
03/06/91	Senate	Committee report: Favorable Finance SJ-10
03/07/91	Senate	Read second time SJ-21
03/12/91	Senate	Read third time and sent to House SJ-21
03/13/91	House	Introduced and read first time HJ-5
03/13/91	House	Referred to Committee on Medical, Military, Public and Municipal Affairs HJ-5
04/17/91	House	Committee report: Favorable Medical, Military, Public and Municipal Affairs HJ-22
04/25/91	House	Retaining place on calendar committed to Committee on Ways and Means HJ-87
05/02/91	House	Committee report: Favorable with amendment Ways and Means HJ-7
05/07/91	House	Amended HJ-8
05/07/91	House	Read second time HJ-10
05/08/91	House	Read third time and returned to Senate with amendments HJ-20
05/08/91	Senate	Concurred in House amendment and enrolled SJ-10
05/27/91		Ratified R 170
05/31/91		Signed By Governor
05/31/91		Effective date 05/31/91
05/31/91		Act No. 105
06/26/91		Copies available