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S. 450
STATUS INFORMATION
General Bill
Sponsors: Senator Thomas
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Introduced in the Senate on March 5, 2003
Last Amended on June 4, 2003
Currently residing in the Senate
Summary: Mental illness, medications used to treat; authorization and placing of restrictions on may not be used for Medicaid recipients
HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS
Date Body Action Description with journal page number
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3/5/2003 Senate Introduced and read first time SJ-8
3/5/2003 Senate Referred to Committee on Medical Affairs SJ-8
6/3/2003 Senate Committee report: Favorable with amendment Medical
Affairs SJ-40
6/4/2003 Senate Amended SJ-94
6/4/2003 Senate Read second time SJ-94
6/4/2003 Senate Ordered to third reading with notice of amendments SJ-94
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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT ADOPTED
June 4, 2003
S. 450
S. Printed 6/4/03--S.
Read the first time March 5, 2003.
TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 44-6-75 SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT A REQUIREMENT TO OBTAIN PRIOR AUTHORIZATION OR PLACING OTHER RESTRICTIONS ON PRESCRIPTIONS FOR MEDICATIONS USED TO TREAT MENTAL ILLNESSES MAY NOT BE IMPOSED ON MEDICAID RECIPIENTS.
Amend Title To Conform
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Article 1, Chapter 6, Title 44 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:
"Section 44-6-75. No prior authorizations or other prescriptive restrictions may be required on medications prescribed to treat schizophrenia, bipolar disorders, or major depressive disorders as defined by the Diagnostics and Statistical Manual IV of the American Psychiatry Association."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon the approval by the Governor.
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