South Carolina General Assembly
121st Session, 2015-2016

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H. 3761

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Joint Resolution
Sponsors: Medical, Military, Public and Municipal Affairs Committee
Document Path: l:\council\bills\dbs\31210cz15.docx

Introduced in the House on March 3, 2015
Introduced in the Senate on March 5, 2015
Currently residing in the Senate Committee on Medical Affairs

Summary: Standard for licensing day care facilities for adults (D. No. 4498)

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS 

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
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    3/3/2015  House   Introduced, read first time, placed on calendar without 
                        reference (House Journal-page 19)
    3/4/2015  House   Read second time (House Journal-page 63)
    3/4/2015  House   Roll call Yeas-108  Nays-0 (House Journal-page 63)
    3/5/2015  House   Read third time and sent to Senate 
                        (House Journal-page 20)
    3/5/2015  Senate  Introduced and read first time (Senate Journal-page 21)
    3/5/2015  Senate  Referred to Committee on Medical Affairs 
                        (Senate Journal-page 21)

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

3/3/2015
3/3/2015-A

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INTRODUCED

March 3, 2015

H. 3761

Introduced by Medical, Military, Public and Municipal Affairs Committee

S. Printed 3/3/15--H.

Read the first time March 3, 2015.

            

A JOINT RESOLUTION

TO APPROVE REGULATIONS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL, RELATING TO STANDARDS FOR LICENSING DAY CARE FACILITIES FOR ADULTS, DESIGNATED AS REGULATION DOCUMENT NUMBER 4498, PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF ARTICLE 1, CHAPTER 23, TITLE 1 OF THE 1976 CODE.

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

SECTION    1.    The regulations of the Department of Health and Environmental Control, relating to Standards for Licensing Day Care Facilities for Adults, designated as Regulation Document Number 4498, and submitted to the General Assembly pursuant to the provisions of Article 1, Chapter 23, Title 1 of the 1976 Code, are approved.

SECTION    2.    This joint resolution takes effect upon approval by the Governor.

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SUMMARY AS SUBMITTED

BY PROMULGATING AGENCY.

The purpose of the amendment is to clarify regulations pertaining to facilities for adults 18 years of age or older, which offer in a group setting a program of individual and group activities and therapies are affected by this regulation. The amendments herein include the Department's Bureau of Health Facilities Licensing effort to improve licensing procedures, care of participants, infection control and sanitation, functional safety, emergency procedures, design and construction, fire and life safety, and overall licensing requirements for day care facilities for adults. In addition, corrections have been made for clarity and readability, grammar, references, codification and overall improvement to the text of the regulation.

A Notice of Drafting was published in the State Register on July 25, 2014.

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