South Carolina General Assembly
123rd Session, 2019-2020

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H. 4669

STATUS INFORMATION

General Bill
Sponsors: Reps. King, Henegan, Cobb-Hunter, McDaniel and S. Williams
Document Path: l:\council\bills\agm\19631wab20.docx

Introduced in the House on January 14, 2020
Introduced in the Senate on March 4, 2020
Last Amended on March 3, 2020
Currently residing in the Senate Committee on Medical Affairs

Summary: Death certificates

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS 

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
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  11/20/2019  House   Prefiled
  11/20/2019  House   Referred to Committee on Medical, Military, Public and 
                        Municipal Affairs
   1/14/2020  House   Introduced and read first time (House Journal-page 62)
   1/14/2020  House   Referred to Committee on Medical, Military, Public and 
                        Municipal Affairs (House Journal-page 62)
   2/20/2020  House   Committee report: Favorable with amendment Medical, 
                        Military, Public and Municipal Affairs 
                        (House Journal-page 7)
   2/24/2020          Scrivener's error corrected
   2/26/2020  House   Member(s) request name added as sponsor: McDaniel, 
                        S.Williams
   2/26/2020  House   Debate adjourned until  Thur., 2-27-20 
                        (House Journal-page 55)
    3/3/2020  House   Amended (House Journal-page 17)
    3/3/2020  House   Read second time (House Journal-page 17)
    3/3/2020  House   Roll call Yeas-100  Nays-0 (House Journal-page 18)
    3/4/2020          Scrivener's error corrected
    3/4/2020  House   Read third time and sent to Senate (House Journal-page 6)
    3/4/2020  Senate  Introduced and read first time (Senate Journal-page 12)
    3/4/2020  Senate  Referred to Committee on Medical Affairs 
                        (Senate Journal-page 12)

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

11/20/2019
2/20/2020
2/24/2020
3/3/2020
3/4/2020

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AMENDED

March 3, 2020

H. 4669

Introduced by Reps. King, Henegan, McDaniel, S. Williams and Cobb-Hunter

S. Printed 3/3/20--H.    [SEC 3/4/20 10:29 AM]

Read the first time January 14, 2020.

            

A BILL

TO AMEND SECTION 44-63-74, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE MANDATORY ELECTRONIC FILING OF DEATH CERTIFICATES WITH THE BUREAU OF VITAL STATISTICS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL, SO AS TO ELIMINATE EXEMPTIONS FOR PHYSICIANS WHO CERTIFY FEWER THAN TWELVE DEATHS ANNUALLY.

Amend Title To Conform

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

SECTION    1.    Section 44-63-74(A)(4) of the 1976 Code is amended to read:

"(4)    Death certificates must be transmitted electronically between the funeral home, or funeral home director, and the physician, coroner, or medical examiner certifying the cause of death in order to document the death certificate information prescribed by this chapter. Required signatures on death certificates must be provided by electronic signature. An individual who acts, without compensation, as a funeral director on behalf of a deceased family member or friend, physicians certifying fewer than twelve deaths per year, and funeral homes that perform fewer than twelve funerals per year are is exempt from the requirement to file electronically but must comply with the requirements of items (2) or (3), as applicable."

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

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