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STATUS INFORMATION
General Bill
Sponsors: Reps. Herbkersman and Ott
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Introduced in the House on March 11, 2021
Currently residing in the House Committee on Ways and Means
Summary: Adoption funding
HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS
Date Body Action Description with journal page number
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3/11/2021 House Introduced and read first time (House Journal-page 45)
3/11/2021 House Referred to Committee on Ways and Means
(House Journal-page 45)
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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL
TO PROVIDE THAT CERTAIN FUNDS APPROPRIATED IN THE 2019-2020 GENERAL APPROPRIATIONS ACT, WHICH WERE CONTINUED FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2021, TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL, THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, AND THE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES MUST BE USED TO FUND CERTAIN ADOPTION NEEDS.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. The funds appropriated in the 2019-2020 General Appropriations Act, which were continued for the Fiscal Year 2021, to the Department of Health and Environmental Control, the Department of Health and Human Services, and the Department of Social Services must be used to streamline the adoption process, make the adoption process less cumbersome, and provide a more caring process for adoptive parents and children.
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
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