South Carolina General Assembly
125th Session, 2023-2024

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S. 228

STATUS INFORMATION

General Bill
Sponsors: Senator McLeod
Companion/Similar bill(s): 135
Document Path: SMIN-0028MW23.docx

Introduced in the Senate on January 10, 2023
Currently residing in the Senate

Summary: Medicaid Expansion

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS

Date Body Action Description with journal page number
11/30/2022 Senate Prefiled
11/30/2022 Senate Referred to Committee on Medical Affairs
1/10/2023 Senate Introduced and read first time (Senate Journal-page 118)
1/10/2023 Senate Referred to Committee on Medical Affairs (Senate Journal-page 118)
2/8/2023 Scrivener's error corrected

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

11/30/2022
02/08/2023



A bill

to amend the South Carolina Code of Laws by adding Section 44-6-42 so as to REQUIRE THE STATE PLAN PREPARED AND SUBMITTED BY THE SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES FOR FEDERAL APPROVAL PURSUANT TO SUBCHAPTER XIX, CHAPTER 7, TITLE 42 OF THE UNITED STATES CODE TO PROVIDE THAT HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS OFFERED BEGINNING JANUARY 1, 2024, BE AVAILABLE TO ADULTS UNDER SIXTY-FIVE YEARS OF AGE WHOSE INCOME DOES NOT EXCEED ONE HUNDRED THIRTY-THREE PERCENT OF THE FEDERAL POVERTY LEVEL, WITH A FIVE PERCENT INCOME DISREGARD.

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

SECTION 1.   Article 1, Chapter 6, Title 44 of the S.C. Code is amended by adding:

   Section 44-6-42.   The plan prepared by the department and submitted for federal approval in accordance with the requirements of Section 44-6-40 and pursuant to Section 1396a of Subchapter XIX, Chapter 7, Title 42 of the United States Code, for health insurance plans offered beginning January 1, 2024, must make medical assistance available to individuals under sixty-five years of age whose income does not exceed one hundred thirty-three percent of the federal poverty level, with a five percent income disregard, who are not already eligible for such medical assistance.

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

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