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81 lines
3.8 KiB
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---
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Hospital Emergency Departments"
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description: "AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY ADDING SECTION 44-7-268 SO AS TO REQUIRE ALL HOSPITALS WITH EMERGENCY DEPARTMENTS TO HAVE AT LEAST ONE PHYSICIAN PHYSICALLY PRESENT ON SITE WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT AT ALL TIMES THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT IS OPEN. - RATIFIED TITLE"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/sc"
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legislature: "South Carolina General Assembly"
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session: "2025-2026"
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identifier: "H 4067"
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citation: "South Carolina H 4067 (2025-2026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Davis", "Forrest", "Henderson-Myers", "Sessions"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 17
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2025-02-20"
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last_action: "2025-05-19"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4e83f16c-6ed9-4eac-86cf-92beb4882194"
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source_url: "https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=4067&session=126&summary=B"
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source_hash: "bd56bd5126c3c0fb5d894f748da87083b14f0eba886261e32fa6dbdd4c0833fd"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-sc"]
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---
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# South Carolina H 4067 (2025-2026) — Hospital Emergency Departments
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AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY ADDING SECTION 44-7-268 SO AS TO REQUIRE ALL HOSPITALS WITH EMERGENCY DEPARTMENTS TO HAVE AT LEAST ONE PHYSICIAN PHYSICALLY PRESENT ON SITE WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT AT ALL TIMES THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT IS OPEN. - RATIFIED TITLE
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Filed** (filed) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/bills/4067.htm)
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2. **02/20/2025** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/4067_20250220.htm)
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3. **03/20/2025** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/4067_20250320.htm)
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4. **04/30/2025** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/4067_20250430.htm)
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## Votes
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- 2nd Reading — **44–0** (pass) · upper
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- Passage of Bill — **115–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Davis — primary (person)
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- Forrest — primary (person)
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- Henderson-Myers — primary (person)
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- Sessions — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-02-20** Introduced and read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2025-02-20** Referred to Committee on Medical, Military, Public and Municipal Affairs `referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-20** Committee report: Favorable Medical, Military, Public and Municipal Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-03-25** Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Forrest, Henderson-Myers
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- **2025-03-25** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2025-03-25** Roll call Yeas-115 Nays-0
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- **2025-03-26** Read third time and sent to Senate `passage, reading-3`
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- **2025-03-26** Introduced and read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2025-03-26** Referred to Committee on Medical Affairs `referral-committee`
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- **2025-04-30** Committee report: Favorable Medical Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-05-06** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2025-05-06** Roll call Ayes-44 Nays-0
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- **2025-05-07** Read third time and enrolled `passage, reading-3`
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- **2025-05-08** Ratified R 75
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- **2025-05-12** Signed By Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2025-05-19** Effective date 05/12/25
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- **2025-05-19** Act No. 49
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4e83f16c-6ed9-4eac-86cf-92beb4882194`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).
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