2001-2002 Bill 3771: Regulation No. 2541, Health and Environmental Control Department

1 BIL: 3771 2 TYP: Joint Resolution JR 3 INB: House 4 IND: 20010321 5 PSP: Labor, Commerce and Industry Committee HLCI 26 6 SPO: Labor, Commerce and Industry Committee 7 DDN: l:\council\bills\gjk\20276ac01.doc 8 RBY: Senate 9 COM: Medical Affairs Committee 13 SMA 10 SUB: Regulation No. 2541, Health and Environmental Control Department, 11 Community residential care facilities, licensing 12 13 14 15 HST: 16 17 Body Date Action Description Com Leg Involved 18 ______19 Senate 20010327 Introduced, read first time, 13 SMA 20 referred to Committee 21 House 20010323 Read third time, sent to Senate 22 House 20010322 Read second time, unanimous consent 23 for third reading on the next 24 Legislative day 25 House 20010321 Introduced, read first time 26 27 28 Versions of This Bill 29 30 31 Revised on 20010321 32 33 34 TXT: 1 INTRODUCED 2 March 21, 2001 3 4 H. 3771 5 6 Introduced by Labor, Commerce and Industry Committee 7 8 S. Printed 3/21/01--H. 9 Read the first time March 21, 2001. 10 11

1 [3771-1] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A JOINT RESOLUTION 10 11 TO APPROVE REGULATIONS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF 12 HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL, RELATING 13 TO STANDARDS FOR LICENSING COMMUNITY 14 RESIDENTIAL CARE FACILITIES, DESIGNATED AS 15 REGULATION DOCUMENT NUMBER 2541, PURSUANT TO 16 THE PROVISIONS OF ARTICLE 1, CHAPTER 23, TITLE 1 OF 17 THE 1976 CODE. 18 19 Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South 20 Carolina: 21 22 SECTION 1. The regulations of the Department of Health and 23 Environmental Control, relating to standards for licensing 24 community residential care facilities, designated as Regulation 25 Document Number 2541, and submitted to the General Assembly 26 pursuant to the provisions of Article 1, Chapter 23, Title 1 of the 27 1976 Code, are approved. 28 29 SECTION 2. This joint resolution takes effect upon approval by 30 the Governor. 31 ----XXX---- 32 33 SUMMARY AS SUBMITTED 34 BY PROMULGATING AGENCY. 35 36 This amendment will extricate applicability to facilities that treat 37 those with chemical dependency and addiction from R.61-84. 38 Concurrently, the department has proposed to consolidate the 39 standards for all of the alcohol and drug abuse treatment facilities 40 which DHEC now licenses into one regulation(R.61-93); alcohol 41 and drug abuse treatment programs within existing hospitals will 42 continue to be licensed under the hospital regulation (R.61-16).

1 [3771] 1 1 The department proposes to amend R.61-84 to update and enhance 2 the regulations. In addition, this amendment will: update and 3 expand definitions/interpretations; clarify licensing change 4 requirements; update licensing fee amounts; describe inspection 5 reporting requirements; add reference to department consultations; 6 update and clarify and update classification of standards and 7 enforcement action procedures; update staffing standards; update 8 physical plant/structural requirements; add quality improvement 9 standards; reword sections related to care and services; reword 10 sections regarding resident record content and maintenance; update 11 infection control and tuberculosis screening requirements; update 12 medication management requirements; update meal service 13 requirements; add reporting requirements; enhance resident 14 rights/assurances requirements; reword sections regarding resident 15 record content and maintenance; expand/update emergency 16 preparedness requirements; enhance fire prevention requirements, 17 and add a severability clause. The proposed amendment will 18 rewrite the regulation in its entirety. 19 ----XX----

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