South Carolina 2007-2008 Session
Senate Bills (33)

S 0001	Monitor		Removal of Superintendent of Education from Election Requirement	McConnell
	-	1/9/2007	Senate Referred to Committee on Judiciary SJ-25
	Codes: K-12
	Comments: would allow for the governor appointment of the Superintendent of Education upon the expiration of the term of the Superintendent serving in the office for a term consistent with the term of the governor would abolish the State Board of Education
S 0009	Monitor		Legal Representation of Children	Hayes
	-	4/28/2008	Act No. 199
	Notes: Guardian Ad Litem
	Codes: adoption, foster care
	Comments: This bill provides that when an appointed guardian ad litem is an attorney, additional legal counsel must not be appointed by the family court to the guardian absent extraordinary circumstances.
S 0013	Monitor		Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act	Hayes
	-	6/18/2007	Act No. 60
	Codes: children, custody, parent
	Comments: This bill is an article created to add the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act in order to address custody and visitation issues when one parent lives in South Carolina and the other parent does not.  This article includes provisions such as: foreign countries shall be treated as states of the United States; the South Carolina court may communicate with other state courts on issues of child custody; the South Carolina court may take emergency jurisdiction is the child is abused neglected, or abandoned; and the state can decline jurisdiction if the state feels that a different state is a more appropriate court.  This bill also wants to repeal subarticle 2, article 9, chapter 7.   This comprehensive legislation revises procedures for establishing and enforcing child custody and visitation when one of the parties resides in this State and the other does not.
S 0015	Monitor		UNIFORM INTERSTATE ENFORCEMENT OF DOMESTIC-VIOLENCE PROTECTION ORDERS ACT	Hayes
	-	6/18/2007	Act No. 61
	Codes: abuse, domestic violence
	Comments: This comprehensive legislation provides uniform procedures for the interstate enforcement of domestic violence protection orders.
S 0017	Monitor		Uniform Interstate Enforcement of Child Support	Hayes
	-	6/27/2007	Act No. 80
	Codes: children, family
	Comments: This bill is to amend the former Uniform Interstate Family Support Act and replace the old act with a current and revised act.  This act is to provide for uniform legislation to help with interstate enforcement of support—this includes civil and criminal enforcement procedures. This act also preserves rights and duties under the old Uniform Interstate Family Support act.
S 0019	Monitor		Charitable Health Care Services Act	Elliott
	-	1/9/2007	Senate Referred to Committee on Medical Affairs SJ-34
	Codes: Medicaid
S 0020	Watch		Insurance Coverage Requirement for Pervasive Developmental Disorders	Elliott
	-	6/18/2007	Act No. 65
	Codes: pervasive developmental disorder
	Comments: would require insurance coverage for treatment of pervasive developmental disorders would define pervasive developmental disorder as a neurological condition, including Autism and Asperger's
S 0052	Monitor		Low Income Housing Tax Credit Act	Ford
	-	1/9/2007	Senate Referred to Committee on Finance SJ-49
	Codes: housing
	Comments: provides an income or insurance premium tax credit for expenditures to develop rental housing units for low income tenants discusses how the income tax credit is to be authorized permits the Housing Finance and Development Authority and the Dept of Revenue to develop regulations to administer the program and the tax credits under the program
S 0053	Monitor		Same Fee for Service for Uninsured and Insured Patients	Ford
	-	1/9/2007	Senate Referred to Committee on Medical Affairs SJ-49
	Codes: uninsured
	Comments: would prohibit hospitals from charging uninsured patients feeds in excess of the maximum fees charged to insured patients for the same services

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