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S693 • 2026
Certificate of Need
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Certificate of Need
Introduced and read first time ( Senate Journal-page 19 )
Referred to Committee on Medical Affairs ( Senate Journal-page 19 )
Prefiled
Referred to Committee on Medical Affairs
Certificate of Need
2025-2026 Bill 693: Certificate of Need - South Carolina Legislature Online South Carolina General Assembly 126th Session, 2025-2026 Download This Bill in Microsoft Word Format Indicates Matter Stricken Indicates New Matter S. 693 STATUS INFORMATION General Bill Sponsors: Senator Young Companion/Similar bill(s): 4799 Document Path: SR-0014QG26.docx Introduced in the Senate on January 13, 2026 Currently residing in the Senate Committee on Medical Affairs Summary: Certificate of Need HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS Date Body Action Description with journal page number 12/10/2025 Senate Prefiled 12/10/2025 Senate Referred to Committee on Medical Affairs 1/13/2026 Senate Introduced and read first time ( Senate Journal-page 19 ) 1/13/2026 Senate Referred to Committee on Medical Affairs ( Senate Journal-page 19 ) View the latest legislative information at the website VERSIONS OF THIS BILL 12/10/2025 A bill TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING SECTION 44-7-170 , RELATING TO CERTIFICATE OF NEED EXEMPTIONS, SO AS TO INCLUDE VETERAN NURSING HOMES IN THE LIST OF EXEMPTIONS. B e it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina: S ECTION 1. S ection 44-7-170 (B) of the S.C. Code is amended to read: ( B) This article does not apply to: ( 1) construction of a new hospital with up to fifty beds in any county currently without a hospital; ( 2) hospitals owned by the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities and operated by the Office of Mental Health and the Office of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, except an addition of one or more beds to the total number of beds of the predecessor departments' health care facilities existing on July 1, 1988; ( 3) any federal hospital sponsored and operated by this State; ( 4) hospitals owned and operated by the federal government . ; ( 5) Veteran nursing homes owned and operated by the South Carolina Department of Veterans' Affairs. S ECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor. ----XX---- This web page was last updated on January 13, 2026 at 1:08 PM