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2025-2026 Bill 778: Prohibit Medicaid Funding for Family Planning by Abortion Providers - South Carolina Legislature Online
South Carolina General Assembly
126th Session, 2025-2026
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S. 778
STATUS INFORMATION
General Bill
Sponsors: Senators Massey and Cash
Document Path: SR-0469KM26.docx
Introduced in the Senate on January 13, 2026
Currently residing in the Senate Committee on
Medical Affairs
Summary: Prohibit Medicaid Funding for Family Planning by Abortion Providers
HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS
Date
Body
Action Description with journal page number
1/13/2026
Senate
Introduced and read first time (
Senate Journal-page 49
)
1/13/2026
Senate
Referred to Committee on
Medical Affairs
(
Senate Journal-page 49
)
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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL
01/13/2026
Senate: Massey
Attorney: Moffitt
Drafting Assistant: Bishop
Date: January 08, 2026
DOC. ID.: /SENATE
RESEARCH/KM/DRAFTS/SR-0469KM26/SR-0469KM26.DOCX
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TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY ADDING SECTION
44-6-75
SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT LICENSED ABORTION CLINICS AND AFFILIATED
PHYSICIANS OR MEDICAL PRACTICES ARE UNQUALIFIED TO PROVIDE FAMILY PLANNING
UNDER THE STATE'S MEDICAID PROGRAM, TO PROHIBIT STATE AND LOCAL FUNDS FOR
FAMILY PLANNING TO BE APPROPRIATED TO A LICENSED ABORTION CLINIC AND AFFILIATED
PHYSICIANS AND MEDICAL PRACTICES, AND TO PROVIDE THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC
HEALTH MUST PROVIDE A LIST OF QUALIFIED FAMILY PLANNING SERVICE PROVIDERS.
B
e it enacted by the
General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
S
ECTION 1.
A
rticle 1, Chapter 6, Title 44 of the S.C. Code is
amended by adding:
S
ection
44-6-75
.
(
A) Any facility licensed by
the Department of Public Health to operate as an abortion provider pursuant to
Section
44-41-75
and any affiliated physicians or professional medical
practices who are operating concurrently with and in the same physical,
geographic location or footprint as the licensed facility are unqualified to
provide family planning services under the State's Medicaid program.
(
B)
State and local funds for family planning, whether through a grant, a contract,
state-administered federal funds, or any other form, may not be directly or
indirectly provided to any facility licensed by the Department of Public Health
to operate as abortion provider pursuant to Section
44-41-75
or to a physician
or professional medical practice affiliated with a licensed abortion provider
who is operating concurrently with and in the same physical, geographic
location or footprint as the licensed facility.
(
C) The
department of Public Health shall prepare, produce, and make publicly available
in a user-friendly format a list of all qualified family planning service
providers operating within a twenty-five-mile radius of any facility licensed
to provide abortions pursuant to Section
44-41-75
that is excluded from the
State's Medicaid provider network.
S
ECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval
by the Governor.
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