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2025-2026 Bill 966: SC Institute of Medicine and Public Health, 15th anniversary - South Carolina Legislature Online
South Carolina General Assembly
126th Session, 2025-2026
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S. 966
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Concurrent Resolution
Sponsors: Senator Davis
Document Path: LC-0510CM-RM26.docx
Introduced in the Senate on February 26, 2026
Introduced in the House on March 3, 2026
Adopted by the General Assembly on March 3, 2026
Summary: SC Institute of Medicine and Public Health, 15th anniversary
HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS
Date
Body
Action Description with journal page number
2/26/2026
Senate
Introduced, adopted, sent to House (
Senate Journal-page 4
)
3/3/2026
House
Introduced, adopted, returned with concurrence (
House Journal-page 12
)
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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL
02/26/2026
A concurrent RESOLUTION
TO CONGRATULATE THE SOUTH CAROLINA INSTITUTE OF
MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH ON THE OCCASION OF ITS FIFTEENTH ANNIVERSARY,
COMMEND THE ORGANIZATION FOR ITS COMMITMENT AND SERVICE TO THE STATE OF SOUTH
CAROLINA, AND EXTEND BEST WISHES FOR CONTINUED SUCCESS IN THE YEARS AHEAD.
W
hereas, the members of
the South Carolina General Assembly are proud to recognize the South Carolina
Institute of Medicine and Public Health for fifteen years of service and
dedication to health policy; and
W
hereas, the South
Carolina Institute of Medicine and Public Health was established on August 2,
2011, to serve as an informed, neutral, nonpartisan convener around the
important health issues in our State; and
W
hereas, the mission of
the South Carolina Institute of Medicine and Public Health is to inform policy
to improve health and healthcare; and
W
hereas, the institute
has provided the Health Policy Fellows Program to more than eighty South
Carolina legislators and shared clear, evidence-based health policy information
in a nonpartisan manner; and
W
hereas, the institute
has convened South Carolina experts and stakeholders to produce policy
recommendations informing behavioral health, long-term care, the healthcare
workforce, care of the aging and disabled, and maternal and infant health; and
W
hereas, the institute
regularly continues to publish policy and data briefs, analyses, and reports
based on in-depth research on important health issues, including "South
Carolina's Guide to Approved Uses to Investing Opioid Settlement Funds,"
"Cancer Mortality in African American Men in South Carolina," and "Improving
Maternal and Infant Health: Increasing Access to Care in Rural South Carolina,"
resulting in policy recommendations that have informed South Carolina policy;
and
W
hereas, grateful for
the efforts rendered by the South Carolina Institute of Medicine and Public
Health to our State, the members of the General Assembly take great pleasure in
saluting the institute's board of directors and staff on reaching the important
milestone of fifteen years of service. Now, therefore,
B
e it resolved by the
Senate, the House of Representatives concurring:
T
hat the members of the
South Carolina General Assembly, by this resolution, congratulate the South
Carolina Institute of Medicine and Public Health on the occasion of its
fifteenth anniversary, commend the organization for its commitment and service
to the State of South Carolina, and extend best wishes for continued success in
the years ahead.
B
e it further resolved that
a copy of this resolution be presented to the South Carolina Institute of
Medicine and Public Health.
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