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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: <\/strong>February 21, 2024<\/p>\n

SENATE REPUBLICANS PASS LANDMARK HEALTH AGENCY REFORM<\/strong><\/p>\n

COLUMBIA, S.C. \u2014 Today, the Senate gave third reading to S. 915, a bill to consolidate existing state health agencies into the new, cabinet-level Executive Office of Health and Policy. The legislation by Senate Finance Chairman Harvey Peeler, Senate President Thomas Alexander, and others, enacts sweeping reforms of an ineffective system of health bureaucracy and brings real, tangible benefits to South Carolina taxpayers. <\/p>\n

\u201cI am pleased that the healthcare reorganization bill passed the Senate today,\u201d said Senate President Thomas Alexander. \u201cThis legislation will give citizens a more accountable, efficient, and cost-effective delivery of medical services. I hope the bill moves quickly to the Governor\u2019s desk so these reforms can become a reality.\u201d<\/p>\n

The bill prioritizes accountability by placing the Secretary of Health and Policy under the authority of the Governor instead of unelected board members.<\/p>\n

Senator Tom Davis, chairman of the Medical Affairs subcommittee that received testimony on the bill, added: \u201cAn analysis of all fifty states revealed that South Carolina has the most fragmented healthcare delivery system in the nation, and predictably, poor health outcomes. Today, however, the South Carolina Senate passed a bill to consolidate six independent, overlapping, and inefficient health agencies and create a delivery system that is responsive, effective, and accountable.\u201d<\/p>\n

S. 915 is the culmination of years of hard work and the third major healthcare reform bill to pass out of the upper chamber this legislative session, following landmark bills to repeal Certificate of Need and split DHEC.<\/p>\n

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