Healthcare laws and bills in South Carolina

Every bill in the South Carolina Legislature that falls inside the Healthcare Legislation Tracker's scope, with where each one currently stands.

Bills in scope: 41bills in scope
Past committee: 9past committee
Most recent action: 1 July 2026most recent action

Healthcare laws enacted in South Carolina in 2026

3 Healthcare bills were enacted in South Carolina this year, the latest with a last action on 1 July 2026. They lead the list below.

Healthcare bills in South Carolina

4Enacted

5Past committee

32Introduced or inactive

41 bills in scope

Enacted

H 4069Patient-Friendly Billing1 July 2026Enacted S 895Rural Emergency Hospitals5 June 2026Enacted S 146Senator Roger A. Nutt Act, resident's rights in long-term care23 April 2026Enacted S 2Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities7 May 2025Enacted

Past committee

S 920Health insurance6 May 2026Passed committee S 915Medicaid Provider and Recipient Fraud22 April 2026Passed chamber H 5173Hospitals16 April 2026Passed chamber H 4103Optometrists15 April 2026Passed committee S 54Medical Informed Consent22 April 2025Passed committee

Introduced or inactive

16 of 32 shown

H 4791Drug acquisition cost surveys and reimbursement guidelines29 April 2026In committee H 4795Pharmacy Benefits Manager drug modifications29 April 2026In committee H 5285Medicaid Fraud29 April 2026In committee H 3580Advanced Practice Registered Nurse practice authority14 April 2026In committee H 5486Medicaid1 April 2026In committee H 3934Cost sharing4 March 2026In committee H 4562Healthcare Services3 March 2026In committee H 4639Reproductive Health19 February 2026In committee H 5206Health insurance18 February 2026In committee H 4794Pharmacy Benefits Managers - Trade Practices10 February 2026In committee S 749Prescription Medicine Study Committee13 January 2026In committee S 669Team Based Health Care Act16 May 2025In committee S 531Healthcare Services2 April 2025In committee H 3579Physician assistants26 March 2025In committee S 443Health Claims & AI11 March 2025In committee H 3025Geriatric Physician Loan Forgiveness Program6 March 2025In committee

Showing the 25 furthest along of 41. Subscribers see all of them, filtered and searchable. Bill titles link to the South Carolina Legislature's own page.

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What counts as Healthcare Legislation legislation

In scope is any bill on the delivery, financing and regulation of health care: coverage mandates, prior authorization and utilization review, Medicaid and state health programmes, hospital finance, licensure and staffing, scope of practice and interstate compacts, telehealth, prescription drugs and pharmacy benefit managers, surprise billing, price transparency and medical debt, behavioral health and substance use treatment, maternal health, long-term care and emergency medical services.

Tracker scopes are model-drafted, not attorney-reviewed.

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