(A) The Medical University of South Carolina, the Prisma Health-University of South Carolina Medical Group, and the Prisma Health-University Medical Group are each hereby authorized, as agents of the State of South Carolina, to fulfill the role of Regional Tertiary Level Developmental Evaluation Centers providing comprehensive developmental assessment and treatment services for children with developmental disabilities, significant developmental delays, or behavioral or learning disorders.
(B) As developmental evaluation centers, the above named institutions shall provide a seamless continuum of developmental services, including medically necessary diagnostic and treatment services for the purpose of correcting or ameliorating physical or mental illnesses and conditions which, left untreated, would negatively impact the health and quality of life of South Carolina's children. Further, these centers shall work collectively with the teaching, training, and research entities of each institution, extending the state's efforts to prepare professionals to work in the field of developmental medicine, while lending expertise to the research efforts in this field.
(C) The developmental evaluation centers shall be involved in research, planning, and needs assessment of issues related to developmental disabilities and shall be committed to develop a regionalized system of community-based, family-centered care for children with developmental and behavioral disabilities. In so doing, the centers shall serve as primary points of entry for developmental evaluation services and as regional coordinators for the delivery of the services and are encouraged to affiliate with other providers thus enhancing the availability of high quality services for the children of South Carolina.
HISTORY: 1996 Act No. 458, Part II, Section 86; 2011 Act No. 47, Section 3, eff June 7, 2011; 2021 Act No. 49 (S.431), Section 1, eff May 17, 2021.
Effect of Amendment
2021 Act No. 49, Section 1, in (A), substituted "Medical University of South Carolina, the Prisma Health-University of South Carolina Medical Group, and the Prisma Health-University Medical Group" for "Department of Pediatrics of the Medical University of South Carolina, the University Pediatrics of the University Affiliated Program of the University of South Carolina, and the Children's Hospital of the Greenville Hospital System,".
Structure South Carolina Code of Laws
Chapter 21 - Department Of Disabilities And Special Needs Family Support Services
Section 44-21-10. Legislative intent; intent of program; guiding principles.
Section 44-21-20. Definitions.
Section 44-21-30. Authority to contract or make grants.
Section 44-21-40. Focus of Family Support Program.
Section 44-21-50. Contracted agency to assist families in assessing needs and preparing plan.
Section 44-21-60. Services included in Family Support Program.
Section 44-21-70. Implementation contingent upon annual appropriations.
Section 44-21-80. Regional tertiary level developmental evaluation centers.