Proposed Regulations

Document No. 5315 DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES CHAPTER 114 Statutory Authority: 1976 Code Sections 43-1-80 and 63-9-1700 through 1810 114-4380. Supplemental Benefits for Adoption and Medical Assistance. Preamble: The State of South Carolina aims to support adoption laws by making possible through public supplemental benefits the most appropriate adoption of each child certified by the Department of Social Services as requiring a supplemental benefit to assure adoption. The Department of Social Services is charged with promulgating regulations to carry out the State’s purpose; and therefore, i…

Document No. 5314 DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES CHAPTER 114 Statutory Authority: 1976 Code Section 63-13-180 114-500 through 114-509. Regulations for the Licensing of Child Care Centers. Preamble: The Department of Social Services is proposing to amend South Carolina Code of Regulations 114-500 to 114-509 to establish and maintain standards for licensed child care centers that are reasonably aligned with recommended standards of national organizations and which further the Department’s mission to establish and maintain standards that protect the health, safety, and well-being of children recei…

Document No. 5313 DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES CHAPTER 114 Statutory Authority: 1976 Code Section 43-1-80 114-140. Foster Care. 114-150. Adoptions. Preamble: The Department of Social Services is proposing to amend South Carolina Code of Regulations 114-140 and 114-150 which outline the fair hearings process for adverse decisions related to foster care and adoptions, respectively. The regulations are being reviewed and amended to clarify the appeal rights of foster parents. The proposed amendments are necessary promote consistency in the application of a fair hearings process for adverse decis…

Document No. 5308 DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES CHAPTER 114 Statutory Authority: 1976 Code Section 63-11-30 114-4910. Child Placing Agencies; Definitions and Application Procedures. 114-4920. Administration and Organization of Child Placing Agencies. 114-4930. Requirements for Licenses and Types of Licenses. 114-4940. Relicensing Procedures. 114-4950. Confidentiality Requirements. 114-4960. Personnel Requirements. 114-4970. Child Placing Agency Records. 114-4980. Procedures and Practices of Child Placing Agencies. Preamble: As the administrator of the State’s foster care system, the Department…

Document No. 5303 DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES CHAPTER 114 Statutory Authority: 1976 Code Sections 43-1-80 and 63-9-360 114-4370. Certification of Adoption Investigators and Persons Obtaining Consents or Relinquishments. Preamble: The Department of Social Services is responsible for establishing and promulgating rules and regulations for the certification requirements and process for an adoption investigator. The proposed amendments will ensure that prospective investigators have the necessary educational and work experience to further the Department’s mission to promote safety, permanency, s…

Document No. 5296 DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES CHAPTER 114 Statutory Authority: 1976 Code Section 63-7-2320 114-551. Kinship Foster Family Home and Kinship Adoptive Home Standards. (New) Preamble: On September 28, 2023, the United States Department of Health and Human Services, Administration on Children and Families, issued a final rule amending 45 CFR Section 1355.20 to allow agencies to claim Title IV-E federal financial participation for the cost of foster care maintenance payments on behalf of an otherwise eligible child who is placed in a licensed or approved kinship foster family home …

Document No. 5232 DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES CHAPTER 114 Statutory Authority: 1976 Code Section 63-11-30 114-600. Wilderness Therapeutic Camps for Children. Preamble: The South Carolina Department of Social Services is amending Regulations 114-600C.(12) and F.(6), regarding criminal and child protective services background checks. Section-by-Section Discussion: 114-600. Wilderness Therapeutic Camps for Children. 1. Revises subparagraph C.(8)(b) to create consistency with background check requirements stated in subparagraph C.(12). 2. Revises subparagraph C.(12), which relates to child prote…

Document No. 5231 DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES CHAPTER 114 Statutory Authority: 1976 Code Section 63-11-30 114-591. Organization and Administration. 114-594. Additional Requirements for Specified Group Home Populations. Preamble: The South Carolina Department of Social Services is amending Regulations 114-591 regarding criminal and child protective services background checks and 114-594 regarding additional requirements for specified group home populations. Section-by-Section Discussion: 114-591. Organization and Administration. 1. Revises subparagraph (L), which relates to child protective s…

Document No. 5229 DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES CHAPTER 114 Statutory Authority: 1976 Code Section 63-13-180 114-528. Family Day Care Homes. Preamble: The Department of Social Services is repealing Regulation 114-528 and proposing Regulations 114-530 to 114-537 to establish and maintain standards for family child care homes that are reasonably aligned with recommended standards of national organizations and which further the Department’s mission to establish and maintain standards that protect the health, safety, and well-being of children receiving care in family child care homes. The Departm…