Title 44, Health

As used in this article: (1) "System" means the South Carolina Head and Spinal Cord Injury Service Delivery System as established in this article; (2) "State plan" means the plan developed by the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities pursuant to this arti…

The primary functions of the system are planning, intake and referral, case management, and education and prevention. The Office of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities is responsible for these functions.

The Office of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities shall: (1) develop a state plan for a comprehensive system of services for persons with head and spinal cord injuries, including short-term and long-term goals and objectives for implementing the plan; (2) receive surveill…

A person is eligible for case management services under this article when at the time of determining eligibility the person has a severe chronic limitation that: (1) is attributed to a physical impairment, including head injury, spinal cord injury, or both, or a similar disabilit…

(A) There is created an Advisory Council to the South Carolina Head and Spinal Cord Service Delivery System composed of: (1) the following members or a designee, who shall serve ex officio: (a) Chairperson for the Joint Legislative Committee for the Disabled; (b) Office Director …

Nothing contained in this article may be construed to establish or authorize creation of an entitlement program or benefit.

In carrying out the purposes of this article the council shall: (1) determine and implement the most cost effective method: (a) to collect, record, analyze, and disseminate data on the incidence and causes of head and spinal cord injuries; (b) to gather such other data as needed …

The council shall develop: (1) reporting forms and procedures for reporting the information required by this article; (2) a system to provide follow up to individuals entered in the registry; (3) procedures for gathering information from other states in which a South Carolina res…

(A) The South Carolina Spinal Cord Injury Research Board is created for the purpose of administering the spinal cord injury research fund created pursuant to Section 14-1-211. The board is composed of seven members who must be residents of this State and appointed by the Governor…

(A) All reports and records made pursuant to this article and maintained by the system, any agency, hospital, institution, other facility, or person pursuant to this article are confidential and may not be disclosed under the Freedom of Information Act. Information must not be re…

There is created the South Carolina Brain Injury Leadership Council, within the Office of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, to provide statewide coordination in promoting support services to persons with brain injuries, their families, and caregivers, and to identify e…

The South Carolina Brain Injury Leadership Council shall: (1) advise and make recommendations to the State on ways to improve services coordination regarding traumatic brain injury; (2) encourage citizen participation through the establishment of public hearings and other types o…

(A) The members of the South Carolina Brain Injury Leadership Council should have knowledge or expertise in the area of brain injury or related services. The council shall be comprised of representatives of the following agencies and organizations, shall be appointed by the direc…

The South Carolina Brain Injury Leadership Council shall have the authority to apply for grants for the purposes of carrying out the responsibilities and duties of the council.

The council shall submit an annual report to the Joint Committee to Study Problems of Persons with Disabilities including, but not limited to, the incidence and status of head and spinal cord injuries in South Carolina, the administration of the system and recommendations for mod…

No person, medical facility, or other organization providing or releasing information in accordance with this article may be held liable in a civil or criminal action for divulging confidential information unless the individual or organization acted in bad faith or with malicious…

A person subject to this article who intentionally fails to comply with reporting or confidentiality and disclosure requirements of this article is subject to a civil penalty of not more than one hundred dollars for a violation the first time a person fails to comply and not more…