South Carolina governor happy with tax cuts, teacher raises but wants health and energy bills done
Associated PressCOLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina Gov. The harder lift might be resurrecting a bill that would combine six South Carolina heath care agencies into one department. The bill died on Thursday’s last regular session day when one House member of the ultra-conservative Freedom Caucus objected to taking it up immediately. The proposal would combine separate agencies that currently oversee South Carolina’s Medicaid program, help for older people and those with mental health problems, public health and drug and alcohol abuse programs. “Parents ought to know what’s happening to their children and I know, particularly, surgeries are generally irreversible.” Earlier this year, doctors and parents testified before committees in both the House and Senate that people younger than 18 do not receive gender-transition surgeries in South Carolina and hormone treatments begin only after extensive consultation with health professionals.
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