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Advocacy

Your voice at the State House

The Society is the only organization in South Carolina that advocates expressly for anesthesiology. We carry a physician’s perspective into every decision about how anesthesia care is delivered.

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Current priorities

What we are working on

The Society’s advocacy runs along three lines: the laws written at the General Assembly, the evidence that informs them, and the regulators and payers who put them into practice.

At the State House

Patient safety in state law

We advance legislation that keeps physician-led, patient-centered anesthesia care the standard in South Carolina, and we track every bill that touches how anesthesia is delivered.

Evidence

Patient safety research

We ground our advocacy in the peer-reviewed record on anesthesia outcomes, and we bring that evidence to legislators and regulators who shape care in our state.

Federal and regulatory

The rules behind the law

Laws are put into practice by regulators and payers. We engage the agencies and insurers whose decisions affect your practice and your patients, from licensing to reimbursement.

In the State House

Bills the Society is tracking

The General Assembly meets in two-year sessions; a bill not passed by the close of the second year carries no further. Every measure that touches how anesthesia is delivered, how physicians practice, and how care is paid for appears here as soon as the Legislature’s record carries it. The Society’s priority bills lead the list.

Priority bills

Also on the tracker138 bills, most recent activity first

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Bill data last synced August 28, 2026from the South Carolina Legislature’s own record.

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The record

Recent activity at the General Assembly

The latest steps the bills above took in Columbia, drawn from the Legislature’s own record.

  • Jul 1, 2026

    Act No. 253

    H. 4069 · Patient-Friendly Billing

  • Jul 1, 2026

    Effective date 06/30/26

    H. 4069 · Patient-Friendly Billing

  • Jun 30, 2026

    Signed By Governor

    H. 4069 · Patient-Friendly Billing

  • Jun 29, 2026

    Ratified R 270

    H. 4069 · Patient-Friendly Billing

  • Jun 25, 2026

    Debate adjourned

    H. 5164 · Hospitals

  • Jun 25, 2026

    Ordered enrolled for ratification

    H. 4069 · Patient-Friendly Billing · Journal entry

  • Jun 25, 2026

    Roll call Ayes-38 Nays-0

    H. 4069 · Patient-Friendly Billing · Journal entry

  • Jun 25, 2026

    Conference report received and adopted

    H. 4069 · Patient-Friendly Billing · Journal entry

  • Jun 25, 2026

    Roll call Yeas-103 Nays-0

    H. 4069 · Patient-Friendly Billing

  • Jun 25, 2026

    Conference report received and adopted

    H. 4069 · Patient-Friendly Billing

Data from the South Carolina Legislature (scstatehouse.gov), as of August 28, 2026.

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Results

What your Society delivered

Progress in reimbursement and patient safety comes from years of steady work with lawmakers, agencies, and payers. These are the wins that work produced.

A higher Medicaid anesthesia rate

After sustained Society engagement with state payers, the South Carolina Medicaid anesthesia unit rate was increased, the first increase in more than a decade.

A higher Workers' Compensation rate

The South Carolina Workers' Compensation Commission increased the anesthesia unit rate after years of Society advocacy on behalf of practicing physicians.

The return on your dues

What membership buys

Every win below was carried by the Society on behalf of its members. Your dues are what put a physician’s voice in the room.

  • A higher Medicaid anesthesia rate

  • A higher Workers' Compensation rate

Get involved

Lobby Day at the State House

Lobby Day brings physician anesthesiologists to Columbia to meet their legislators face to face. Tell the Society you want to take part and we will make sure your voice is in the room.

Not sure who represents you? Look up your senator and representative before the day, so your meetings land with the people who vote on the measures above.

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Political Action Committee

Strengthen the Society’s reach

The SCSA PAC supports candidates who champion physician-led, patient-centered anesthesia care. A contribution turns many voices into one.

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