DHEC plans hearings statewide on SC Health Plan

FLORENCE, S.C. (AP) — The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control plans to hold four public hearings next month on the proposed South Carolina Health Plan.

The hearings are being held in DHEC’s regional offices with the first in Greenville June 9. Hearings will be held June 10 in Columbia, June 11 in Florence and June 12 in Charleston. The hearings start at 10 a.m. each day.

State law requires DHEC each year to prepare a health plan that includes an inventory of existing health care facilities, beds, services and equipment.

The plan also has projections of what will be needed in communities across the state in the future. The plan is a roadmap to help determine which health services will receive certificates of need from the state.