The department shall:
- (1) administer Title XIX of the Social Security Act (Medicaid), including the Early Periodic Screening, Diagnostic and Treatment Program, and the Community Long-Term Care System;
- (2) be designated as the South Carolina Center for Health Statistics to operate the Cooperative Health Statistics Program pursuant to the Public Health Services Act;
- (3) be prohibited from engaging in the delivery of services.
HISTORY: 1983 Act No. 83 Section 2; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1040; 2004 Act No. 263, Section 15.A, eff June 18, 2004.
Effect of Amendment
The 2004 amendment deleted paragraph (3) relating to administration of the Social Services Block Grant Program and redesignated paragraph (4) as paragraph (3).