Property owners in South Dakota can no longer use contracts or deed restrictions to ban healthcare services on their land if that land sits in a federally-designated medically underserved area or community. The bill makes such restrictions unenforceable and allows affected parties or local governments to challenge them, opening the door for clinics and medical facilities in areas where healthcare access is limited.
The amendment broadens the bill's scope by removing the population threshold requirement and instead relying on federal designations of medically underserved areas and populations, while also extending protections to residential properties in addition to commercial properties. This shifts the bill from targeting only small municipalities and townships to covering any area designated as medically underserved under federal law, making the restriction on healthcare-prohibiting contracts apply more widely.
Health and Human Services Tabled Passed, YEAS 5, NAYS 0. S.J. 21
Health and Human Services Scheduled for hearing S.J. 1
Senate Referred to Senate Health and Human Services S.J. 273
First Reading Senate S.J. 261
House of Representatives Do Pass Amended Passed, YEAS 45, NAYS 20. H.J. 298
State Affairs Do Pass Amended Passed, YEAS 7, NAYS 4.
State Affairs Motion to amend
State Affairs Scheduled for hearing
First read in House and referred to House State Affairs H.J. 113
Prime sponsor · Rep.
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Prime sponsor · Sen.
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Health and Human Services — Tabled
Do Pass Amended
State Affairs — Do Pass Amended