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 expanding protection from healthcare-prohibition restrictions to include residential properties (not just commercial) and by replacing a narrow definition tied to municipalities/townships under 3,000 people with a broader federal definition of medically underserved areas and communities designated by the Department of Health. This shifts the bill from targeting only small towns to protecting healthcare access across all federally-designated underserved regions.
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