The state House sustained Governor Haley’s veto and the DHEC suspended the program. The South Carolina Hospital Association and South Carolina Health Care Association in conjunction with several hospital and nursing home companies have filed a law suit claiming that lack of funds does not invalidate a standing law.
Governor Haley supports the elimination of the program, favoring a free market approach rather than the regulation administered by a CON program.
The state Supreme Court is now tasked with deciding the fate of the program.
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