South Carolina § 44-20-470 Return of nonresident person with intellectual disability or related disability to agency of state of his residency; reciprocal agreements with other states; detention of person returned by out-of-state agency; expenses.

South Carolina Statutes

§ 44-20-470 — Return of nonresident person with intellectual disability or related disability to agency of state of his residency; reciprocal agreements with other states; detention of person returned by out-of-state agency; expenses.

South Carolina § 44-20-470

Title 44HEALTH

Ch. 20SOUTH CAROLINA INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY, RELATED DISABILITIES, HEAD INJURIES, AND SPINAL CORD INJURIES ACT

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Bluebook

S.C. Code Ann. § 44-20-470 (2026).

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(A)The Office of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities may return a nonresident person with intellectual disability or a related disability admitted to a service or program in this State to the proper agency of the state of his residence.

(B)The Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities is authorized to enter into reciprocal agreements with the proper agencies of other states to facilitate the return to the state of their residence persons admitted or committed to services for persons with intellectual disability or a related disability in this State or other states.

(C)The office may detain a person with intellectual disability or a related disability returned to this State from the state of his commitment for not more than ninety-six hours pending order of t

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(A) The Office of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities may return a nonresident person with intellectual disability or a related disability admitted to a service or program in this State to the proper agency of the state of his residence. (B) The Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities is authorized to enter into reciprocal agreements with the proper agencies of other states to facilitate the return to the state of their residence persons admitted or committed to services for persons with intellectual disability or a related disability in this State or other states. (C) The office may detain a person with intellectual disability or a related disability returned to this State from the state of his commitment for not more than ninety-six hours pending order of the court in commitment proceedings in this State. (D) The expense of returning persons with intellectual disability or a related disability to other states must be paid by this State, and the expense of returning residents of this State with intellectual disability or a related disability must be paid by the state making the return when interstate agreements to that effect have been negotiated.

Legislative History

HISTORY: 1990 Act No. 496, SECTION 1; 1993 Act No. 181, SECTION 1078; 2011 Act No. 47, SECTION 2, eff June 7, 2011. Code Commissioner's Note At the direction of the Code Commissioner, certain references in the S.C. Code to the State Department of Mental Health, South Carolina Mental Health Commission, Department of Disabilities and Special Needs, Department of Disabilities and Special Needs Commission, Department of Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse Services, and other related terms were changed to reflect the restructuring of these agencies into component offices under the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities, pursuant to 2025 Act No. 3, SECTION 18.