Senator Harvey Peeler
South Carolina Senate Majority Leader Harvey Peeler is moving forward with the idea of restructuring state government — by dispatching a subcommittee to begin to take up bills to reorganize major state agencies.
The Senate Medical Affairs Subcommittee will take up restructuring the Department of Health and Environmental Control and the Department of Disabilities and Special Needs, as well as a bill merging the Department of Mental Health, the Department of Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse Services, and the Continuum of Care to form a new Department of Behavioral Health Services.Peeler says that this is major restructuring in the area of health care:
“I think quite frankly the time has passed and what we’re wanting to do is make government more efficient. Like I say, it will be open to debate and open to amendments throughout so hopefully we’ll come up with a product that the people of South Carolina can enjoy.”
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