South Carolina § 43-21-150 - Educational and informational program.
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§ 43-21-150. Educational and informational program.
The Department on Aging, with the cooperation of the Long Term Care Council and the Department of Insurance, shall develop and implement a program to educate citizens concerning:
(a) the availability of long term care services;
(b) the lifetime risk of spending some time in a nursing home;
(c) the coverage available for long term care services through Medicare, Medicaid, and private insurance policies, and the limitations of this coverage; and
(d) the availability of home equity conversion alternatives, such as reverse annuity mortgages and sale-leaseback arrangements, in this State and the risks and benefits of these alternatives.
This program must be made a part of the Preretirement Education Program of the South Carolina Retirement Systems.
HISTORY: 1987 Act No. 165 SECTION 1, eff June 10, 1987; 1993 Act No. 181, SECTION 1026, eff July 1, 1993; 2008 Act No. 353, SECTION 2, Pt 25C, eff July 1, 2009.
Code Commissioner's Note
At the direction of the Code Commissioner, references to "Department on Aging" and "department" were substituted for "Division on Aging" and "division" to comply with amendments made by 2018 Act No. 261.
Source: official South Carolina text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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