Hendley v. South Carolina State Budget & Control Board ex rel. Division of Insurance Services

FINNEY, Chief Justice:

We granted certiorari to review the decision of the Court of Appeals which held that the State Health Plan (Plan) is obligated to pay for a “cranial hair vacuum prosthesis” for respondent Janet Hendley, who suffers from a medical condition which causes the loss of all body hair.1 Hendley v. South Carolina State Budget and Control Board, 325 S.C. 413, 481 S.E.2d 159 (Ct.App.1996). We reverse, finding substantial evidence in the record supports the petitioner’s decision to deny coverage for this prosthetic device.

In this appeal brought pursuant to the Administrative…