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

TOAL, Justice:

The majority holds that the State Health Plan is not obligated to pay for Mrs. Hendley’s “cranial hair vacuum prosthesis” because the prosthesis does not identify or treat Mrs. Hendley’s medical condition and has non-therapeutic uses. The majority therefore reverses the Court of Appeals’ decision in Hendley v. South Carolina State Budget and Control Board, 325 S.C. 413, 481 S.E.2d 159 (Ct.App.1996). I would hold that the hair prosthesis sought by Mrs. Hendley is covered by her health plan. I would therefore affirm the Court of Appeals’ opinion. Accordingly, I dissent.

Mrs.…