Amisub of South Carolina, Inc. v. South Carolina Department of Health & Environmental Control

ORIGINAL JURISDICTION

Chief Justice TOAL.

This matter comes before the Court in its original jurisdiction. Ten health care entities, along with the South Carolina Hospital Association and the South Carolina Health Care Association (collectively, Petitioners), seek a declaration from *588this Court that the South Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (DHEC) is obligated to enforce the State Certification of Need and Health Facility Licensure Act (the CON Act)1 and fund the certificate of need (CON) program despite the South Carolina House of Representative’s failure to override the…