{"data":{"id":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-37-6-720","jurisdiction":"us-sc","citation":"S.C. Code Ann. § 37-6-720","heading":"211 Network; implementation; objectives.","body":"(A) Subject to appropriations, the department is authorized to implement the statewide South Carolina 211 Network, which must serve as the single point of coordination for information and referral for health and human services. The objectives for the South Carolina 211 Network are to:\n(1) provide comprehensive and cost-effective access to health and human services information;\n(2) improve access to accurate information by simplifying and enhancing state and local health and human services information and referral systems and by fostering collaboration among information and referral systems;\n(3) electronically connect local information and referral systems to each other, to service providers, and to consumers of information and referral services;\n(4) establish and promote standards for data collection and for distributing information among state and local organizations;\n(5) promote the use of a common dialing access code and the visibility and public awareness of the availability of information and referral services;\n(6) provide a management and administrative structure to support the South Carolina 211 Network and establish technical assistance, training, and support programs for information and referral-service programs;\n(7) test methods for integrating information and referral services with local and state health and human services programs and for consolidating and streamlining eligibility and case-management processes;\n(8) provide access to standardized, comprehensive data to assist in identifying gaps and needs in health and human services programs; and\n(9) provide a unified systems plan with a developed platform, taxonomy, and standards for data management and access.","path":["Title 37 - CONSUMER PROTECTION CODE","CHAPTER 6 Administration","Part 7 211"],"source_url":"https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t37c006.php","current_through":"2026 Session of the General Assembly","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-10-25T03:42:10Z","sha256":"99487dcb0ffc91e00eaf62493681fbe2f0f749327cae419d5605d48e57870405","source_id":"us-sc","stale":false,"prev":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-37-6-710","next":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-37-6-730"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}