<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 49-31-50 - Telecommunication funds for persons with hearing and other disabilities--Continuous appropriation. </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2070486Normal { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2070486SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2070486CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2070486Normal-000000 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2070486DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2070486000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2070486SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2070486SCL-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2070486Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=49-31-50"><span class="s2070486SENU">49-31-50</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2070486SENU">. </span><span class="s2070486CL">Telecommunication funds for persons with hearing and other disabilities--Continuous appropriation.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2070486Normal-000000"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2070486DefaultParagraphFont">There is created in the state treasury the telecommunication fund for the deaf and the telecommunication fund for other disabilities for the deposit and disbursement of money collected pursuant to the provisions of §§ </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=49-31-49"><span class="s2070486DefaultParagraphFont">49-31-49</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2070486DefaultParagraphFont"> and </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=49-31-51"><span class="s2070486DefaultParagraphFont">49-31-51</span></a><span class="s2070486DefaultParagraphFont">. There is hereby continuously appropriated the sum of two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000), or so much thereof as may be necessary, each year from the telecommunication fund for the deaf to the Department of Human Services to provide one or two cochlear implants to any child who suffers from severe to profound hearing loss. The child shall be less than twenty-one years of age at the time of the implant.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2070486Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2070486000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2070486Normal"><span class="s2070486SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2070486SCL-000002"> SL 1989, ch 401, § 3; SL 1990, ch 373, § 1; SL 1997, ch 267, § 4; SL 2005, ch 246, § 1; SL 2007, ch 268, § 1; SL 2010, ch 222, § 1; SL 2014, ch 221, § 4.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 49-31-50 - Telecommunication funds for persons with hearing and other disabilities--Continuous appropriation. </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2070487Normal { text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; 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font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2070487SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2070487SCL-000003 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2070487Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=49-31-50.1"><span class="s2070487SENU">49-31-50.1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2070487SENU">. </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2070487CL">Use of funds appropriated pursuant to § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=49-31-50"><span class="s2070487CL">49-31-50</span></a><span class="s2070487CL">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2070487Normal-000000"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2070487DefaultParagraphFont">Funds appropriated pursuant to § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=49-31-50"><span class="s2070487DefaultParagraphFont">49-31-50</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2070487DefaultParagraphFont"> may only be used for:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2070487Normal-000001"><span class="s2070487DefaultParagraphFont">(1)    The costs of providing a cochlear implant to a child who is not covered under a plan of health insurance; or</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2070487Normal-000001"><span class="s2070487DefaultParagraphFont">(2)    Any portion of the costs of providing a cochlear implant to a child that is not paid by any plan of health insurance covering the child but only for those amounts payable by the covered person under the plan's deductible and coinsurance provisions.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2070487Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2070487000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2070487Normal"><span class="s2070487SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2070487SCL-000003"> SL 2005, ch 246, § 2.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2070487Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2070487000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2070487Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2070487000002"> </span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 49-31-50 - Telecommunication funds for persons with hearing and other disabilities--Continuous appropriation. </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2070488Normal { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2070488SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2070488CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2070488Normal-000000 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2070488DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2070488000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2070488SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2070488SCL-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2070488Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=49-31-50.2"><span class="s2070488SENU">49-31-50.2</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2070488SENU">. </span><span class="s2070488CL">Rules relating to cochlear implants.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2070488Normal-000000"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2070488DefaultParagraphFont">The Department of Human Services shall promulgate rules pursuant to chapter </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=1-26"><span class="s2070488DefaultParagraphFont">1-26</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2070488DefaultParagraphFont"> to establish standards for eligibility criteria, the basis for and extent of provider payments on behalf of the eligible person, levels of payment, administration, audit requirements, and record keeping of providing cochlear implants.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2070488Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2070488000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2070488Normal"><span class="s2070488SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2070488SCL-000002"> SL 2005, ch 246, § 3.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2070488Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2070488000001"> </span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 49-31-50 - Telecommunication funds for persons with hearing and other disabilities--Continuous appropriation. </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; 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font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2070489SCL-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } body { text-decoration-skip-ink: none; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2070489Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=49-31-50.3"><span class="s2070489SENU">49-31-50.3</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2070489SENU">. </span><span class="s2070489CL">Approval of vouchers--Warrants.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2070489Normal-000000"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2070489DefaultParagraphFont">The secretary of the Department of Human Services shall approve vouchers and the state auditor shall draw warrants to pay expenditures authorized by §§ </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=49-31-50"><span class="s2070489DefaultParagraphFont">49-31-50</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2070489DefaultParagraphFont"> to </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=49-31-50.3"><span class="s2070489DefaultParagraphFont">49-31-50.3</span></a><span class="s2070489DefaultParagraphFont">, inclusive.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2070489Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2070489000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2070489Normal"><span class="s2070489SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2070489SCL-000002"> SL 2005, ch 246, § 4.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2070489Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2070489000001"> </span></p></div></body></html>