Gov. Henry McMaster, surrounded by legislators and agency directors, shows a bill he signed combining three health care agencies into one at the state’s health care campus in Cayce on Tuesday, June 24, 2025. (Photo by Skylar Laird/SC Daily Gazette)
CAYCE — Residents with substance abuse disorders, disabilities and mental health needs will be able to more easily access state services under a law the governor ceremonially signed Tuesday.
The bill, which Gov. Henry McMaster actually signed into law in April, created the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities by combining three agencies — the departments of mental health, disabilities, and alcohol and drug abuse services — into one…