South Carolina General Assembly
118th Session, 2009-2010

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S. 187

STATUS INFORMATION

General Bill
Sponsors: Senator McConnell
Document Path: l:\s-jud\bills\mcconnell\jud0013.hla.docx

Introduced in the Senate on January 13, 2009
Currently residing in the Senate Committee on Finance

Summary: State insurance plans

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS 

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
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  12/17/2008  Senate  Prefiled
  12/17/2008  Senate  Referred to Committee on Finance
   1/13/2009  Senate  Introduced and read first time SJ-157
   1/13/2009  Senate  Referred to Committee on Finance SJ-157

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

12/17/2008

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A BILL

TO AMEND SECTION 1-11-730, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO ELIGIBILITY TO PARTICIPATE IN STATE INSURANCE PLANS, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT AN ACTIVE, FULLTIME PERMANENT EMPLOYEE OF A STATE-COVERED ENTITY APPROVED FOR DISABILITY RETIREMENT IS ELIGIBLE TO PARTICIPATE IN PLANS WITH STATE-PAID PREMIUMS IF THE DISABILITY IS THE RESULT OF AN INJURY ARISING OUT OF AND IN THE COURSE OF THE PERFORMANCE OF THE PERSON'S OFFICIAL DUTIES.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:

SECTION    1.    Section 1-11-730 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding a new subsection:

"(D)    An active, full-time permanent employee of a state-covered entity, who is approved for disability retirement pursuant to Section 9-1-1540 or Section 9-11-80 is eligible to participate in the plans with state-paid premiums, regardless of the length of service, if the disability is the result of an injury arising out of and in the course of the performance of the employee's official duties during his or her state-covered entity service."

SECTION    2.    This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor and applies to all individuals meeting the statutory requirements on or after that date, regardless of the date of accident.

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