South Carolina General Assembly
119th Session, 2011-2012

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S. 1040

STATUS INFORMATION

General Bill
Sponsors: Senator Thomas
Document Path: l:\council\bills\nbd\11938dg12.docx

Introduced in the Senate on January 10, 2012
Currently residing in the Senate Committee on Finance

Summary: State health and dental plan

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS 

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
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   12/5/2011  Senate  Prefiled
   12/5/2011  Senate  Referred to Committee on Finance
   1/10/2012  Senate  Introduced and read first time (Senate Journal-page 25)
   1/10/2012  Senate  Referred to Committee on Finance (Senate Journal-page 25)

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

12/5/2011

(Text matches printed bills. Document has been reformatted to meet World Wide Web specifications.)

A BILL

TO AMEND SECTION 1-11-730, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO RETIREE ELIGIBILITY FOR PARTICIPATION IN THE STATE HEALTH AND DENTAL PLANS AND THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR PAYMENT OF PREMIUMS FOR RETIREES ELIGIBLE TO PARTICIPATE IN THESE PLANS, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT IF A STATE EMPLOYEE OR PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT EMPLOYEE RETIRES ON DISABILITY UNDER A STATE RETIREMENT SYSTEM, AND THE RETIREE IS ELIGIBLE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE STATE HEALTH AND DENTAL INSURANCE PLANS WHILE RETIRED, THEN THE TRUST FUND SHALL PAY ONE-HALF OF THE RETIREE'S EMPLOYEE PREMIUM.

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

SECTION    1.    Section 1-11-730 of the 1976 Code, as last amended by Act 195 of 2008, is further amended by adding a new subsection at the end to read:

"(D)    Notwithstanding another provision of this section, if a state employee or public school district employee retires on disability under a state retirement system, and the retiree is eligible to participate in the state health and dental insurance plans while retired, then in addition to any other trust fund paid premiums, the trust fund shall pay one-half of the retiree's employee premium."

SECTION    2.    This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.

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