South Carolina General Assembly
119th Session, 2011-2012

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S. 315

STATUS INFORMATION

General Bill
Sponsors: Senators Elliott and Rankin
Document Path: l:\council\bills\agm\18263ab11.docx
Companion/Similar bill(s): 214

Introduced in the Senate on January 11, 2011
Currently residing in the Senate Committee on Banking and Insurance

Summary: Workers' compensation

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS 

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
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  12/15/2010  Senate  Prefiled
  12/15/2010  Senate  Referred to Committee on Banking and Insurance
   1/11/2011  Senate  Introduced and read first time (Senate Journal-page 141)
   1/11/2011  Senate  Referred to Committee on Banking and Insurance 
                        (Senate Journal-page 141)

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

12/15/2010

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A BILL

TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 38-73-492 SO AS TO PROVIDE A NONPARTISAN RATING BUREAU OR OTHER ENTITY CALCULATING A WORKERS' COMPENSATION EXPERIENCE RATING PLAN USED IN THIS STATE MUST CALCULATE THE RATE OF AN INDIVIDUAL EMPLOYER BASED ON ALL PAYROLL HISTORY DATA AND LOSS HISTORY DATA PROVIDED BY THE INDIVIDUAL EMPLOYER AND MAY NOT EXCLUDE THIS DATA BECAUSE IT FAILS TO FALL WITHIN A SPECIFIED TIME PERIOD.

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

SECTION    1.    Article 5, Chapter 73, Title 38 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:

"Section 38-73-492.    (A)    In addition to the other provisions of this chapter, a nonpartisan rating bureau or other entity making a calculation of a workers' compensation experience modification rating of an individual employer in this State must include all payroll history data and loss history data made available by that individual employer and may exclude none of this data for failing to fall within a specified time period.

(B)    For the purposes of this section, an experience modification rate includes, but is not limited to, a rate that fails to account for a third party reimbursement, including a third party reimbursement made from the Second Injury Fund."

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

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