Bill 4280

                    Current Status

Bill Number:                       4280
Type of Legislation:               General Bill GB
Introducing Body:                  House
Introduced Date:                   19970604
Primary Sponsor:                   Cobb-Hunter 
All Sponsors:                      Cobb-Hunter 
Drafted Document Number:           jic\6173htc.97
Residing Body:                     House
Current Committee:                 Ways and Means Committee 30
                                   HWM
Subject:                           State employees, temporary;
                                   certain eligible for state health
                                   and dental insurance group plan;
                                   medical and health

Body    Date      Action Description                       Com     Leg Involved
______  ________  _______________________________________  _______ ____________
House   19970604  Introduced, read first time,             30 HWM
                  referred to Committee

TO AMEND SECTION 1-11-710, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE STATE INSURANCE PLAN FOR EMPLOYEES, RETIREES, AND ELIGIBLE DEPENDENTS, SO AS TO MAKE CERTAIN TEMPORARY STATE AGENCY EMPLOYEES ELIGIBLE FOR THE STATE HEALTH AND DENTAL INSURANCE GROUP PLAN, TO PROVIDE THOSE TEMPORARY EMPLOYEES ELIGIBLE FOR COVERAGE, AND TO PROHIBIT DISCRIMINATION IN HIRING ON THE BASIS OF THIS ELIGIBILITY.

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

SECTION 1. Section 1-11-710 of the 1976 Code, as last amended by Act 312 of 1996, is further amended by adding at the end:

"(D)(1) Temporary employees of state agencies and institutions are eligible to participate in the health and dental insurance plans authorized pursuant to this section if:

(a) the employee is performing duties similar to those of agency permanent employees and at the time the temporary employee was hired the agency had an unfilled full-time equivalent position (FTE) with a job description substantially similar to the duties performed by the temporary employee; or

(b) the employee has been employed by a state agency for a total of two years or more, regardless of whether or not it is uninterrupted employment.

(2) Temporary employees must meet all other plan document requirements for eligibility.

(3) No agency may discriminate in the hiring of a temporary employee on the basis of the employee's eligibility under this section."

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