Current Status Bill Number:4302 Type of Legislation:General Bill GB Introducing Body:House Introduced Date:19970604 Primary Sponsor:Pinckney All Sponsors:Pinckney, Neal, Cobb-Hunter, Bowers, Moody-Lawrence and Phillips Drafted Document Number:jic\6175htc.97 Residing Body:House Current Committee:Ways and Means Committee 30 HWM Subject:State employees, temporary; full-time eligible for state health and dental insurance group plan; Public Officers
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House 19970604 Introduced, read first time, 30 HWM
referred to Committee
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TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 8-11-197 SO AS TO EXTEND EMPLOYEE BENEFITS TO ALL FULL-TIME EMPLOYEES OF STATE AGENCIES AND INSTITUTIONS.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Article 1, Chapter 11, Title 8 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:
"Section 8-11-197. Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, any person working fulltime for a state agency or institution, whether or not considered a temporary employee, is eligible to receive all those state-paid employee benefits provided by law to full-time permanent state employees."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect July 1, 1997, and applies for persons hired after June 30, 1997.