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Bill 3484

                    Current Status

Bill Number:                      3484
Type of Legislation:              General Bill GB
Introducing Body:                 House
Introduced Date:                  19990209
Primary Sponsor:                  Jennings
All Sponsors:                     Jennings, M. McLeod, Bailey, J. Smith, 
                                  Pinckney, Neilson, G. Brown, Miller, Webb, 
                                  Wilder, Sandifer, Hayes, Clyburn, Barfield, 
                                  Riser, Emory, J.H. Neal, Lucas, Witherspoon, 
                                  Harvin, W. McLeod, Woodrum, Delleney, Knotts, 
                                  Rutherford, Harris, Lloyd, T. Brown and Howard
Drafted Document Number:          l:\council\bills\kgh\15273htc99.doc
Companion Bill Number:            956
Residing Body:                    House
Current Committee:                Ways and Means Committee 30 HWM
Subject:                          State health insurance plan, prescription 
                                  drug benefit plan revised from reimbursement 
                                  method to copayment, Pharmacies


                        History

Body    Date      Action Description                     Com     Leg Involved
______  ________  ______________________________________ _______ ____________
House   19990209  Introduced, read first time,           30 HWM
                  referred to Committee


                             Versions of This Bill

TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 1-11-755 SO AS TO REQUIRE THE STATE BUDGET AND CONTROL BOARD TO DEVISE AND IMPLEMENT A PLAN REVISING THE PRESCRIPTION DRUG BENEFIT FOR STATE HEALTH INSURANCE PLAN MEMBERS FROM THE REIMBURSEMENT METHOD TO A COPAYMENT METHOD.

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

SECTION 1. Article 5, Chapter 11, Title 1 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:

"Section 1-11-755. The State Budget and Control Board, through its Office of Insurance Services, shall devise and implement effective no later than January 1, 2000, a plan that allows members of the state health insurance plan to obtain prescription drugs upon payment to the participating pharmacy of the required copayment with the balance paid directly to the pharmacy in the manner that the Office of Insurance Services determines appropriate. Deductibles applicable to the purchase of prescription drugs must be satisfied by members of the state health insurance plan."

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

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