South Carolina General Assembly
116th Session, 2005-2006

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H. 3047

STATUS INFORMATION

General Bill
Sponsors: Reps. J. Brown, Coates and Clyburn
Document Path: l:\council\bills\gjk\20024sd05.doc

Introduced in the House on January 11, 2005
Currently residing in the House Committee on Labor, Commerce and Industry

Summary: Health insurance policy or contract

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
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   12/8/2004  House   Prefiled
   12/8/2004  House   Referred to Committee on Labor, Commerce and Industry
   1/11/2005  House   Introduced and read first time HJ-64
   1/11/2005  House   Referred to Committee on Labor, Commerce and Industry 
                        HJ-64

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

12/8/2004

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

A BILL

TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 38-71-269 SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT NO HEALTH INSURANCE POLICY OR CONTRACT MAY EXCLUDE THE RIGHT OF ASSIGNMENT OF BENEFITS TO A NONPARTICIPATING PROVIDER AT THE SAME BENEFIT RATE AS PAID TO A PARTICIPATING PROVIDER.

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

SECTION    1.    Article 1, Chapter 71, Title 38 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:

"Section 38-71-269.    No health insurance policy or contract covered by this title may exclude the right of assignment of benefits to a nonparticipating provider at the same benefit rate as paid to a participating provider."

SECTION    2.    This act takes effect July 1, 2005.

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