South Carolina General Assembly
117th Session, 2007-2008

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S. 382

STATUS INFORMATION

General Bill
Sponsors: Senators Land, Hawkins, Knotts and Rankin
Document Path: l:\council\bills\nbd\11228ab07.doc

Introduced in the Senate on January 31, 2007
Currently residing in the Senate Committee on Judiciary

Summary: Workers' compensation

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
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   1/31/2007  Senate  Introduced and read first time SJ-18
   1/31/2007  Senate  Referred to Committee on Judiciary SJ-18
   2/15/2007  Senate  Referred to Subcommittee: Martin (ch), Hutto, Ritchie, 
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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

1/31/2007

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A BILL

TO AMEND SECTION 42-9-10, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE CALCULATION FOR DETERMINING COMPENSATION FOR AN EMPLOYEE'S TOTAL DISABILITY, SO AS TO DELETE THE LIMITATION ON THE LENGTH OF TIME THE COMPENSATION MAY NOT EXCEED, DELETE THE EXCEPTION TO THIS LIMITATION, DELETE THE PROHIBITION OF A LUMP SUM AWARD, AND TO PROVIDE THAT A TOTALLY AND PERMANENTLY DISABLED EMPLOYEE SHALL RECEIVE THE BENEFITS FOR LIFE.

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

SECTION    1.    Section 42-9-10 of the 1976 Code, as last amended by Act 389 of 1986, is further amended to read:

"Section 42-9-10.    (A)    When the incapacity for work resulting from an injury is total, the employer shall pay, or cause to be paid, as provided in this chapter, to the injured employee during the total disability a weekly compensation equal to sixty-six and two-thirds percent of his average weekly wages, but not less than seventy-five dollars a week so long as this amount does not exceed his average weekly salary; if this amount does exceed his average weekly salary, the injured employee may not be paid, each week, less than his average weekly salary. The injured employee may not be paid more each week than the average weekly wage in this State for the preceding fiscal year. In no case may the period covered by the compensation exceed five hundred weeks except as hereinafter provided.

(B)    The loss of both hands, arms, feet, legs, or vision in both eyes, or any two thereof of them, constitutes total and permanent disability to be compensated according to the provisions of this section.

Notwithstanding the five hundred week limitation prescribed in this section or elsewhere in this title, any person determined to be totally and permanently disabled who as a result of a compensable injury is a paraplegic, a quadraplegic, or who has suffered physical brain damage is not subject to the five hundred week limitation and shall receive the benefits for life.

Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 42-9-301, no total lump sum payment may be ordered by the commission in any case under this section where the injured person is entitled to lifetime benefits.

(C)    When the incapacity for work resulting from an injury is total, the amount of compensation payable pursuant to this provision shall increase by a percentage equal to the percentage, if any, by which the average weekly wage for the State as determined pursuant to the provisions of Section 42-1-50 exceeds the average weekly wage for the State for the preceding year.

(D)    Notwithstanding another limitation prescribed in this title, a person determined to be totally and permanently disabled shall receive the benefits for life."

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

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