BIL:188
RTN:118
ACN:62
TYP:General Bill GB
INB:Senate
IND:19970116
PSP:Drummond
SPO:Drummond, Giese and Rose
DDN:council\legis\bills\jic\5259htc.97
CBN:3224
DPB:19970513
LAD:19970506
GOV:S
DGA:19970610
SUB:State health medical insurance plan, delinquent payments; Medical Malpractice Liability Assn., blood centers
HST:188
BodyDateAction DescriptionComLeg Involved
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------19970630Act No. A62
------19970610Signed by Governor
------19970604Ratified R118
Senate19970513Concurred in House amendment,
enrolled for ratification
House19970508Read third time, returned to Senate
with amendment
House19970507Read second time
House19970506Debate adjourned until
Wednesday, 19970507
House19970506Amended
House19970501Debate adjourned until
Tuesday, 19970506
House19970430Debate adjourned until
Thursday, 19970501
House19970429Debate adjourned until
Wednesday, 19970430
House19970417Committee report: Favorable30 HWM
House19970311Introduced, read first time,30 HWM
referred to Committee
Senate19970306Read third time, sent to House
Senate19970305Read second time
Senate19970220Committee report: Favorable06 SF
Senate19970116Introduced, read first time,06 SF
referred to Committee
TXT:
(A62, R118, S188)
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 1-11-720, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO PUBLIC ENTITIES ELIGIBLE FOR PARTICIPATION IN THE STATE HEALTH AND DENTAL INSURANCE PLANS AND THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THIS PARTICIPATION, SO AS TO AUTHORIZE THE WITHHOLDING OF STATE FUNDS OTHERWISE DUE THESE ENTITIES SUFFICIENT TO COVER DELINQUENT PAYMENTS AND TO PROVIDE THE METHOD OF THE WITHHOLDING AND REMITTING OF THESE SUMS TO THE OFFICE OF INSURANCE SERVICES OF THE STATE BUDGET AND CONTROL BOARD; AND TO AMEND SECTION 38-79-110, RELATING TO DEFINITIONS FOR PURPOSES OF THE SOUTH CAROLINA MEDICAL MALPRACTICE LIABILITY JOINT UNDERWRITING ASSOCIATION, SO AS TO EXTEND THE DEFINITION OF “LICENSED HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS” TO CERTAIN BLOOD CENTERS.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
Withholding
SECTION1.Section 1-11-720 of the 1976 Code, as last amended by Act 458 of 1996, is further amended by adding at the end:
“(C)If an entity participating in the plans pursuant to subsection (A) is delinquent in remitting proper payments to cover its obligations, the board’s Office of Insurance Services shall certify the delinquency to the department or agency of the State holding funds payable to the delinquent entity, and that department or agency shall withhold from those funds an amount sufficient to satisfy the unpaid obligation and shall remit that amount to the Office of Insurance Services in satisfaction of the delinquency.”
Definition
SECTION2.Section 38-79-110(2) of the 1976 Code is amended to read:
“(2)‘Licensed health care providers’ means physicians and surgeons, nurses, oral surgeons, dentists, pharmacists, chiropractors, podiatrists, hospitals, nursing homes, or any similar major category of licensed health care providers. The term ‘licensed health care provider’ also includes blood centers which collect, process, and distribute blood to hospitals and physicians for the care of patients if these blood centers as of July 1, 1997, were insured with the Joint Underwriting Association.”
Time effective
SECTION3.This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
Approved the 10th day of June, 1997.