South Carolina General Assembly
108th Session, 1989-1990

Bill 4256

                    Current Status

Bill Number:               4256
Ratification Number:       721
Act Number                 584
Introducing Body:          House
Subject:                   Patients' Compensation Fund, general
                           liability payments
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(A584, R721, H4256)

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 38-79-420, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE PATIENTS' COMPENSATION FUND, SO AS TO PROVIDE FOR IT TO BE USED TO PAY GENERAL LIABILITY AS WELL AS MEDICAL MALPRACTICE CLAIMS, SETTLEMENTS, AND JUDGMENTS.

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

Patients' Compensation Fund, general liability payments

SECTION 1. Section 38-79-420 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:

"Section 38-79-420. There is created the South Carolina Patients' Compensation Fund (Fund) for the purpose of paying that portion of a medical malpractice or general liability claim, settlement, or judgment which is in excess of one hundred thousand dollars for each incident or in excess of three hundred thousand dollars in the aggregate for one year. The Fund is liable only for payment of claims against licensed health care providers (providers) in compliance with the provisions of this article and includes reasonable and necessary expenses incurred in payment of claims and the Fund's administrative expense."

Time effective

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

Approved the 12th day of June, 1990.