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Current Status Bill Number:View additional legislative information at the LPITS web site.4273 Type of Legislation:General Bill GB Introducing Body:House Introduced Date:20010606 Primary Sponsor:G. Brown All Sponsors:G. Brown Drafted Document Number:l:\council\bills\bbm\10460htc01.doc Residing Body:House Current Committee:Ways and Means Committee 30 HWM Subject:State health insurance plan, nonprofit corporation providing emergency medical services eligible for; Retirement Systems History Body Date Action Description Com Leg Involved ______ ________ ______________________________________ _______ ____________ House 20010606 Introduced, read first time, 30 HWM referred to Committee Versions of This Bill
TO AMEND SECTION 1-11-720, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO ELIGIBILITY FOR PARTICIPATION IN THE STATE HEALTH AND DENTAL INSURANCE PLANS, SO AS TO EXTEND ELIGIBILITY TO A PRIVATE NONPROFIT CORPORATION RECEIVING PUBLIC FUNDS TO PROVIDE EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES IN A POLITICAL SUBDIVISION OF THIS STATE; AND TO AMEND SECTION 9-1-10, AS AMENDED, RELATING TO DEFINITIONS FOR PURPOSES OF THE SOUTH CAROLINA RETIREMENT SYSTEM, SO AS TO INCLUDE WITHIN THE DEFINITION OF "EMPLOYER" A PRIVATE NONPROFIT CORPORATION RECEIVING PUBLIC FUNDS TO PROVIDE EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES IN A POLITICAL SUBDIVISION OF THIS STATE AND TO INCLUDE WITHIN THE DEFINITION OF "EMPLOYEE" PERSONS EMPLOYED BY THAT CORPORATION.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Section 1-11-720(A) of the 1976 Code, as last amended by Act 377 of 2000, is further amended by adding an appropriately numbered item at the end to read:
"( ) a private nonprofit corporation receiving public funds to provide emergency medical services in a political subdivision of this State."
SECTION 2. A. Section 9-1-10(11) of the 1976 Code, as last amended by Act 387 of 2000, is further amended by adding a new subitem at the end to read:
"(h) an employee of a private nonprofit corporation which receives public funds to provide emergency medical services in a political subdivision of this State."
B. Section 9-1-10(14) of the 1976 Code, as last amended by Act 387 of 2000, is further amended to read:
"(14) 'Employer' means this State, a county board of education, a district board of trustees, the board of trustees or other managing board of a state-supported college or educational institution, or any other agency of this State by which a teacher or employee is paid; the term 'employer' also includes a county, municipality, or other political subdivision of the State, or an agency or department of any of these, which has been admitted to the system under the provisions of Section 9-1-470, a service organization referred to in item (11)(e) of this section, an alcohol and drug abuse planning agency authorized to receive funds pursuant to Section 61-12-20, and a local council on aging or other governmental agency providing aging services funded by the Office on Aging, Department of Health and Human Services, and a private nonprofit corporation that receives public funds to provide emergency medical services in a political subdivision of this State."
SECTION 3. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
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