2017-2018 Bill 3642: State Health and Dental Plans - South Carolina Legislature Online

1 South Carolina General Assembly 2 122nd Session, 2017-2018 3 4 H. 3642 5 6 STATUS INFORMATION 7 8 General Bill 9 Sponsors: Reps. Ballentine, Atwater, Yow, Erickson, B. Newton, Wheeler, Spires, Arrington, Bennett, 10 G.R. Smith, Martin, Stringer, Hamilton, Henderson and Herbkersman 11 Document Path: l:\council\bills\bbm\9610dg17.docx 12 13 Introduced in the House on February 2, 2017 14 Currently residing in the House Committee on Ways and Means 15 16 Summary: State health and dental plans 17 18 19 HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS 20 21 Date Body Action Description with journal page number 22 2/2/2017 House Introduced and read first time ( House Journalpage 14) 23 2/2/2017 House Referred to Committee on Ways and Means ( House Journalpage 14) 24 25 View the latest legislative information at the website 26 27 28 VERSIONS OF THIS BILL 29 30 2/2/2017 31 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A BILL 10 11 TO AMEND SECTION 111730, AS AMENDED, CODE OF 12 LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO 13 ELIGIBILITY IN THE STATE HEALTH AND DENTAL 14 PLANS, SO AS TO DISALLOW CERTAIN FORMER 15 MEMBERS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY FROM 16 PARTICIPATING IN THE PLANS IF THE MEMBER IS 17 CONVICTED OF, PLEADS GUILTY OR NOLO 18 CONTENDERE TO CERTAIN CRIMES. 19 20 Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South 21 Carolina: 22 23 SECTION 1. Section 111730(A)(2) of the 1976 Code, as last 24 amended by Act 195 of 2008, is further amended to read: 25 26 “(2) A member of the General Assembly who leaves office or 27 retires with at least eight years’ credited service in the General 28 Assembly Retirement System is eligible to participate in the state 29 health and dental plans by paying the full premium as determined 30 by the board. However, if, while the member is in office or within 31 five years after leaving office, such member is convicted of, pleads 32 guilty or nolo contendere to a crime that is a felony, a crime that 33 involves moral turpitude, a crime that has a sentence of two or 34 more years, or a crime that violates election laws, then such 35 member may not utilize the provisions of this item.” 36 37 SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the 38 Governor. 39 XX 40

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