South Carolina General Assembly
120th Session, 2013-2014

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A197, R221, S826

STATUS INFORMATION

General Bill
Sponsors: Senator Rankin
Document Path: l:\s-res\lar\006wc d.kmm.lar.docx

Introduced in the Senate on January 14, 2014
Introduced in the House on March 6, 2014
Last Amended on March 4, 2014
Passed by the General Assembly on May 22, 2014
Governor's Action: June 2, 2014, Signed

Summary: Worker's compensation insurance

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
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  12/10/2013  Senate  Prefiled
  12/10/2013  Senate  Referred to Committee on Banking and Insurance
   1/14/2014  Senate  Introduced and read first time (Senate Journal-page 36)
   1/14/2014  Senate  Referred to Committee on Banking and Insurance 
                        (Senate Journal-page 36)
   2/27/2014  Senate  Committee report: Favorable with amendment Banking and 
                        Insurance (Senate Journal-page 9)
    3/4/2014  Senate  Committee Amendment Adopted (Senate Journal-page 22)
    3/4/2014  Senate  Read second time (Senate Journal-page 22)
    3/4/2014  Senate  Roll call Ayes-41  Nays-0 (Senate Journal-page 22)
    3/5/2014  Senate  Read third time and sent to House 
                        (Senate Journal-page 26)
    3/6/2014  House   Introduced and read first time (House Journal-page 8)
    3/6/2014  House   Referred to Committee on Labor, Commerce and Industry 
                        (House Journal-page 8)
   5/15/2014  House   Committee report: Favorable Labor, Commerce and Industry 
                        (House Journal-page 9)
   5/21/2014  House   Read second time (House Journal-page 172)
   5/21/2014  House   Roll call Yeas-93  Nays-2 (House Journal-page 172)
   5/22/2014  House   Read third time and enrolled (House Journal-page 5)
   5/29/2014          Ratified R 221
    6/2/2014          Signed By Governor
    6/6/2014          Effective date 06/02/14
   6/10/2014          Act No. 197

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

12/10/2013
2/27/2014
3/4/2014
5/15/2014


(Text matches printed bills. Document has been reformatted to meet World Wide Web specifications.)

(A197, R221, S826)

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 38-73-500, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO RANDOM DRUG AND ALCOHOL TESTING PROCEDURES CONCERNING MERIT RATING FOR WORKERS' COMPENSATION INSURANCE, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT A SINGLE SAMPLE MAY BE USED FOR THE FIRST AND SECOND TESTS IF A SECOND TEST IS ADMINISTERED.

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

Use of random drug and alcohol test samples

SECTION    1.    Section 38-73-500(C) of the 1976 Code is amended to read:

"(C)    The testing procedure established by the insurer, employer, or his designee, or, approved by the director, must include a provision for random sampling of all persons who receive wages and compensation in any form from the employer. If a second test is administered, the testing procedure may allow for a single sample to be split for use in the first and second tests. Positive test results must be provided in writing to the employee within twenty-four hours of the time the employer receives the test results. Each employer must keep records of each test for up to one year."

Time effective

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

Ratified the 29th day of May, 2014.

Approved the 2nd day of June, 2014.

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