(A) In addition to the employees and retirees and their eligible dependents covered under the state health and dental insurance plans pursuant to § 1-11-710, employees and retirees and their eligible dependents of the following entities are eligible for coverage under the state health and dental insurance plans pursuant to the requirements of subsection (B):

(1) counties;

Terms Used In South Carolina Code 1-11-720

  • Agency: means an authority, board, branch, commission, committee, department, division, or other instrumentality of the executive department of state government, including administrative bodies and bodies corporate and politic established as an instrumentality of the State. See South Carolina Code 1-6-10
  • Board: means the Board of Directors of the South Carolina Public Employee Benefit Authority. See South Carolina Code 1-11-703
  • Caucus: From the Algonquian Indian language, a caucus meant "to meet together." An informal organization of members of the legislature that exists to discuss issues of mutual concern and possibly to perform legislative research and policy planning for its members. There are regional, political or ideological, ethnic, and economic-based caucuses.
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
  • Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
  • Political subdivision: includes a county, city, municipality, town, village, township, district, authority, special purpose district, school district, other local government entity, or other public corporation or entity whether organized and existing under charter or general law. See South Carolina Code 1-6-10

(2) regional tourism promotion commissions funded by the Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism;

(3) county intellectual disability boards funded by the State Mental Retardation Department;

(4) regional councils of government established pursuant to Article 1, Chapter 7 of Title 6;

(5) regional transportation authorities established pursuant to Chapter 25 of Title 58;

(6) alcohol and drug abuse planning agencies designated pursuant to § 61-12-20;

(7) special purpose districts created by act of the General Assembly that provide gas, water, fire, sewer, recreation, hospital, or sanitation service, or any combination of these services;

(8) municipalities;

(9) local councils on aging or other governmental agencies providing aging services funded by the Department on Aging;

(10) community action agencies that receive funding from the Community Services Block Grant Program administered by the Governor’s Office, Division of Economic Opportunity;

(11) a residential group care facility providing on-site teaching for residents if the facility’s staff are currently members of the South Carolina Retirement System established pursuant to Chapter 1 of Title 9 and if it provides at no cost educational facilities on its grounds to the school district in which it is located.

(12) the South Carolina State Employees’ Association;

(13) the Palmetto State Teachers’ Association;

(14) the South Carolina Education Association;

(15) the South Carolina Association of School Administrators;

(16) the South Carolina School Boards Association;

(17) the South Carolina Student Loan Corporation.

(18) legislative caucus committees as defined in § 8-13-1300(21).

(19) soil and water conservation districts established pursuant to Title 48, Chapter 9.

(20) housing authorities as provided for in Chapter 3 of Title 31;

(21) the Greenville-Spartanburg Airport District;

(22) cooperative educational service center employees.

(23) the South Carolina Sheriff’s Association.

(24) the Pee Dee Regional Airport District.

(25) the Children’s Trust Fund as established pursuant to § 63-11-910.

(26) a residential group facility which provides on-site teaching for residents if the facility’s employees are currently members of the South Carolina Retirement System or if it provides, at no cost, educational facilities on its grounds to the school district in which it is located.

(27) a federally qualified health center.

(28) County First Steps Partnership established pursuant to § 59-152-60.

(29) Palmetto Pride as established pursuant to paragraph 26.7, Part 1B, Act 115 of 2005.

(30) joint agencies established pursuant to Chapter 23 of Title 6.

(31) a political subdivision of the State of South Carolina, or a governmental agency or instrumentality of such a political subdivision.

(B) To be eligible to participate in the state health and dental insurance plans, the entities listed in subsection (A) shall comply with the requirements established by the board, and the benefits provided must be the same benefits provided to state and school district employees. These entities must agree to participate for a minimum of four years and the board may adjust the premiums during the coverage period based on experience. An entity which withdraws from participation may not subsequently rejoin during the first four years after the withdrawal date.

(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.

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