A South Carolina lawmaker has introduced workers’ compensation option legislation that would allow qualified businesses in the state to offer their own injury benefit plan to employees. The state is the second one this year, after Tennessee, to introduce workers’ comp alternative legislation.
House Bill 4197, also known as “The South Carolina Employee Injury Benefit Plan Alternative” was introduced by Rep. David Hiott R-Pickens on May 19. The legislation would authorize employers to be exempt from obtaining workers’ compensation insurance coverage and instead obtain certification from the South Carolina Department of Insurance to provide coverage through a qualified employer injury plan.
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