Senate Passes Resolution to Approve Electronic Payments

The South Carolina Senate passed a resolution authorizing electronic payments for certain workers’ compensation benefits. The Senate on Friday unanimously passed S 1266, a joint resolution by the Senate Judiciary Committee. If passed by the state House of Representatives, the resolution would satisfy the requirement that the legislature approve amendments to Regulation 67-1602 “to modernize the payment of compensation to claimants by codifying circumstances where use of electronic payment is mandatory and where use of a check is permissive.” The Workers’ Compensation...