South Carolina Senate Bill 646 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on March 3 2011 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2011-03-03 - Referred to Committee on Banking and Insurance
Pending: Senate Banking and Insurance Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Relating To The Authority Of One With A Fiduciary Relationship With Deceased Persons, To Allow Those Licensed To Practice Funeral Services To Obtain Information Regarding The Existence Of Life Insurance, To Require A Timely Response From Insurance Companies, To Authorize The Department Of Insurance To Treat An Untimely Response As A Consumer Complaint, To Require A Person Requesting Information To Locate And Inform Beneficiaries Within One Hundred Hours, And To Provide That A Licensee Making A False Request Or Failing To Follow The Obligations Imposed Is Unfit To Practice Funeral Services.

Funeral directors

Sen. Thomas Alexander [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2011-03-03		Referred to Committee on Banking and Insurance
2011-03-03		Introduced and read first time

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
40	19	300	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=0646&session=119&summary=B
Text	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess119_2011-2012/prever/646_20110303.htm