South Carolina S 767: Gilbert High School Girls Golf Team

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2025-2026 Bill 767 Text of Previous Version (Jan. 13, 2026) - South Carolina Legislature Online 

South Carolina General Assembly
126th Session, 2025-2026

Bill 767

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Indicates New Matter

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TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING 
SECTION 38-57-75, RELATING TO VEHICLE GLASS REPAIR PROCEDURES, SO AS TO ADD 
DEFINITIONS PERTAINING TO VEHICLE GLASS REPAIR FACILITIES, RATES, CONDITIONS, 
AND AFFILIATIONS; TO PROHIBIT STEERING; TO REQUIRE DISCLOSURES; TO REGULATE 
INSURER AND THIRD-PARTY ADMINISTRATOR PRACTICES; TO ESTABLISH REIMBURSEMENT 
STANDARDS FOR VEHICLE GLASS REPAIR AND ADAS RECALIBRATION; TO REQUIRE FACILITY 
ACCREDITATION; TO PROVIDE ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITY TO THE DEPARTMENT OF INSURANCE; 
TO IMPOSE PENALTIES AND FEES; AND TO CREATE PRIVATE RIGHTS OF ACTION.

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

SECTION 1. Section 38-57-75 of the S.C. Code is amended to read:

 Section 
38-57-75. (A) As used in this section:

 (1) "Independent Repair Facilities" 
means facilities identified through publicly available repositories, including, 
but not limited to, those maintained by the Automotive Glass Safety Council, 
Independent Glass Association, or the South Carolina Secretary of State's 
business registry and not solely from insurer or third-party administrator 
data.

 (2) "Prevailing Competitive Market 
Rates" means the typical prices charged by a representative cross-section of 
independent and affiliated automotive glass repair, replacement, and 
recalibration facilities operating within a defined geographic service area in 
South Carolina, for substantially similar services performed under similar 
conditions. These rates must be based on actual retail market data and not 
dictated solely by an insurer, third-party administrator, or affiliated entity.

 (3) "Local Market Conditions" means 
objective, verifiable factors that impact the cost of providing automotive 
glass services within a geographic area of South Carolina.

 (4) "Affiliation" means any direct or 
indirect ownership interest, shared management, shared branding, contractual 
control, or other arrangement that creates a financial or operational 
relationship between an insurer, third-party administrator, and a vehicle glass 
repair facility.

 (5) "Department" means the Department 
of Insurance.

 (A)(B) When an insured has 
suffered damage to the glass of a motor vehicle, "vehicle glass", both the 
insurer providing glass coverage and the third partythird-party administrator that administers glass coverage 
for that insurer must may not 
require that repairs, replacement, or calibration of 
automobile safety glass be made to the insured's 
vehicle by at a particular facility, whether directly or indirectly affiliated with the 
insurer or administratorprovider of glass repair 
work.

 (B) 
In processing a vehicle glass claim, a third party 
administrator must immediately disclose to the insured that the third party 
administrator is acting on behalf of the insurer.

 (C) When a claim for motor vehicle 
glass repair, replacement, or advanced driver assistance system (ADAS) 
recalibration is reported to an insurer, the insurer or its third-party 
administrator must clearly disclose:

 (1) the insured's right to select any 
licensed repair facility;

 (2) whether the entity handling the 
claim is a third-party administrator and not the insurer; and

 (3) whether the recommended facility 
has any ownership or financial affiliation with the insurer or third-party 
administrator.

 (C) (D) Immediately after verification of coverage and 
evaluation of the damage, an insurer or third partythird-party administrator must ascertain whether an 
insured has a provider of choice. An insurer or 
third-party administrator:

 (1) may not misrepresent that choosing 
a non-network facility will cause claim delays, reduced coverage, or loss of 
warranty;

 (2) shall provide a list of accredited shops 
that must include all known independent repair facilities located within the 
insured's service area; or

 (3) may not prioritize affiliated 
facilities through scripts, automated call handling or electronic systems.

 (D)(E) When an insured requests to have covered glass repair 
work performed by a specific provider of choice, the 
insurer or third party administrator must determine whether the selected shop 
is a member of the insurer's or third party administrator's vehicle glass 
repair program or preferred provider list. If the provider of choice is a 
member of the insurer's vehicle repair program or preferred provider network, 
the insurer or its third partythird-party 
administrator must assign the claim and provide a claim or reference number at 
that time to the provider of choice.

 (E)(F) When an insured requests to have covered glass repair 
work performed by a provider who is not