Subject to Section 11-60-30, a state agency may enter into a pay-for-success contract only if the state agency head explains in writing how the contract will produce a quantifiable public benefit or financial savings to the State, by achieving meaningful impact outcomes and not simply short-term unsustainable outcomes, and outlines any risks associated with the proposed project.
S.C. Code § 11-60-20
2021 Act No. 52, Section 1, provides as follows:
"SECTION 1. This act must be known and may be cited as the 'South Carolina Pay-for-Success Performance Accountability Act'."