Georgia Code
Subpart 2 - Plan for Public School Teachers
§ 20-2-880. Definitions

As used in this subpart, the term or terms:
History. Ga. L. 1975, p. 37, § 1; Ga. L. 1977, p. 991, § 1; Ga. L. 1978, p. 2268, §§ 1, 2; Ga. L. 1979, p. 1290, § 1; Ga. L. 1986, p. 291, § 1; Ga. L. 1987, p. 3, § 20; Ga. L. 1989, p. 1143, § 1; Ga. L. 1992, p. 6, § 20; Ga. L. 1999, p. 296, § 26; Ga. L. 2001, p. 4, § 20; Ga. L. 2008, p. 612, § 1/HB 1277; Ga. L. 2009, p. 453, § 1-7/HB 228; Ga. L. 2014, p. 171, § 1/HB 490; Ga. L. 2020, p. 21, § 1/HB 957; Ga. L. 2021, p. 256, § 3/SB 59.
The 2014 amendment, effective July 1, 2014, in paragraph (4), inserted “not less than 30 hours per week” in the middle of the second sentence and substituted “. ‘Public school teacher,’ ‘teacher,’ and ‘employee’ also mean personnel employed by” for “or” at the beginning of the third sentence.
The 2020 amendment, effective July 1, 2020, substituted “either Article 31 or 31A of this chapter” for “Article 31 of Chapter 2 of Title 20” in the middle of the fifth sentence of paragraph (4).
The 2021 amendment, effective July 1, 2021, rewrote paragraph (4).

Structure Georgia Code

Georgia Code

Title 20 - Education

Chapter 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education

Article 17 - Teachers and Other School Personnel

Part 6 - Health Insurance Plans

Subpart 2 - Plan for Public School Teachers

§ 20-2-880. Definitions

§ 20-2-881. Board to Establish Plans; Rules and Regulations; Extent of Coverage; Recommendations to General Assembly for Schedule of Maximum Fees for Hospitals and Practitioners

§ 20-2-882. Exclusions From Coverage

§ 20-2-883. Design of Plan; Controls on Unnecessary Use of Services

§ 20-2-884. Contracts for Benefits or Self-Insurance Authorized; Reinsurance; Certificates of Coverage

§ 20-2-885. Coverage for Retiring School Teachers and Their Dependents

§ 20-2-886. Coverage for Dependents — Right to Coverage; Agreement to Pay Contributions

§ 20-2-887. Coverage for Dependents — Where Both Husband and Wife Are Eligible to Be Insured

§ 20-2-888. Coverage for Certain Surviving Spouses and Teachers Not Entitled to Retirement Benefits

§ 20-2-889. Coverage for Personnel Other Than Teachers

§ 20-2-890. Claims; Payment of Benefits; Time for Presentation of Drafts

§ 20-2-891. Health Insurance Fund for Public School Teachers

§ 20-2-892. Contributions by Employees, State, and Local Employers; Withholding or Deducting Employees’ Contributions

§ 20-2-893. Providing for Funds Required Annually for Costs of Employer Contributions and Administration of Health Insurance for Retirees

§ 20-2-894. Employer and Employee Commencement Dates; Coverage of New Employees; Rejection of Coverage

§ 20-2-895. Contracts With Local Employers as to Coverage; Duties of Local Employers

§ 20-2-896. Administrative Discharge of Certain Debts

§ 20-2-897. Confidentiality of Claim Forms and Records

§ 20-2-898. Deposit of Contributions Into Georgia Retiree Health Benefit Fund