Georgia Code
Article 1 - General Provisions
§ 33-30-4.5. Coverage for Child Wellness Services

History. Code 1981, § 33-30-4.5 , enacted by Ga. L. 1995, p. 1011, § 7; Ga. L. 1995, p. 1348, § 4; Ga. L. 2017, p. 164, § 46/HB 127; Ga. L. 2019, p. 386, § 101/SB 133; Ga. L. 2020, p. 493, § 33/SB 429.
The 2019 amendment, effective July 1, 2019, in subsection (b), deleted “on or after July 1, 1995,” following “renewed in this state” near the end of the first sentence, deleted “current” preceding “recommendations” in the middle of the third sentence; and substituted “Reserved.” for the former provisions of subsection (g), which read: “Beginning July 1, 2000, the Commissioner shall conduct a review of the cost associated with the coverage required by this Code section and shall provide the members of the General Assembly with such information not later than December 31, 2000.”
The 2020 amendment, effective July 29, 2020, part of an Act to revise, modernize, and correct the Code, revised punctuation in the first sentence of subsection (b) and deleted former subsection (g) which was designated as reserved.
Code Commission notes.
Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 1995, Code Section 33-30-4.4, as enacted by Ga. L. 1995, p. 1011, § 7, was redesignated as Code Section 33-30-4.5.
Editor’s notes.
Ga. L. 1995, p. 1348, § 10, not codified by the General Assembly, provides: “In the event another Act requiring insurance coverage for child wellness services is enacted by the General Assembly during the 1995 regular session, it is the specific intent of the General Assembly that Sections 3 and 4 of this Act requiring insurance coverage for child wellness services shall be given effect and shall control over the provisions of such other Act requiring such coverage.”
Ga. L. 1995, p. 1348, § 4, which enacted this Code section, was passed later in time than the version of this Code section as passed by Ga. L. 1995, p. 1011, § 7, effective July 1, 1995, which also related to coverage for child wellness services, and the version passed in Ga. L. 1995, p. 1348, § 4, controls as to Ga. L. 1995, p. 1011, § 6, and has been set out above.

Structure Georgia Code

Georgia Code

Title 33 - Insurance

Chapter 30 - Group or Blanket Accident and Sickness Insurance

Article 1 - General Provisions

§ 33-30-1. “Group Accident and Sickness Insurance” Defined; “True Association” Defined

§ 33-30-1.1. Applicability

§ 33-30-2. Effect of Chapter Upon Other Provisions

§ 33-30-3. “Blanket Accident and Sickness Insurance” Defined

§ 33-30-4. Required Provisions Generally

§ 33-30-4.1. Coverage for Human Heart Transplants; Optional Endorsement; Requirements; Guidelines

§ 33-30-4.2. Insurance Coverage for Mammograms, Pap Smears, and Prostate-Specific Antigen Tests

§ 33-30-4.3. Utilization of Mail-Order Pharmaceutical Distributors in Policies, Plans, Contracts, or Funds; Utilization of Other Providers of Pharmaceutical Services Under Same Terms and Conditions

§ 33-30-4.4. Coverage for Bone Marrow Transplants for the Treatment of Breast Cancer and Hodgkin’s Disease; Optional Endorsement; Requirements; Guidelines; Applicability

§ 33-30-4.5. Coverage for Child Wellness Services

§ 33-30-5. Direct Payment for Hospital or Medical Services

§ 33-30-6. Authority to Issue Blanket Accident and Sickness Policies; Filing of Form; Required Provisions; Applicability of Code Section to Similar Entities

§ 33-30-7. Provision in Group or Blanket Policies for Medical or Surgical Services Generally

§ 33-30-8. Requirement of Application for Policy and Issuance of Certificate for Blanket Accident and Sickness Insurance

§ 33-30-9. Payment of Benefits Under Blanket Accident and Sickness Policies

§ 33-30-10. Exemption of Group and Blanket Policy Proceeds From Liability for Debts of Insured and Beneficiary

§ 33-30-11. Applicability of Chapter 29 of Title to Group or Blanket Policies

§ 33-30-12. Standards and Requirements for Rating of Small Groups Under Accident and Sickness Insurance; Exemptions

§ 33-30-13. Notices of Premium Increases to Be Mailed or Delivered to Group Policyholder; Notification of Impact of Federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act

§ 33-30-13.1. Furnishing Claims Experience to Policyholders

§ 33-30-14. Insurance Coverage for Treatment of Temporomandibular Joint Dysfunction or Surgery for Deformities of Maxilla or Mandible

§ 33-30-15. Continuation of Similar Coverage; Preexisting Conditions; Procedures and Guidelines

§ 33-30-16. Definitions; Requirement to Offer Reasonably Priced Comprehensive Major Medical Health Insurance Policy