Georgia Code
Chapter 38 - Georgia Life and Health Insurance Guaranty Association
§ 33-38-4. Definitions

As used in this chapter, the term:
However, in the case of a plan sponsor, if more than 50 percent of the participants in the benefit plan are employed in a single state, that state shall be deemed to be the principal place of business of the plan sponsor.
History. Code 1933, § 56-2203, enacted by Ga. L. 1981, p. 1336, § 1; Ga. L. 1988, p. 1900, § 2; Ga. L. 1995, p. 1348, § 6; Ga. L. 2012, p. 701, § 1/HB 786; Ga. L. 2017, p. 164, § 52/HB 127; Ga. L. 2019, p. 386, § 142/SB 133; Ga. L. 2020, p. 113, § 3/HB 1050.
The 2019 amendment, effective July 1, 2019, deleted “on or after July 1, 1981” following “jurisdiction” at the end of paragraphs (11) and (12).
The 2020 amendment, effective July 1, 2020, substituted “ ‘Covered contract’ or ‘covered policy’ ” for “ ‘Covered policy’ ” in paragraph (9); added the definitions for “Health benefit plan” and “Health care corporation”; redesignated former paragraphs (11) through (25) as present paragraphs (13) through (27), respectively; in paragraph (15), inserted “, health maintenance organization, or health care corporation”, inserted “, health care plan, or health maintenance organization business”, and inserted “, health care corporation, or health maintenance organization”; deleted former subparagraphs (15)(A) through (15)(C), which read: “(A) A for profit hospital or medical service corporation;
“(B) A health care corporation;
“(C) A health maintenance organization;”;
and redesignated former subparagraphs (15)(D) through (15)(I) as present subparagraphs (15)(A) through (15)(F), respectively; in paragraph (17), in the first sentence, substituted “, ‘policyholder,’ ‘policy owner,’ and” for “and ‘policy owner’ ” and inserted “member”, and inserted “ ‘policyholder,’ in the second sentence; inserted “policy or” in subparagraph (20(A); inserted “or contract” in subparagraph (20)(C); substituted “paragraph (19)” for “paragraph (17)” in subparagraph (21)(B); and inserted “member” in paragraph (23).

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