Georgia Code
Part 1 - State Employees’ Health Insurance Plan
§ 45-18-1. Definitions

As used in this part, the term:
(1.1) “Commissioner” means the commissioner of community health.
History. Ga. L. 1961, p. 147, §§ 1, 2, 6; Ga. L. 1962, p. 51, § 1; Ga. L. 1963, p. 277, § 1; Ga. L. 1975, p. 65, § 1; Ga. L. 1975, p. 1506, § 6; Ga. L. 1976, p. 1384, § 1; Ga. L. 1977, p. 884, § 1; Ga. L. 1979, p. 667, § 1; Ga. L. 1980, p. 455, § 3; Ga. L. 1980, p. 966, § 1; Ga. L. 1981, p. 425, § 1; Ga. L. 1987, p. 1035, § 1; Ga. L. 1987, p. 1337, § 2; Ga. L. 1989, p. 1148, § 1; Ga. L. 1999, p. 296, § 15; Ga. L. 2000, p. 1201, § 1; Ga. L. 2009, p. 453, §§ 1-4, 1-7/HB 228; Ga. L. 2010, p. 878, § 45/HB 1387; Ga. L. 2011, p. 705, § 6-3/HB 214.
Code Commission notes.
Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 2009, “this part” was substituted for “this article” in the introductory language of this Code section.
Law reviews.
For article surveying recent legislative and judicial developments regarding Georgia’s insurance laws, see 31 Mercer L. Rev. 117 (1979).
For article on the 2011 amendment of this Code section, see 28 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 147 (2011).

Structure Georgia Code

Georgia Code

Title 45 - Public Officers and Employees

Chapter 18 - Employees’ Insurance and Benefits Plans

Article 1 - State Employees’ Health Insurance Plan and Post-Employment Health Benefit Fund

Part 1 - State Employees’ Health Insurance Plan

§ 45-18-1. Definitions

§ 45-18-2. Authority to Establish Health Insurance Plan; Rules and Regulations; Plan Generally; Coverage for Retiring or Retired Employees

§ 45-18-3. Design of Plan

§ 45-18-4. Expenses Not to Be Covered by Plan

§ 45-18-4.1. Breast Cancer Screening for Individuals With High Risk

§ 45-18-5. County Officers and Employees

§ 45-18-5.1. Licensed Blind or Otherwise Seriously Disabled Vendors

§ 45-18-5.2. Sheltered Employment Center Employees

§ 45-18-6. Contracts to Provide Insurance Benefits; Invitation of Proposals; Reinsurance Agreements; Issuance of Certificates of Coverage; Redetermination of Contracts; Self-Insurance Plans; Contracts for Administrative Services; Contracts With Healt...

§ 45-18-6.1. Reimbursement Rates Offered Under State Employees’ Health Insurance Plan

§ 45-18-7. Retiring Employees, Spouses, and Dependents

§ 45-18-7.1. Employees of the Georgia Development Authority

§ 45-18-7.3. Employees of Peace Officers’ Annuity and Benefit Fund, Georgia Firefighters’ Pension Fund, and Sheriffs’ Retirement Fund of Georgia, Spouses, and Dependent Children

§ 45-18-7.5. Employees of Georgia Housing and Finance Authority, Spouses, and Dependent Children

§ 45-18-7.6. Employees of Georgia-Federal State Inspection Service, Spouses, and Dependent Children

§ 45-18-7.7. Employees and Dependents of Critical Access Hospitals in Health Plans

§ 45-18-7.8. Employees of the Georgia Student Finance Authority

§ 45-18-8. Right of Employees to Secure Coverage for Spouse and Dependents; Regulations

§ 45-18-9. Continuation of Coverage for Spouse or Dependents of Deceased Employees; Resumption of Coverage; Payment of Contributions; Regulating Continuance, Discontinuance, and Resumption of Coverage

§ 45-18-10. Right of Continuation of Coverage for Former Employees; Payment of Premiums; Establishment of Terms and Conditions by Board; Appointment as United States Attorney

§ 45-18-11. Procedure for Presentation of Claims and Payment of Benefits

§ 45-18-12. Creation of Health Insurance Fund; Amounts Credited to Fund; Special Reserve; Administrator and Custodian of Fund

§ 45-18-13. Deposit of Amounts From Health Insurance Fund Available for Investment in Trust Account; Investment of Funds; Withdrawal of Funds From Trust Account

§ 45-18-14. Deductions From Compensation and Benefit Payments of Share of Cost of Coverage Under Plan of Employees; Payment of Contributions to Health Insurance Fund by Departments, Boards, and Agencies of State; Coverage of Employee Appealing Discha...

§ 45-18-15. Rules and Regulations for Administration of Part; Board to Recommend to General Assembly Schedule of Maximum Fees for Hospitals and Practitioners

§ 45-18-16. Certification of Employer Payment Percentage for Ensuing Fiscal Year; Provision in Budgets for Funds for Employer Payments

§ 45-18-17. Employees to Become Members of Plan Unless Coverage Rejected or Waived; Withdrawal From Plan by Persons Covered by Social Security Medical Care

§ 45-18-18. Discharge of Certain Debts or Obligations Due Health Insurance Fund

§ 45-18-19. Confidentiality of Claim Forms and Records

§ 45-18-20. Fiscal Note Required for Bills Impacting Employees’ Health Insurance Plans

§ 45-18-21. Deposit of Employer and Retiree Contributions Into the Georgia Retiree Health Benefit Fund