Georgia Code
Part 1 - State Employees’ Health Insurance Plan
§ 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

History. Ga. L. 1961, p. 147, § 15; Ga. L. 1964, p. 196, § 2; Ga. L. 1966, p. 279, § 3; Ga. L. 1979, p. 667, § 4; Ga. L. 1989, p. 1148, § 3.
Code Commission notes.
Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 2010, “this part” was substituted for “this article” in this Code section.

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