• § 45-18-1 - Definitions
  As used in this part, the term: (1) "Board" means the Board of Community Health established under Chapter 2 of Title 31. (1.1) "Commissioner"...
• § 45-18-2 - Authority to Establish Health Insurance Plan; Rules and Regulations; Provisions of Plan Generally; Coverage for Retiring or Retired Employees
  (a) The board is authorized to establish a health insurance plan for employees of the state and to adopt and promulgate rules and regulations...
• § 45-18-3 - Design of Plan
  The health insurance plan shall be designed by the board to: (1) Provide a reasonable relationship between the hospital, surgical, and medical benefits to...
• § 45-18-4 - Expenses Not to Be Covered by Plan
  The health insurance plan shall not include expenses incurred by or on account of an individual prior to the effective date of the plan;...
• § 45-18-5 - County Officers and Employees
  (a) The board is authorized to contract with the various counties of this state for the inclusion of the employees of any county within...
• § 45-18-5.1 - Licensed Blind or Otherwise Seriously Disabled Vendors
  The Georgia Vocational Rehabilitation Agency is authorized to contract with the Georgia Cooperative Services for the Blind, Inc., a nominee agent designated by the...
• § 45-18-5.2 - Sheltered Employment Center Employees
  The board is authorized to contract with public and private nonprofit sheltered employment centers which contract with or employ persons within the Georgia Vocational...
• § 45-18-6 - Authorization of Contracts to Provide Insurance Benefits; Invitation of Proposals From Insurers; Reinsurance Agreements; Issuance of Certificates of Coverage; Redetermination of Contracts; Discontinuance of Contracts or Establishment of Self-Insurance Plans; Contracts for Administrative Services; Contracts With Health Maintenance Organizations
  (a) The board is authorized to execute a contract or contracts to provide the benefits under the plan of health insurance benefits determined upon...
• § 45-18-7 - Retiring Employees, Spouses, and Dependents
  The contract or contracts shall provide for health insurance for retiring state employees and their spouses and dependent children, as defined by the regulations...
• § 45-18-7.1 - Employees of the Georgia Development Authority
  The board is authorized to contract with the Georgia Development Authority for the inclusion in any health insurance plan or plans established under this...
• § 45-18-7.2 - Agrirama Development Authority Employees
  Reserved. Repealed by Ga. L. 2011, p. 752, § 45(6)/HB 142, effective May 13, 2011.
• § 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
  The board is authorized to contract with the Peace Officers' Annuity and Benefit Fund, Georgia Firefighters' Pension Fund, and the Sheriffs' Retirement Fund of...
• § 45-18-7.4 - Employees of Hazardous Waste Management Authority
  Reserved. Repealed by Ga. L. 2002, p. 415, § 45, effective April 18, 2002.
• § 45-18-7.5 - Employees of Georgia Housing and Finance Authority, Spouses, and Dependent Children
  The board is authorized to contract with the Georgia Housing and Finance Authority for the inclusion in any health insurance plan or plans established...
• § 45-18-7.6 - Employees of Georgia-Federal State Inspection Service, Spouses, and Dependent Children
  The board is authorized to contract with the Georgia-Federal State Inspection Service for the inclusion in any health insurance plan or plans established under...
• § 45-18-7.7 - Employees and Dependents of Critical Access Hospitals in Health Plans
  (a) The board is authorized to contract with any public or nonprofit critical access hospital that meets such requirements as the department may establish...
• § 45-18-7.8 - Health Insurance Plans for Employees of Georgia Student Finance Authority
  The board is authorized to contract with the Georgia Student Finance Authority for the inclusion in any health insurance plan or plans established under...
• § 45-18-8 - Right of Employees to Secure Coverage for Spouse and Dependents; Adoption of Regulations Governing Discontinuance and Resumption of Dependent Coverage
  Upon agreeing to pay his contribution to the cost of such coverage, each employee shall be entitled to have his spouse and dependent children,...
• § 45-18-9 - Right of Continuation of Coverage for Spouse or Dependents of Deceased Employees; Right to Resumption of Coverage; Payment of Contributions; Promulgation of Rules and Regulations As to Continuance, Discontinuance, and Resumption of Coverage
  (a) At the time of death of any employee, annuitant, or other person who is the primary or principal beneficiary of said contract or...
• § 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
  (a) Any other provision of this part to the contrary notwithstanding, on and after July 1, 1978, any employee who resigns from employment or...
• § 45-18-11 - Procedure for Presentation of Claims and Payment of Benefits
  (a) Any benefits payable under the plan may be made either directly to the attending physicians, hospitals, medical groups, or others furnishing the services...
• § 45-18-12 - Creation of Health Insurance Fund; Amounts Credited to Fund; Special Reserve; Administrator and Custodian of Fund
  (a) There is created a health insurance fund which shall be available without fiscal year limitations for premium, subscription charge, benefits, and administration costs....
• § 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
  Any amounts held by the health insurance fund which are available for investment shall be paid over to the Office of the State Treasurer....
• § 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 Discharge
  (a) During any period in which an employee is covered under this part prior to the date of his or her retirement, there shall...
• § 45-18-15 - Rules and Regulations for Administration of Part; Board to Recommend to General Assembly Schedule of Maximum Fees for Hospitals and Practitioners
  (a) The board shall promulgate such rules and regulations as may be required for the effective administration of this part. Such rules and regulations...
• § 45-18-16 - Certification to Departments and Other Entities of the State of Employer Payment Percentage for Ensuing Fiscal Year; Provision in Budgets for Funds for Employer Payments
  Not less than 30 days prior to the commencement of the plan year, the commissioner of community health shall certify to the director or...
• § 45-18-17 - All Employees to Become Members of Plan Unless Coverage Rejected or Waived; Withdrawal From Plan by Persons Covered by Social Security Medical Care
  (a) All persons who become state employees as defined in this part and who are eligible as specified in the rules and regulations of...
• § 45-18-18 - Discharge of Certain Debts or Obligations Due Health Insurance Fund
  (a) It is the purpose of this Code section to authorize a procedure whereby the commissioner of community health may administratively discharge a debt...
• § 45-18-19 - Confidentiality of Claim Forms and Records
  Claim forms and other records which would disclose the nature of the health services provided to an insured shall be maintained on a confidential...
• § 45-18-20 - Fiscal Note Required for Bills Impacting Employees' Health Insurance Plans
  Any bill prepared by the General Assembly which would impact the state employees' health insurance plan established under this part shall require a fiscal...
• § 45-18-21 - Deposit of Employer and Retiree Contributions Into the Georgia Retiree Health Benefit Fund
  Notwithstanding any other provisions of this part, the board shall deposit into the Georgia Retiree Health Benefit Fund created by Code Section 45-18-101 the...

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