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2018 Georgia Code 45-18-8 | Car Wreck Lawyer

Link to State of Georgia Official Statute 2018 Georgia Code Annotated (sourced from legal.resource.org)
O.C.G.A. 45-18-8 Case Law from Google Scholar Amendments to OCGA 45-18-8

TITLE 45 PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES

Section 18. Employees' Insurance and Benefits Plans, 45-18-1 through 45-18-105.

ARTICLE 1 STATE EMPLOYEES' HEALTH INSURANCE PLAN AND POST-EMPLOYMENT HEALTH BENEFIT FUND

45-18-8. Right of employees to secure coverage for spouse and dependents; regulations.

Upon agreeing to pay his contribution to the cost of such coverage, each employee shall be entitled to have his spouse and dependent children, as defined by the regulations of the board, included in the coverage. The board shall adopt regulations governing the discontinuance and resumption by employees of coverage for dependents.

(Ga. L. 1961, p. 147, § 8.)

RESEARCH REFERENCES

Am. Jur. 2d.

- 43 Am. Jur. 2d, Insurance, § 467 et seq.

C.J.S.

- 30 C.J.S., Employer-Employee, § 176.

Cases Citing O.C.G.A. § 45-18-8

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City of Atlanta v. McKinney, 265 Ga. 161 (Ga. 1995).

Cited 27 times | Published | Supreme Court of Georgia | Mar 14, 1995 | 454 S.E.2d 517

...Although the home rule act does not define the term "dependent," other state statutes define a dependent either as a spouse, child, or one who relies on another for financial support. Compare OCGA § 20-2-886 (granting right to health insurance coverage to the spouse and dependent children of public school employees); OCGA § 45-18-8 (1990) ("spouse and dependent children" may be included in the health care coverage of state and other public employees), and OCGA § 34-9-13 (a) & (b) (1993) (under workers' compensation statute a wife, husband, or child is "presumed to b...