Syfert Injury Law Firm

Your Trusted Partner in Personal Injury & Workers' Compensation

Call Now: 904-383-7448

2018 Georgia Code 20-2-886 | Car Wreck Lawyer

TITLE 20 EDUCATION

Section 2. Elementary and Secondary Education, 20-2-1 through 20-2-2180.

ARTICLE 17 TEACHERS AND OTHER SCHOOL PERSONNEL

20-2-886. Coverage for dependents - Right to coverage; agreement to pay contributions.

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

(Ga. L. 1975, p. 37, § 7.)

RESEARCH REFERENCES

Am. Jur. 2d.

- 44 Am. Jur. 2d, Insurance, § 984.

C.J.S.

- 81A C.J.S., States, § 126.

Cases Citing O.C.G.A. § 20-2-886

Total Results: 1  |  Sort by: Relevance  |  Newest First

Copy

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

...The issue here is whether the city impermissibly expanded the definition of dependent to include domestic partners. 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 e...