TITLE 33 INSURANCE

Section 24. Insurance Generally, 33-24-1 through 33-24-98.

ARTICLE 1 GENERAL PROVISIONS

33-24-23. Provision in group policies of accident and sickness insurance for exclusion or reduction of benefits.

Notwithstanding any other provisions in this title to the contrary, no group policy of accident and sickness insurance offered for sale in this state shall be issued or renewed after April 17, 1975, by any insurer transacting business in this state, or health care plan under Chapter 20 of this title, which by the terms of the group policy excludes or reduces the benefits payable or services to be rendered to or on behalf of any insured by reason of the fact that benefits have been paid or are also payable under any blanket school accident policy regardless of who makes the premium contribution or any individually underwritten and individually issued contract or plan of insurance which provides exclusively for accident and sickness benefits and for which 100 percent of the premiums have been paid by the insured or a member of the insured's family, irrespective of the mode or channel of premium payment to the insurer or any discount received on such premium by virtue of the insured's membership in any organization or status as an employee. Any policy provision in violation of this Code section shall be void and unenforceable. Nothing in this Code section shall affect the practice of coordinating benefits between group policies issued pursuant to Chapter 30 of this title.

(Code 1933, § 56-2442, enacted by Ga. L. 1975, p. 443, § 1; Ga. L. 2017, p. 164, § 18/HB 127.)

The 2017 amendment, effective July 1, 2017, deleted "or hospital service nonprofit corporation or medical service nonprofit corporation" preceding "transacting business" in the middle of the first sentence and substituted "Chapter 30" for "Chapters 18, 19, and 30" near the end of the last sentence.