TITLE 33 INSURANCE

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

ARTICLE 1 GENERAL PROVISIONS

33-24-25. Provisions in group or blanket policies excluding or reducing coverage of persons eligible for or receiving medical assistance.

No group or blanket accident and sickness policy shall contain any provision purporting to exclude or reduce coverage provided an otherwise insurable person solely for the reason that the person is eligible for or receiving medical assistance as defined in Article 7 of Chapter 4 of Title 49. Any such provision appearing in a group or blanket accident and sickness insurance policy subsequent to July 1, 1978, shall be null and void.

(Code 1933, § 56-3105.1, enacted by Ga. L. 1978, p. 1522, § 2; Ga. L. 2017, p. 164, § 20/HB 127.)

The 2017 amendment, effective July 1, 2017, deleted the subsection (a) designation; and deleted former subsection (b), which read: "This Code section shall also apply to policies issued by a hospital service nonprofit corporation or a nonprofit medical service corporation."