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Call Now: 904-383-7448No group accident and sickness insurance policy, other than policies of disability income insurance and credit accident and sickness insurance and other than policies of qualified self-insurers, shall be issued in this state, which policy limits or restricts payment of benefits for any preexisting illness or condition not otherwise excluded from the group policy for a period in excess of 12 months following the date of the issuance of the certificate covering the insured person.
(Code 1933, § 56-3112, enacted by Ga. L. 1978, p. 2036, § 1; Ga. L. 1995, p. 1009, § 1; Ga. L. 2017, p. 164, § 21/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."
- Contents of group or blanket accident and sickness insurance, T. 33, C. 30.
- Health insurance: provisions excluding or limiting liability in case of chronic diseases, 4 A.L.R. 875; 15 A.L.R. 1239.
Burden of proof in action upon accident policy, or accident feature of life policy, as to whether injury or death was resulting from antecedent disease or other abnormal bodily or mental condition, 144 A.L.R. 1416.
Construction and application of provision in health or hospitalization policy excluding or postponing coverage of illness originating prior to issuance of policy or within stated time, 94 A.L.R.3d 900.
Construction and application of provision in health or hospitalization policy excluding or postponing coverage of illness for which medical care or treatment was received within stated time preceding or following issuance of policy, 95 A.L.R.3d 1290.
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