O.C.G.A.
O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 33-30-1.1 (2019)

Applicability

✓ O.C.G.A. — 2019 edition (Public.Resource.Org Release 73)
Code text and O.C.G.A. statutory annotations on this page reflect the 2019 Official Code of Georgia Annotated (Public.Resource.Org Release 73, 2019-08-21; public domain per Georgia v. Public.Resource.Org, 2020). The Syfert case-law annotations in Notes of Decisions, below, are current.
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This chapter shall apply to policies of insurance, certificates evidencing coverage under a policy of insurance, or any other evidence of insurance, issued by an insurer, delivered, or issued for delivery in this state except for policies issued to an employer in another state which provides coverage for employees of this state employed by such employer policyholder.

History

Code 1981, § 33-30-1.1, enacted by Ga. L. 1997, p. 1462, § 6.

Annotations

Editor’s notes. - Ga. L. 1997, p. 1462, § 1, not codified by the General Assembly, provides that that Act, which enacted this Code section, is intended to comply with the requirements of the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, P.L. 104-191, as well as to

provide an acceptable alternative mechanism for the availability of individual health insurance coverage as contemplated by that federal Act; and further provides that the Act shall be narrowly construed to achieve such purpose without otherwise limiting the state’s legislative or regulatory powers with respect to insurance.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1 case, 1998–1998 · leading case: Sec. Life Ins. v. Clark, 494 S.E.2d 388 (Ga. Ct. App. 1998).
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Sec. Life Ins. v. Clark, 494 S.E.2d 388 (Ga. Ct. App. 1998). · cites it 2× “9 The legislature amended Chapter 30 of Title 33, Group or Blanket Accident & Sickness Insurance, by enacting OCGA § 33-30-1.1, effective July 1, 1997, which added specific language that “[t]his chapter shall apply to policies of insurance, certificates evidencing coverage under…”
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