TITLE 33 INSURANCE

Section 30. Group or Blanket Accident and Sickness Insurance, 33-30-1 through 33-30-29.

ARTICLE 1 GENERAL PROVISIONS

33-30-13. Notices of premium increases to be mailed or delivered to group policyholder; notification of impact of federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

1. Notice of the maximum amount of a group premium increase shall be mailed or delivered to the group policyholder and to each employer group or subgroup insured under the group policy not less than 60 days prior to the effective date of the premium increase.
2. The commissioner of community health shall also provide notice to each person covered under the health insurance plans established pursuant to Article 1 of Chapter 18 of Title 45 when any premium increase occurs of how much of such increase is attributable to the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

(Code 1981, §33-30-29, enacted by Ga. L. 1990, p. 1402, § 5; Code 1981, §33-30-13, as redesignated by Ga. L. 1991, p. 94, § 33; Ga. L. 2013, p. 1100, § 2/SB 236; Ga. L. 2014, p. 866, § 33/SB 340; Ga. L. 2015, p. 5, § 33/HB 90.)

The 2013 amendment, effective July 1, 2013, designated the existing provisions as subsection (a) and added subsections (b) and (c).

The 2014 amendment, effective April 29, 2014, part of an Act to revise, modernize, and correct the Code, substituted "subsection" for "paragraph" in the last sentence of subsection (b).

The 2015 amendment, effective March 13, 2015, part of an Act to revise, modernize, and correct the Code, deleted former subsection (b), which read: "Concurrently with any notice of premium increase or offer of new coverage because of discontinuance or termination of an existing plan of coverage, an insurer shall provide an estimate as to the amount or percentage of any premium increase which is attributable to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. Such notices shall include the following statement: 'These increases are due to the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and not the enactment of any laws or regulations of the Governor of Georgia, the Georgia General Assembly, or the Georgia Department of Insurance.' This subsection shall stand repealed on December 31, 2014."; and redesignated former subsection (c) as present subsection (b).