TITLE 45 PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES

Section 18. Employees' Insurance and Benefits Plans, 45-18-1 through 45-18-105.

ARTICLE 1 STATE EMPLOYEES' HEALTH INSURANCE PLAN AND POST-EMPLOYMENT HEALTH BENEFIT FUND

45-18-4. Expenses not to be covered by plan.

The health insurance plan shall not include expenses incurred by or on account of an individual prior to the effective date of the plan; expenses for services received for injury or sickness due to war or any act of war, whether declared or undeclared, which war or act of war shall have occurred after the effective date of this plan; expenses for which the individual is not required to make payment; expenses to the extent of benefits provided under any employer group plan other than this plan in which the state participates in the cost thereof; expenses for abortion services except to the extent permitted under the state health benefit plan approved by the board as such plan existed on January 1, 2014; and such other expenses as may be excluded by regulations of the board. For purposes of this Code section, the term "abortion" shall have the same meaning as provided in Code Section 31-9A-2.

(Ga. L. 1961, p. 147, § 4; Ga. L. 1966, p. 279, § 1; Ga. L. 1980, p. 966, § 2; Ga. L. 2014, p. 349, § 2/SB 98.)

The 2014 amendment, effective April 21, 2014, inserted "expenses for abortion services except to the extent permitted under the state health benefit plan approved by the board as such plan existed on January 1, 2014;" near the end of the first sentence and added the second sentence.