GEORGIA CODE (Last Updated: August 20, 2013) |
Title 45. PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES |
Chapter 18. EMPLOYEES' INSURANCE AND BENEFITS PLANS |
Article 1. STATE EMPLOYEES' HEALTH INSURANCE PLAN AND POST-EMPLOYMENT HEALTH BENEFIT FUND |
Part 1. STATE EMPLOYEES' HEALTH INSURANCE PLAN |
§ 45-18-1. Definitions |
§ 45-18-2. Authority to establish health insurance plan; rules and regulations; provisions of plan generally; coverage for retiring or retired employees |
§ 45-18-3. Design of plan |
§ 45-18-4. Expenses not to be covered by plan |
§ 45-18-5. County officers and employees |
§ 45-18-5.1. Licensed blind or otherwise seriously disabled vendors |
§ 45-18-5.2. Sheltered employment center employees |
§ 45-18-7. Retiring employees, spouses, and dependents; eligibility of employees of state-wide probation system to continue coverage upon retirement from local retirement system |
§ 45-18-7.1. Employees of the Georgia Development Authority |
§ 45-18-7.2. Agrirama Development Authority employees |
§ 45-18-7.3. Employees of Peace Officers' Annuity and Benefit Fund, Georgia Firefighters' Pension Fund, and Sheriffs' Retirement Fund of Georgia, spouses, and dependent children |
§ 45-18-7.4. Employees of Hazardous Waste Management Authority |
§ 45-18-7.5. Employees of Georgia Housing and Finance Authority, spouses, and dependent children |
§ 45-18-7.6. Employees of Georgia-Federal State Inspection Service, spouses, and dependent children |
§ 45-18-7.7. Employees and dependents of critical access hospitals in health plans |
§ 45-18-7.8. Health insurance plans for employees of Georgia Student Finance Authority |
§ 45-18-8. Right of employees to secure coverage for spouse and dependents; adoption of regulations governing discontinuance and resumption of dependent coverage |
§ 45-18-10. Right of continuation of coverage for former employees; payment of premiums; establishment of terms and conditions by board; appointment as United States attorney |
§ 45-18-11. Procedure for presentation of claims and payment of benefits |
§ 45-18-12. Creation of health insurance fund; amounts credited to fund; special reserve; administrator and custodian of fund |
§ 45-18-13. Deposit of amounts from health insurance fund available for investment in trust account; investment of funds; withdrawal of funds from trust account |
§ 45-18-15. Rules and regulations for administration of part; board to recommend to General Assembly schedule of maximum fees for hospitals and practitioners |
§ 45-18-16. Certification to departments and other entities of the state of employer payment percentage for ensuing fiscal year; provision in budgets for funds for employer payments |
§ 45-18-17. All employees to become members of plan unless coverage rejected or waived; withdrawal from plan by persons covered by Social Security medical care |
§ 45-18-18. Discharge of certain debts or obligations due health insurance fund |
§ 45-18-19. Confidentiality of claim forms and records |
§ 45-18-20. Fiscal note required for bills impacting employees' health insurance plans |
§ 45-18-21. Deposit of employer and retiree contributions into the Georgia Retiree Health Benefit Fund |
Part 2. STATE EMPLOYEES POST-EMPLOYMENT HEALTH BENEFIT FUND |
§ 45-18-24. Definitions |
§ 45-18-25. Creation of Georgia State Employees Post-employment Health Benefit Fund; identification and transfer of funds from Georgia Retiree Health Benefit Fund; how funds used |
§ 45-18-25.1. Responsibilities and procedures for fund operation; rules and regulations; employment of personnel and professionals; maintenance of records; collection of moneys; report |
§ 45-18-26. Technical advice; annual actuarial valuations |
§ 45-18-27. Control of fund by commissioner; obligations to be paid from fund; investment powers; prohibition against personal interest |
§ 45-18-28. Minimum annual required contributions; employer responsibilities |
REFS & ANNOS
TITLE 45 Chapter 18 Article 1 NOTE
CROSS REFERENCES. --Employees' Retirement System of Georgia, Ch. 2, T. 47.