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
§ 45-18-6. Authorization of contracts to provide insurance benefits; invitation of proposals from insurers; reinsurance agreements; issuance of certificates of coverage; redetermination of contracts; discontinuance of contracts or establishment of self-insurance plans; contracts for administrative services; contracts with health maintenance organizations
§ 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
§ 45-18-9. Right of continuation of coverage for spouse or dependents of deceased employees; right to resumption of coverage; payment of contributions; promulgation of rules and regulations as to continuance, discontinuance, and resumption of 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
§ 45-18-14. Deductions from compensation and benefit payments of share of cost of coverage under plan of employees; payment of contributions to health insurance fund by departments, boards, and agencies of state; coverage of employee appealing discharge
§ 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

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TITLE 45 Chapter 18 Article 1 NOTE

CROSS REFERENCES. --Employees' Retirement System of Georgia, Ch. 2, T. 47.