Section 33-29B-1. (Repealed effective January 1, 2014) Health insurance coverage to children through child-only health policies

   (a) It is the intention of this chapter to restore access to creditable health care coverage for Georgia's children, and that in order to do so, it is important to bring insurance providers into the market to offer individual health insurance coverage to children through child-only policies.

(b) For the protection of the public, particularly children and families, and for the protection of insurers required by federal law to guarantee the issue of individual health policies to children who are less than 19 years of age without imposing any preexisting condition exclusions, it is the intent of the General Assembly to accomplish this goal by establishing that as a condition of issuing health insurance coverage in the individual market until January 1, 2014, insurers offer child-only policies during open enrollment periods specified by this chapter.

Code 1981, § 33-29B-1, enacted by Ga. L. 2012, p. 617, § 1/HB 1166.