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HB 1234: State Employees' Assurance Department; assignment of certain group term life insurance benefits to pay for funeral services of a deceased individual who was a member of certain retirement systems; provisions

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House Bill 1234 (AS PASSED HOUSE AND SENATE)

By: Representatives Taylor of the 173rd, McDonald III of the 26th, Mathis of the 133rd, Santos of the 117th, and Stinson of the 150th

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

To amend Chapter 19 of Title 47 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the State Employees' Assurance Department, so as to provide for the assignment of certain group term life insurance benefits to pay for funeral services of a deceased individual who was a member of the Employees' Retirement System of Georgia, Georgia Legislative Retirement System, or Georgia Judicial Retirement System; to provide for a definition; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:

SECTION 1.

Chapter 19 of Title 47 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the State Employees' Assurance Department, is amended by adding a new Code section to read as follows:

"47-19-11.

(a) As used in this Code section, the term 'funeral services' means the observances, services, or ceremonies held for dead human bodies and includes any service relating to the transportation, embalming, cremation, and interment of a dead human body.

(b) Group term life insurance benefit payments due from the retired and vested inactive members trust fund or the active members fund established by subsection (b) of Code Section 47-19-10 to a named beneficiary shall be assignable by such named beneficiary to a person licensed by the State Board of Funeral Service to practice embalming or funeral directing solely in order to pay the cost of funeral services for the deceased individual who granted such right or benefit to such named beneficiary.

(c) To make the assignment authorized by subsection (b) of this Code section, the named beneficiary shall authorize such assignment in writing on a form to be prescribed by the board of directors and shall attach to such form a notarized copy of the contract between said beneficiary and the licensed funeral director or embalmer who is providing the funeral services and a copy of the former member's death certificate.

(d) The State Employees' Assurance Department shall pay or cause to be paid any sum assigned in accordance with this Code section in the method or manner provided for in the contract for funeral services but only to the extent that such sums are owed to the person who completed the assignment."

SECTION 2.

All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.