Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 33. INSURANCE · Chapter 24. INSURANCE GENERALLY · Article 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS

33-24-25. Provisions in group or blanket policies excluding or reducing coverage of persons eligible for or receiving medical assistance.

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Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

No group or blanket accident and sickness policy shall contain any provision purporting to exclude or reduce coverage provided an otherwise insurable person solely for the reason that the person is eligible for or receiving medical assistance as defined in Article 7 of Chapter 4 of Title 49. Any such provision appearing in a group or blanket accident and sickness insurance policy shall be null and void.

The notes below are printed with the section but are not enacted law (O.C.G.A. § 1-1-1(c)). They are shown apart from the text.

History

Code 1933, § 56-3105.1, enacted by Ga. L. 1978, p. 1522, § 2; Ga. L. 2017, p. 164, § 20/HB 127; Ga. L. 2019, p. 386, § 37/SB 133. The 2019 amendment, effective July 1, 2019, deleted ‘‘subsequent to July 1, 1978,’’ following ‘‘insurance policy’’ near the end of the second sentence.

Cross references

Contents of group or blanket accident and sickness insurance, T. 33, C. 30.

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