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Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 33. INSURANCE · Chapter 53. COVERAGE FOR CERTAIN TYPES OF ANTI-CANCER DRUG THERAPY

33-53-1. Definitions.

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

  1. As used in this chapter:

  2. (1)

    ‘‘Drug’’ means a drug or biologic that is used in an antineoplastic regimen.#

  3. (2)

    ‘‘Insurance policy’’ means an individual accident and sickness policy of insurance issued pursuant to Chapter 29 of this title or a group accident and sickness insurance policy issued pursuant to Chapter 30 of this title.#

  4. (3)

    ‘‘Standard reference compendium’’ means any of the following:#

    1. (A)

      The United States Pharmacopeia Drug Information;#

    2. (B)

      The American Medical Association Drug Evaluations;#

    3. (C)

      The American Hospital Formulary Service Drug Information.#

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 1981, § 33-53-1, enacted by Ga. L. 1993, p. 539, § 1; Ga. L. 2019, p. 533, § 1-15/HB 99. The 2019 amendment, effective July 1, 2019, deleted former paragraph (1), which read: ‘‘‘Commissioner’ means the Commissioner of Insurance of the State of Georgia.’’; and redesignated former paragraphs (2) through (4) as present paragraphs (1) through (3), respectively.

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