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title: O.C.G.A. § 45-18-4. Expenses not to be covered by plan.
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# O.C.G.A. § 45-18-4. Expenses not to be covered by plan.

The health insurance plan shall not include expenses incurred by or on account of an individual prior to the effective date of the plan; expenses for services received for injury or sickness due to war or any act of war, whether declared or undeclared, which war or act of war shall have occurred after the effective date of this plan; expenses for which the individual is not required to make payment; expenses to the extent of benefits provided under any employer group plan other than this plan in which the state participates in the cost thereof; expenses for abortion services except to the extent permitted under the state health benefit plan approved by the board as such plan existed on January 1, 2014; and such other expenses as may be excluded by regulations of the board. For purposes of this Code section, the term ‘‘abortion’’ shall have the same meaning as provided in Code Section 31-9A-2.

## History

Ga. L. 1961, p. 147, § 4; Ga. L. 1966, p. 279, § 1; Ga. L. 1980, p. 966, § 2; Ga. L. 2014, p. 349, § 2/SB 98.

## Editor's Notes

Ga. L. 2014, p. 349, § 3/SB 98, not codified by the General Assembly, provides that: ‘‘The General Assembly, by joint resolution, may appoint one or more of its members who sponsored or cosponsored this Act in his or her official capacity to intervene as a matter of right in any case in which the constitutionality of this Act or any portion thereof is challenged.’’

## Law Reviews

For article on the 2014 amendment of this Code section, see 31 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 177 (2014).

## Other Notes

The 2014 amendment, effective April 21, 2014, inserted ‘‘expenses for abortion services except to the extent permitted under the state health benefit plan approved by the board as such plan existed on January 1, 2014;’’ near the end of the first sentence and added the second sentence.