06 LC 28
2675
House
Bill 1058
By:
Representatives Brown of the
69th,
Knox of the
24th,
and Forster of the
3rd
A
BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
AN ACT
To
amend Code Section 45-18-54 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating
to continuation of optional health care plans, so as to provide that certain
health care plans writing optional supplemental health care insurance products
for state agencies shall be approved to write optional supplemental health care
insurance products for all state agencies; to provide that any department,
agency, authority, county department of health, or local board of education may
receive an administrative fee or service fee for certain services; to provide
for related matters; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws;
and for other purposes.
BE
IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:
SECTION
1.
Code
Section 45-18-54 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to
continuation of optional health care plans, is amended by striking subsection
(a) and inserting in lieu thereof a new subsection (a) and adding a new
subsection (d) to read as follows:
∀(a)
The head of
each department, agency, authority, or county department of health shall have
the option to determine whether or not the employees within his respective
agency shall continue any
Any
optional
supplemental
health care insurance program
that,
is in
operation on January 1,
1986, was in
operation; was approved by any department, agency, authority, or county
department of health; was written by any insurance company licensed to do
business in the State of Georgia for any optional supplemental health care
insurance product or coverage; was for optional supplemental health care
insurance products including, but not limited to, short term disability, cancer,
accident, critical illness, and life insurance; and was offered to employees of
any state departments, agencies, and authorities and county departments of
health shall continue to be approved for all current and future employees of all
state departments, agencies, and authorities and county departments of
health. New optional employee benefit
plans or any contracting with new or additional insurers under existing plans
that authorize the deduction or reduction of voluntarily designated amounts,
including insurance, from the salaries of the full-time employees must be
approved by the council after January 1, 1986, except that the Legislative
Services Committee may continue or approve any optional program for members of
the General Assembly and employees of the General
Assembly.∀
∀(d)
Nothing in this Code section shall preclude any department, agency, authority,
county department of health, or local board of education from receiving an
administrative or service fee from any corporation licensed to transact business
in this state as reimbursement for the time and expense of administering any
optional employee benefit
plan.∀
SECTION
2.
This
Act shall become effective upon its approval by the Governor or upon its
becoming law without such approval.
SECTION
3.
All
laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.