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Senators
Golden of the 8th and Balfour of the 9th offered the following
amendment:
Amend
the Senate Insurance and Labor Committee substitute to SB 161 (LC 33 3069S) by
striking lines 13 through 24 and inserting in lieu thereof the
following:
(1)
'Accident and sickness contract, policy, or benefit plan' shall have the same
meaning as found in Code Section 33-24-59.1. Accident and sickness contract,
policy, or benefit plan shall also include without limitation any health benefit
plan established pursuant to Article 1 of Chapter 18 of Title 45
and any
medical assistance or health care benefits provided pursuant to Article 7 of
Chapter 4 of Title 49 or Article 13 of Chapter 5 of Title 49. Accident and
sickness contract, policy, or benefit plan shall not include limited benefit
insurance policies designed, advertised, and marketed to supplement major
medical insurance such as accident only, CHAMPUS supplement, dental, disability
income, fixed indemnity, long-term care, medicare supplement, specified disease,
vision, and any other type of accident and sickness insurance other than basic
hospital expense, basic medical-surgical expense, or major medical
insurance.