05 LC 21
8150
Senate
Bill 236
By: Senators Hudgens of the 47th and Brown of the 26th
By: Senators Hudgens of the 47th and Brown of the 26th
A
BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
AN ACT
To
amend Code Section 45_18_9 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating
to the right of continuation of health coverage for a spouse or dependent of a
deceased public employee, right to resumption of coverage, payment of
contributions, and promulgation of rules and regulations as to continuance,
discontinuance, and resumption of coverage, so as to provide that the surviving
spouse and dependents of a state employee killed while acting in the scope of
his or her employment shall be entitled to continue coverage under the state
health insurance plan under certain conditions; to provide that any person so
eligible to continue such coverage shall pay the same premium as an active state
employee; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
BE
IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:
SECTION
1.
Code
Section 45_18_9 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the
right of continuation of health coverage for a spouse or dependent of a deceased
public employee, right to resumption of coverage, payment of contributions, and
promulgation of rules and regulations as to continuance, discontinuance, and
resumption of coverage, is amended by striking in its entirety subsection (e)
and inserting in lieu thereof the following:
"(e)
If any employee of this
state,
regardless of his or her time in service,
is killed while acting within the scope of his or her employment or receives
bodily injury while acting within the scope of his or her employment that
directly results in death
thereafter,
eligible dependents may continue coverage, provided that:
(1)
The deceased employee was the primary or principal beneficiary of any contract
or contracts for health insurance established under this article;
(2)
At the time of death, the employee included his or her eligible dependents under
such contract or contracts for health insurance;
(3)
At the time of death, the employee maintained continuous coverage during the
period between injury and death;
(4)
The eligible dependents agree to pay the contributions to the cost of such
coverage; and
(5)
The eligible dependents pay such contributions in accordance with the rules and
regulations promulgated and adopted by the board governing the continuance,
discontinuance, and resumption of coverage by such eligible
dependents.
any spouse or
dependent child or children included in the coverage of the contract or
contracts for health insurance as provided in this article at the time of the
employee´s death may be entitled to continue such coverage upon agreeing to
pay contributions at the same rate as required for state
employees."
SECTION
2.
All
laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.