09 LC
37 0808
Senate
Bill 63
By:
Senators Hudgens of t he 47th, Williams of the 19th, Mullis of the 53rd and
Butterworth of the 50th
AS
PASSED
AN
ACT
To
amend Code Section 33-50-2 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating
to a required license for any multiple employer self-insured health plan to
transact business in this state and health plans of municipalities, counties, or
other political subdivisions, so as to provide that any plan or arrangement
established or maintained by two or more accredited independent nonproprietary
institutions of higher education located in this state is not subject to the
requirements relating to multiple employer self-insured health plans; to provide
for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other
purposes.
BE
IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:
SECTION
1.
Code
Section 33-50-2 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to a
required license for any multiple employer self-insured health plan to transact
business in this state and health plans of municipalities, counties, or other
political subdivisions, is amended by revising subsection (b) as
follows:
"(b)
This chapter does not apply to any plan or arrangement established or maintained
by municipalities, counties, or other political subdivisions of this state; any
multiple employer self-insured health plan which is not subject to the
application of state insurance laws under the provisions of the Employee
Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, 29 U.S.C. Section 1001, et seq.; to
organizations established under the authority of or receiving funds pursuant to
42 U.S.C. Section 254(b) or 254(c), the federal Public Health Service Act; any
other nonprofit organization exempt from federal taxation whose primary purpose
is providing access to primary health care services for indigent citizens of
Georgia; any plan or arrangement established or maintained by a nonprofit
educational organization with assets of more than $100 million for the benefit
of the employees of such organization and the employees of any affiliated or
associated persons, firms, associations, or corporations which perform functions
related to those of such educational organization or of which a majority of the
membership of the governing body is composed of employees or members of the
governing body of the nonprofit educational organization; or to any plan or
arrangement established or maintained, directly or through a legal entity, by
two or more accredited independent nonproprietary institutions of higher
education located in this state that have combined assets of more than $100
million and are members of the Georgia nonprofit corporation representing a
majority of the accredited independent nonproprietary institutions of higher
education located in this state for the benefit of the employees, including
retired employees, of:
(1)
Such institutions;
(2)
Any affiliated or associated persons, firms, associations, trusts, or
corporations that perform functions similar or related to those of one or more
of such institutions or of which a majority of the membership of the governing
body is composed of employees or members of the governing body of one or more of
such institutions; and
(3)
The Georgia nonprofit corporation representing a majority of the accredited
independent nonproprietary institutions of higher education located in this
state."
SECTION
2.
All
laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.