Georgia § 33-43-2 - Applicability of chapter.
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§ 33-43-2. Applicability of chapter.
Except as otherwise specifically provided, this chapter shall apply to: All medicare supplement policies delivered or issued for delivery in this state; and All certificates issued under group medicare supplement policies, which certificates have been delivered or issued for delivery in this state. This chapter shall not apply to a policy of one or more employers or labor organizations, or of the trustees of a fund established by one or more employers or labor organizations or a combination thereof, for employees or former employees or a combination thereof, or for members or former members or a combination thereof of the labor organizations. Except as provided under subsection (d) of Code Section 33-43-5 , the provisions of this chapter shall not be construed to prohibit or apply to insurance policies or health care benefit plans, including group conversion policies, provided to medicare eligible persons, which policies are not marketed or held to be medicare supplement policies or benefit plans. (Code 1981, § 33-43-2 , enacted by Ga. L. 1992, p. 1395, § 1; Ga. L. 1996, p. 705, § 18; Ga. L. 2000, p. 1246, § 7; Ga. L. 2019, p. 533, § 1-7/HB 99.) The 2019 amendment, effective July 1, 2019, deleted "on or after July 1, 2000" following "this state" in paragraph (a)(1).
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