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Insurance Insurance Generally: Requires Coverage For Colorectal Cancer Screening In Health Benefit Policies, Alan R. Godfrey
Insurance Insurance Generally: Requires Coverage For Colorectal Cancer Screening In Health Benefit Policies, Alan R. Godfrey
Georgia State University Law Review
The Act adds new Code section 33-2456.3. The Act requires most health benefit insurance policies to provide coverage for colorectal cancer screening. The Act further provides definitions to specify the health benefit policies affected and to identify the guidelines for the types of treatment to be covered by those health benefit policies.
Insurance Insurance Generally: Provide Coverage For Medically Necessary Equipment And Supplies For Individuals With Diabetes, Michael J. Brown
Insurance Insurance Generally: Provide Coverage For Medically Necessary Equipment And Supplies For Individuals With Diabetes, Michael J. Brown
Georgia State University Law Review
The Act creates a provision requiring every major medical and group health insurance policy, group health insurance plan or policy, and any other form of managed or capitated care plans or policies to provide coverage for medically necessary equipment and supplies for individuals with various types of diabetes who adhere to a doctor-prescribed treatment regimen. The Act further requires the office of the Commissioner of Insurance to promulgate rules and regulations relating to standards of diabetes care to become effective July 1, 2002.
Insurance Kinds Of Insurance; Limits Of Risks: Mandate Limited Waiver Of Sovereign Immunity For Local Governments For Losses Caused By Negligent Use Of A Motor Vehicle; Allow Continued Immunity For Liabilities In Excess Of Statutory Thresholds; Require Waiver Of Immunity For Amounts Insured By Local Governments Beyond Statutory Thresholds, David Walker
Georgia State University Law Review
The Act limits the sovereign immunity of local governments for injuries arising from the negligent use of a motor vehicle. The Act provides that, for accidents occurring between January I, 2005 and December 31 2006, the waiver will be $100,000 per accident for claims involving personal injury or death to anyone person, with an aggregate waiver of $300,000 per accident for claims made by two or more people. The Act also waives immunity up to $50,000 per occurrence for injuries or destruction of property occurring after January 1, 2005. The Act provides a schedule for increasing waiver amounts to $250,000/$450,000 …
Insurance Insurance Generally: Prohibit Discriminatory Practices; Require Notification Of Cancellation, Nonrenewal, Or Other Termination Of Insurance To Certain Persons; Provide Standards And Procedures For Verification Of Benefits And Precertifications Relating To Managed Health Benefit Plans; Provide For Liability And Personnel; Include Certain Practices Among Unfair Insurance Practices; Provide For Remedies For Violations, Cheralynn M. Gregoire
Georgia State University Law Review
The Act, titled the Consumers Health Insurance Protection Act, provides that insurers must follow certain procedures when precertifying or verifying enrollee benefits. The Act requires insurers to provide continuity of care to certain individuals in the event they, or a physician, cancels a physician's contract. The Act also makes discrimination based on color, race, religion, and ethnic or national origin in the insurance industry generally an unfair practice. The Act requires insurers to notify enrollees of plan termination, cancellation, or nonrenewal, and of any resulting conversion or continuation rights.