§ 33-20-21. Approval of Commissioner of Rates to Be Paid to Providers of Services
Except for corporations subject to this chapter which are surviving corporations, the Commissioner shall first approve the rates of payment to be made by health care corporations to providers of health care services on behalf of said corporation, its subscribers, beneficiaries, and covered dependents as being fair and reasonable before said corporation shall engage in […]
§ 33-20-22. Investment of Funds of Corporations
Health care corporations shall invest in or lend their funds on security of and shall hold as invested assets only such assets as are authorized by Articles 1 and 3 of Chapter 11 of this title for the investments of assets of domestic insurance companies and such investments shall be subject to the same requirements, […]
§ 33-20-23. Maintenance of Books and Records Showing Funds Collected and Disbursed; Examination of Books and Records by Commissioner
Every health care corporation shall keep complete books and records in accordance with the requirements of the Commissioner showing all funds collected and disbursed. All books and records shall be subject to examination by the Commissioner in accordance with Chapter 2 of this title applicable to life insurers and the expenses of the examination borne […]
§ 33-20-24. Filing of Reports With Commissioner
Every health care corporation shall on or before March 1 in each year after it shall have commenced to do business pursuant to a certificate of authority make and file with the Commissioner a report of its affairs and operations during the year ending December 31 of the preceding year. The annual report shall be […]
§ 33-20-25. Liability for Expenses of Commissioner’s Supervisory and Other Activities
Any and all supervision, conservation, rehabilitation, liquidation, or examination of the affairs of any corporation by the Commissioner shall be at the expense of the corporation. History. Code 1933, § 56-1729a, enacted by Ga. L. 1976, p. 1461, § 1; Ga. L. 1995, p. 745, § 1.9.
§ 33-20-26. Powers of Commissioner as to Protection of Subscribers and Public Health and Welfare
The Commissioner shall have the authority to take appropriate actions authorized by this title for the protection of a health care corporation’s subscribers and the public health and welfare, including but not limited to those authorized in Code Section 33-2-24, and shall have authority to institute civil actions and other appropriate proceedings authorized by and […]
§ 33-20-27. Imposition by Commissioner of Administrative Fine for Certain Acts of Officers, Employees, Agents, or Representatives of Corporations
The Commissioner may after a hearing impose upon a health care corporation an administrative fine if he finds that the corporation through the acts of its officers, employees, agents, or representatives has with such frequency as to indicate its general business practice in this state: Refused without just cause to pay proper claims arising under […]
§ 33-20-28. Termination of Organizers, Agents, Solicitors Engaging in Unfair or Deceptive Practices
Whenever the Commissioner finds after investigation that an organizer, agent, or solicitor of a health care corporation has unfairly or improperly solicited subscription certificates by misrepresenting the terms of the certificates or has engaged in any other unfair or deceptive practice, or for any reason is incompetent to serve as an organizer, agent, or solicitor, […]
§ 33-20-29. Unlawful Actions by Unauthorized Persons
It shall be unlawful for any person except a health care corporation established in accordance with this chapter and operating in accordance with authority from the Commissioner to establish, maintain, or operate a health care plan or to solicit subscribers to or enter into contracts with respect to a health care plan, provided that nothing […]
§ 33-20-30. Resolution of Disputes
Any dispute arising within the purview of this chapter with reference to the regulation and supervision of any health care corporation shall within 30 days after such dispute arises be submitted by the aggrieved person to the Commissioner for his decision with reference thereto, provided nothing in this Code section shall authorize or require the […]