Georgia - State Diabetes Insurance Coverage Laws - Diabetes and Health Insurance in Georgia

Georgia - State Diabetes Insurance Coverage Laws

HMO Patient's Rights - In 1999, the Georgia General Assembly passed House Bill 732, giving members of HMOs the right to appeal decisions that deny coverage for medical services.

Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) - Designed to make it easier for people to keep health insurance, and help the industry control administrative costs.

Georgia has mandated coverage for diabetes care.

Summary of Provisions

Requirement related to diabetes? Yes
Diabetes Education services covered? Yes
Medical nutritional therapy covered? Yes
Diabetes supplies covered? Yes
Specified supplies covered? Yes
§ 33-24-59.2 - as amended by H 1492 - 2002 law - Changes law to a mandate for coverage, effective July 1, 2002. "...shall provide coverage for medically necessary equipment, supplies, pharmacologic agents, and outpatient self-management training and education, including medical nutrition therapy, for individuals with insulin-dependent diabetes, insulin-using diabetes, gestational diabetes, and noninsulin-using diabetes who adhere to the prognosis and treatment regimen prescribed by a physician." An earlier 1998 law required only an offer of coverage for medically necessary equipment, supplies, pharmacological agents and out-patient self-therapy prescribed by a physician