Georgia House Bill 789 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 7-0)
Status: Passed on July 16 2020 - 100% progression
Action: 2020-11-01 - Effective Date
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [PDF]

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 20C of Title 33 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to accurate provider directories, so as to provide for the creation of a surprise bill rating system based upon the number of certain physician specialty groups contracted with a hospital within a health insurer's network; to provide for definitions; to provide for a requirement that insurers include hospital surprise bill ratings online and in print provider directories; to provide for a requirement that each insurer that advertises any hospital as in-network shall disclose such hospital's surprise bill rating within such advertisement; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Insurance; creation of a surprise bill rating system based upon the number of certain physician specialty groups contracted with a hospital within a health insurer's network; provide

Rep. Mark Newton [R]	Rep. Jan Jones [R]	Rep. James Hatchett [R]	Rep. Houston Gaines [R]
Rep. Marcus Wiedower [R]	Rep. Jon Burns [R]	Sen. Chuck Hufstetler [R]

2020-06-24 - House - House Vote #728 (Y: 140 N: 0 NV: 2 Abs: 38) [PASS]
2020-06-22 - Senate - Senate Vote #678 (Y: 49 N: 1 NV: 2 Abs: 3) [PASS]
2020-03-03 - House - House Vote #514 (Y: 170 N: 1 NV: 1 Abs: 8) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-11-01		Effective Date
2020-07-16		Act 475
2020-07-16	House	House Date Signed by Governor
2020-06-29	House	House Sent to Governor
2020-06-24	House	House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
2020-06-22	Senate	Senate Transmitted House
2020-06-22	Senate	Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute
2020-06-22	Senate	Senate Third Read
2020-06-19	Senate	Senate Read Second Time
2020-06-18	Senate	Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
2020-03-04	Senate	Senate Read and Referred
2020-03-03	House	House Passed/Adopted By Substitute
2020-03-03	House	House Third Readers
2020-02-04	House	House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
2020-01-28	House	House Second Readers
2020-01-27	House	House First Readers
2020-01-16	House	House Hopper

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/56746
Text	https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20192020/188103
Text	https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20192020/189347
Text	https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20192020/191939
Text	https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20192020/194283
Text	https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20192020/194809
Roll Call	https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/56746#17487
Roll Call	https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/56746#17824
Roll Call	https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/56746#17918