Georgia House Bill 965 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 5-2)
Status: Passed on April 27 2016 - 100% progression
Action: 2016-07-01 - Effective Date
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [PDF]

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 24 of Title 33 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general insurance provisions, so as to provide that no health benefit plan shall require an insured to fail to successfully respond to a drug or drugs for stage four advanced, metastatic cancer prior to the approval of a drug prescribed by his or her physician; to provide for definitions; to provide for a short title; to provide for legislative findings and intent; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

"The Honorable Jimmy Carter Cancer Treatment Access Act"; enact

Rep. Mike Cheokas [R]	Rep. Jon Burns [R]	Rep. Calvin Smyre [D]	Rep. Dee Dawkins-Haigler [D]
Rep. Gerald Greene [R]	Rep. Amy Carter [R]	Sen. Charlie Bethel [R]

2016-03-14 - Senate - Senate Vote #591 (Y: 53 N: 1 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2016-02-22 - House - House Vote #574 (Y: 166 N: 0 NV: 8 Abs: 6) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-07-01		Effective Date
2016-04-27		Act 489
2016-04-27	House	House Date Signed by Governor
2016-03-28	House	House Sent to Governor
2016-03-14	Senate	Senate Passed/Adopted
2016-03-14	Senate	Senate Third Read
2016-03-11	Senate	Senate Read Second Time
2016-03-10	Senate	Senate Committee Favorably Reported
2016-02-23	Senate	Senate Read and Referred
2016-02-22	House	House Passed/Adopted
2016-02-22	House	House Third Readers
2016-02-17	House	House Committee Favorably Reported
2016-02-11	House	House Second Readers
2016-02-10	House	House First Readers
2016-02-09	House	House Hopper

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/48268
Text	https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20152016/156998
Text	https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20152016/160507
Roll Call	https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/48268#14015
Roll Call	https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/48268#14290