Georgia Senate Bill 118 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 6-1)
Status: Passed on May 6 2019 - 100% progression
Action: 2020-01-01 - Effective Date
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [PDF]

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 24 of Title 33 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to insurance generally, so as to modernize the Georgia Telemedicine Act; to rename the Telemedicine Act the Telehealth Act; to revise the definition of telemedicine; to provide a definition of telehealth; to prohibit insurers from requiring insureds to use telemedicine; to provide for pay equity for health care providers using telemedicine; to provide for related matters; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Insurance; Georgia Telemedicine Act; modernize; Telemedicine Act the Telehealth Act; rename

Sen. Renee Unterman [R]	Sen. Chuck Hufstetler [R]	Sen. Dean Burke [R]	Sen. Larry Walker [R]
Sen. Gregory Kirk [R]	Sen. Freddie Sims [D]	Rep. Darlene Taylor [R]

2019-03-28 - Senate - Senate Vote #308 (Y: 46 N: 1 NV: 4 Abs: 5) [PASS]
2019-03-26 - House - House Vote #306 (Y: 168 N: 1 NV: 2 Abs: 8) [PASS]
2019-02-26 - Senate - Senate Vote #64 (Y: 50 N: 0 NV: 4 Abs: 2) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-01-01		Effective Date
2019-05-06		Act 155
2019-05-06	Senate	Senate Date Signed by Governor
2019-04-05	Senate	Senate Sent to Governor
2019-03-28	Senate	Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
2019-03-26	House	House Passed/Adopted By Substitute
2019-03-26	House	House Third Readers
2019-03-13	House	House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
2019-02-28	House	House Second Readers
2019-02-27	House	House First Readers
2019-02-26	Senate	Senate Passed/Adopted
2019-02-26	Senate	Senate Third Read
2019-02-25	Senate	Senate Read Second Time
2019-02-22	Senate	Senate Committee Favorably Reported
2019-02-19	Senate	Senate Read and Referred
2019-02-15	Senate	Senate Hopper

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/55073
Text	https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20192020/181694
Text	https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20192020/182903
Text	https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20192020/184406
Text	https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20192020/186762
Roll Call	https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/55073#16600
Roll Call	https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/55073#17011
Roll Call	https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/55073#17092