Georgia Senate Bill 4

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 4-1)
Status: Introduced on January 12 2021 - 25% progression
Action: 2021-01-13 - Senate Read and Referred
Pending: Senate Health and Human Services Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 5 of Title 26 of the O.C.G.A., relating to drug abuse treatment and education programs, so as to prohibit patient brokering; to provide for definitions; to provide for exceptions; to provide for penalties; to provide for enforcement; to provide for venue; to provide for reasonable expenses; to provide for cumulative actions; to amend Chapter 1 of Title 33 of the O.C.G.A., relating to general provisions regarding insurance, so as to provide that excessive, fraudulent, or high-tech drug testing of certain individuals is considered a fraudulent insurance act; to provide for investigation by the Commissioner of Insurance; to provide for penalties; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Drug Abuse Treatment and Education Programs; patient brokering; prohibit; definitions; exceptions; penalties; provide

Sen. Kay Kirkpatrick [R]	Sen. Randy Robertson [R]	Sen. Michael Rhett [D]	Sen. Dean Burke [R]
Sen. Ben Watson [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2021-01-13	Senate	Senate Read and Referred
2021-01-12	Senate	Senate Hopper

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/58874
Text	https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20212022/195664