Georgia House Bill 248 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 5-1)
Status: Passed on May 11 2011 - 100% progression
Action: 2011-07-01 - Effective Date
Text: Latest bill text (Comm Sub) [HTML]

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 1 of Title 33 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to insurance generally, so as to provide that a health care sharing ministry which enters into a health care cost sharing arrangement with its participants shall not be considered an insurance company, health maintenance organization, or health benefit plan of any class, kind, or character and shall not be subject to any laws related to such; to provide a short title; to provide for definitions; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Health Care Sharing Ministries Freedom to Share Act; enact

Rep. Paul Battles [R]	Sen. Hardie Davis [D]	Rep. Rich Golick [R]	Rep. John Meadows [R]
Rep. Jay Neal [R]	Rep. Len Walker [R]

2011-04-14 - House - House Vote #352 - Agree Sen Sub (Y: 152 N: 10 NV: 13 Abs: 5) [PASS]
2011-04-12 - Senate - Senate Vote #325 - Passage By Substitute (Y: 52 N: 2 NV: 1 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2011-03-16 - House - House Vote #178 - Passage (Y: 170 N: 0 NV: 5 Abs: 5) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2011-07-01		Effective Date
2011-05-11		Act 86
2011-05-11		House Date Signed by Governor
2011-04-26		House Sent to Governor
2011-04-14		House Agree Senate Amend or Sub
2011-04-12		Senate Passed/Adopted
2011-04-12		Senate Third Read
2011-04-11		Senate Read Second Time
2011-04-11		Senate Committee Favorably Reported
2011-03-16		Senate Read and Referred
2011-03-16		House Passed/Adopted
2011-03-16		House Third Readers
2011-03-14		House Postponed
2011-02-24		House Committee Favorably Reported
2011-02-16		House Second Readers
2011-02-15		House First Readers

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/32681
Text	http://www1.legis.ga.gov/legis/2011_12/versions/hb248_LC_37_1142_a_2.htm
Text	http://www1.legis.ga.gov/legis/2011_12/versions/hb248_Sen_ctee_sub_LC_37_1222S_4.htm
Text	http://www1.legis.ga.gov/legis/2011_12/versions/hb248_HB_248_APP_5.htm
Roll Call	http://www1.legis.ga.gov/legis/2011_12/votes/hv0178.htm
Roll Call	http://www1.legis.ga.gov/legis/2011_12/votes/sv0325.htm
Roll Call	http://www1.legis.ga.gov/legis/2011_12/votes/hv0352.htm