Georgia House Bill 523 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 3-1)
Status: Introduced on February 17 2021 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2021-02-22 - House Second Readers
Pending: House Special Committee On Access to Quality Health Care Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 1 of Title 31 and Article 1 of Chapter 24 of Title 33 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions relative to health and insurance, respectively, so as to provide good faith estimates regarding the cost of health care services; to provide for definitions; to require health care providers to provide good faith estimates of costs and fees available to consumers upon request; to require health insurers to provide good faith estimates of costs available to consumers upon request; to provide for time limits; to prohibit the limitation of disclosure by contract; to provide for construction; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Insurance; health care services; provide good faith estimates

Rep. Marvin Lim [D]

Rep. Bonnie Rich [R]

Rep. Beth Camp [R]

Rep. Leesa Hagan [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2021-02-22	House	House Second Readers
2021-02-18	House	House First Readers
2021-02-17	House	House Hopper

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/59817
Text	https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20212022/197990