Medical Assistance; provisions to comply with federal law; revise

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 49-4-148 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to recovery of medical assistance from third party liable for sickness, injury, disease, or disability, so as to revise certain provisions to comply with federal law; to bar liable third-party payers from refusing payment solely because a health care item or service did not receive prior authorization; to require a third-party payer to respond to a state inquiry regarding a health care claim within 90 days; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.