A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 33 of the O.C.G.A., relating to insurance, so as to provide for certain consumer protections against surprise billing; to provide for a short title; to provide for applicability; to provide for definitions; to provide mechanisms to resolve payment disputes between insurers and out-of-network providers regarding the provision of healthcare services; to require the department to provide for the maintenance of an all-payer health claims data base; to provide for in-network cost-sharing amounts in healthcare plan contracts; to establish an arbitration process; to require the Commissioner of Insurance to contract with one or more resolution organizations; to require the promulgation of department rules; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Sponsored bills
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 50-16-34 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to powers and duties of State Properties Commission generally, so as to allow the commission to use an opinion of value in the valuation of state property where a conveyance of the property by the state is for the sole and direct benefit to the state; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 6 of Title 16, Article 2 of Chapter 3 of Title 35, Article 3 of Chapter 5 of Title 42, and Article 1 of Chapter 2 of Title 49 of the O.C.G.A., relating to sexual offenses, the Georgia Crime Information Center, conditions of detention generally, and general provisions regarding the Department of Human Services, respectively, so as to provide for the offenses of improper sexual conduct by a foster parent in the first and second degrees; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 24-5-510 and Article 8 of Chapter 2 of Title 35 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to privileged communications between law enforcement officers and peer counselors and Office of Public Safety Officer Support, respectively, so as to change the name of the Office of Public Safety Officer Support; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Sections 16-5-46 and 40-5-151 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to trafficking of persons for labor or sexual servitude and disqualification from driving a commercial motor vehicle and action required after suspending, revoking, or canceling license or nonresident privileges, respectively, so as to provide for a lifetime disqualification from operating a commercial motor vehicle by persons convicted of trafficking other persons for labor or sexual servitude while using a commercial motor vehicle; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date and applicability; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to education, so as to revise the "Move on When Ready Act" and dual credit course; to revise a short title; to provide for certain covered dual credit courses; to provide for certain covered eligible high school students; to provide for maximum covered hours; to provide for high school students to take noncovered dual credit courses at their own expense or with lottery funds; to provide for responsibilities of the commission; to provide for counseling by the postsecondary institution; to provide for application to HOPE scholarship and grant caps; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date and applicability; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 45-9-85 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to payment of indemnification for death or disability, procedure for making payments, and appeal, so as to revise when dependents qualify for a payment of indemnification for death under the Georgia State Indemnification Fund; to provide for related matters; to provide for applicability; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act providing for the election of the members of the board of education of Columbia County, approved March 21, 1968 (Ga. L. 1968, p. 2708), as amended, particularly by an Act approved April 19, 2000 (Ga. L. 2000, p. 4274), so as to modify the compensation of the members of the board of education; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
A RESOLUTION recognizing and honoring Dr. Joseph Hobbs, longtime chair of the Department of Family Medicine, for his contributions to the Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University and to the State of Georgia; and for other purposes.
A RESOLUTION recognizing and honoring Dr. Joseph Hobbs, longtime chair of the Department of Family Medicine, for his contributions to the Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University and to the State of Georgia; and for other purposes.