Recovery of Medical Assistance from Third Party; certain provisions to comply with federal law; revise
Introduced
Moved
Reached a final decision
Became law
Derived from the official record below.
Officially: “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;” Read the full text
2025-2026 regular session
What it does
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 healthcare item or service did not receive prior authorization; to require a third-party payer to respond to an inquiry from the Department of Commun
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Where it is
Senate Hopper · Feb 26, 2025
Senate Read and Referred · Feb 27, 2025
Senate Committee Favorably Reported · Mar 3, 2025
Senate Read Second Time · Mar 4, 2025
Senate Third Read · Mar 6, 2025
Senate Passed/Adopted · Mar 6, 2025
House First Readers · Mar 10, 2025
House Second Readers · Mar 11, 2025
House Committee Favorably Reported · Mar 13, 2025
House Third Readers · Mar 18, 2025
House Passed/Adopted · Mar 18, 2025
Senate Sent to Governor · Apr 7, 2025
Senate Date Signed by Governor · May 14, 2025
Act 297 · May 14, 2025
Effective Date · Jul 1, 2025
The numbers
11
sponsors on the bill
Sponsors
Echols, DrewStrickland, BrianHatchett, BoHufstetler, ChuckTillery, BlakeWatson, BenBearden, TimothyKennedy, John F.Kirkpatrick, KayStill, ShawnGambill, Matthew
Recorded votes
PASSAGEHouse · 2025-03-18 · yea 168, nay 2, notVoting 5, excused 5
PASSAGESenate · 2025-03-06 · yea 54, nay 1, notVoting 0, excused 1
Roll-call results shown verbatim from the Georgia legislature’s records. A result reflects that roll call’s own motion, not the bill’s overall outcome.
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