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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Torts; payor guidelines and criteria under federal law shall not establish legal basis for negligence or standard of care for medical malpractice; provide"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 1 of Title 51 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions for torts, so as to provide that payor guidelines and criteria under federal law shall not establish a legal basis for negligence or a standard of care for medical malpractice; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
+legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
+session: "2013_14"
+identifier: "HB 499"
+citation: "Georgia HB 499 (2013_14)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Andrew Welch", "Bruce Williamson", "Buzz Brockway", "Donna Sheldon", "Edward Lindsey", "Mike Jacobs"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 17
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2013-02-26"
+last_action: "2013-07-01"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ee3b8943-54cf-42d2-9cf6-a603fb950009"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "888ad760d4448bdafcde0c9c2f63233325c2c043c046312312b282317c1fb13b"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ga"]
+---
+
+# Georgia HB 499 (2013_14) — Torts; payor guidelines and criteria under federal law shall not establish legal basis for negligence or standard of care for medical malpractice; provide
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 1 of Title 51 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions for torts, so as to provide that payor guidelines and criteria under federal law shall not establish a legal basis for negligence or a standard of care for medical malpractice; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **HB 499/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/137102.pdf)
+2. **LC 29 5606S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/134029.pdf)
+3. **LC 29 5606S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/133382.pdf)
+4. **LC 33 5105/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/132492.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **134–35** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Andrew Welch — primary (person)
+- Bruce Williamson — primary (person)
+- Buzz Brockway — primary (person)
+- Donna Sheldon — primary (person)
+- Edward Lindsey — primary (person)
+- Mike Jacobs — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2013-02-26** House Hopper
+- **2013-02-27** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2013-02-28** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2013-03-05** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2013-03-07** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2013-03-07** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
+- **2013-03-11** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2013-03-25** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2013-03-25** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
+- **2013-03-26** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
+- **2013-03-26** Senate Tabled
+- **2013-03-28** Senate Taken from Table
+- **2013-03-28** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2013-04-04** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2013-05-06** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2013-05-06** Act 193 `executive-signature`
+- **2013-07-01** Effective Date
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ee3b8943-54cf-42d2-9cf6-a603fb950009`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+