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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Insurance; insurers do not have to notify the Georgia Composite Medical Board of agreements to settle medical malpractice claims against physicians when the settlement resulted in the low payment under a high/low agreement; provide"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 3 of Title 33 of the O.C.G.A., relating to authorization and general requirements for transaction of insurance, so as to provide that insurers do not have to notify the Georgia Composite Medical Board of agreements to settle medical malpractice claims against physicians when the settlement resulted in the low payment under a high/low agreement; to amend Code Section 43-34-8 of the O.C.G.A., relating to the authority of the Georgia Composite Medical Board to refuse license, certificate, or permit or issue discipline; to amend Code Section 43-34A-3 of the O.C.G.A., relating to physician profiles; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
+legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
+session: "2019_20"
+identifier: "HB 128"
+citation: "Georgia HB 128 (2019_20)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Andrew Welch", "Barry Fleming", "Deborah Silcox", "Trey Kelley"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2019-02-05"
+last_action: "2019-07-01"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3a591002-2209-4af8-9c53-919ec02547dc"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "f0ea534e85201ed083739b47e8eed9cae879465c7923e943ed925359f38913e1"
+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 128 (2019_20) — Insurance; insurers do not have to notify the Georgia Composite Medical Board of agreements to settle medical malpractice claims against physicians when the settlement resulted in the low payment under a high/low agreement; provide
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 3 of Title 33 of the O.C.G.A., relating to authorization and general requirements for transaction of insurance, so as to provide that insurers do not have to notify the Georgia Composite Medical Board of agreements to settle medical malpractice claims against physicians when the settlement resulted in the low payment under a high/low agreement; to amend Code Section 43-34-8 of the O.C.G.A., relating to the authority of the Georgia Composite Medical Board to refuse license, certificate, or permit or issue discipline; to amend Code Section 43-34A-3 of the O.C.G.A., relating to physician profiles; 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 128/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/186260.pdf)
+2. **LC 33 7579/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/180275.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **162–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Andrew Welch — primary (person)
+- Barry Fleming — primary (person)
+- Deborah Silcox — primary (person)
+- Trey Kelley — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-02-05** House Hopper
+- **2019-02-06** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2019-02-07** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2019-02-13** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-02-15** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2019-02-15** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2019-02-19** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2019-03-18** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-03-21** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
+- **2019-03-22** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
+- **2019-03-22** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2019-04-04** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2019-05-07** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2019-05-07** Act 269 `executive-signature`
+- **2019-07-01** Effective Date
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3a591002-2209-4af8-9c53-919ec02547dc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+