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+type: "Bill"
+title: "State employees' health insurance plan; drugs dispensed for self-administration; provisions"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 1 of Article 1 of Chapter 18 of Title 45 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to state employees' health insurance plan, so as to require that drugs dispensed to a covered person for self-administration under a state health plan be reimbursed using a transparent, index based price, plus a dispensing fee; to provide for definitions; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
+legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
+session: "2025_26"
+identifier: "HB 196"
+citation: "Georgia HB 196 (2025_26)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["INSURANCE", "PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Carolyn Hugley", "Darlene Taylor", "Matt Hatchett", "Matthew Gambill", "Rick Jasperse", "Trey Kelley"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 16
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2025-01-30"
+last_action: "2025-07-01"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8657c88b-853a-4bae-aed9-3c9811d3b20f"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "88ce4ae0bcf93e337f81a1f02d782fed82e440108307242999bc8449db73b7ee"
+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 196 (2025_26) — State employees' health insurance plan; drugs dispensed for self-administration; provisions
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 1 of Article 1 of Chapter 18 of Title 45 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to state employees' health insurance plan, so as to require that drugs dispensed to a covered person for self-administration under a state health plan be reimbursed using a transparent, index based price, plus a dispensing fee; to provide for definitions; 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 196/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/238518.pdf)
+2. **LC 57 0203/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/230821.pdf)
+3. **LC 57 0229S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/233439.pdf)
+4. **LC 57 0229S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/231972.pdf)
+5. **Sen Ctee sub LC 57 0274S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/236585.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Senate Vote #299 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **55–0** (pass) · upper
+- House Vote #66 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **168–0** (pass) · lower
+- House Vote #355 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **166–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Carolyn Hugley — primary (person)
+- Darlene Taylor — primary (person)
+- Matt Hatchett — primary (person)
+- Matthew Gambill — primary (person)
+- Rick Jasperse — primary (person)
+- Trey Kelley — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-01-30** House Hopper `introduction`
+- **2025-02-03** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2025-02-04** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2025-02-11** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-02-21** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2025-02-21** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
+- **2025-02-24** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2025-03-20** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-03-21** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
+- **2025-03-27** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
+- **2025-03-27** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
+- **2025-03-31** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
+- **2025-04-07** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-05-14** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2025-05-14** Act 307 `executive-signature`
+- **2025-07-01** Effective Date
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8657c88b-853a-4bae-aed9-3c9811d3b20f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+