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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Insurance; health care provider to respond to a private review agent or utility review entity's attempt to discuss the patient's care; detail the effort"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 33-46-6 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to requirements for certification, utilization of nationally recognized accreditation standards, and website identifying nationally recognized accreditation entities, so as to detail the effort that shall be made by treating health care provider to respond to a private review agent or utility review entity's attempt to reach such provider to discuss the patient's care; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date and applicability; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
+legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
+session: "2025_26"
+identifier: "HB 197"
+citation: "Georgia HB 197 (2025_26)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["INSURANCE"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Deborah Silcox", "Lee Hawkins", "Mark Newton", "Michelle Au", "Sharon Cooper", "Trey Kelley"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 20
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2025-01-30"
+last_action: "2026-01-01"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/041d5428-6d85-4a62-a80c-0e8d22c382c7"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "021c27398a7815a34ae685691c236104a94b2b9188723b86df6d81ea070d0ad9"
+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 197 (2025_26) — Insurance; health care provider to respond to a private review agent or utility review entity's attempt to discuss the patient's care; detail the effort
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 33-46-6 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to requirements for certification, utilization of nationally recognized accreditation standards, and website identifying nationally recognized accreditation entities, so as to detail the effort that shall be made by treating health care provider to respond to a private review agent or utility review entity's attempt to reach such provider to discuss the patient's care; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date and applicability; 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 197/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/239305.pdf)
+2. **LC 46 1010/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/230873.pdf)
+3. **Sen Ctee sub LC 46 1247S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/238222.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- House Vote #413 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **162–0** (pass) · lower
+- House Vote #153 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **174–0** (pass) · lower
+- Senate Vote #433 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **53–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Deborah Silcox — primary (person)
+- Lee Hawkins — primary (person)
+- Mark Newton — primary (person)
+- Michelle Au — primary (person)
+- Sharon Cooper — 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 `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-03-04** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2025-03-04** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2025-03-06** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2025-03-18** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-03-20** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
+- **2025-03-28** Senate Recommitted `referral-committee`
+- **2025-03-31** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-04-02** Senate Tabled
+- **2025-04-02** Senate Taken from Table
+- **2025-04-02** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
+- **2025-04-02** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
+- **2025-04-04** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
+- **2025-04-09** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-05-14** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2025-05-14** Act 303 `executive-signature`
+- **2026-01-01** Effective Date
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/041d5428-6d85-4a62-a80c-0e8d22c382c7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+