---
type: "Bill"
title: "Health; provide that each medical facility make a good faith application; TRICARE network"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 7 of Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to regulation of hospitals and related institutions, so as to provide that each medical facility shall make a good faith application to the southern regional TRICARE managed care support coordinator to join the TRICARE network; to provide for oversight; 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: "SB 391"
citation: "Georgia SB 391 (2013_14)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Don Balfour", "Ed Harbison", "Hardie Davis", "Hunter Hill", "Mike Dugan"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 23
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2014-02-18"
last_action: "2014-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cde66130-edf9-4023-9ee4-0e3b20ab16b1"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "45158d41e04a0f216659c41735d842da99396e347bdd2d683b06e59c3a6a4839"
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 SB 391 (2013_14) — Health; provide that each medical facility make a good faith application; TRICARE network

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 7 of Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to regulation of hospitals and related institutions, so as to provide that each medical facility shall make a good faith application to the southern regional TRICARE managed care support coordinator to join the TRICARE network; to provide for oversight; 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. **As introduced LC 21 2438** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/139984.pdf)
2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/141788.pdf)
3. **CCR to SB 391 LC 33 5663S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/144861.pdf)
4. **Committee sub LC 37 1749S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/141384.pdf)
5. **Floor amend 1 AM 37 0235** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/141856.pdf)
6. **SB 391/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/145096.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE BY SUBSTITUTE — **48–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Don Balfour — primary (person)
- Ed Harbison — primary (person)
- Hardie Davis — primary (person)
- Hunter Hill — primary (person)
- Mike Dugan — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2014-02-18** Senate Hopper
- **2014-02-19** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2014-02-25** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2014-02-26** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2014-03-03** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2014-03-03** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2014-03-04** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2014-03-05** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2014-03-11** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2014-03-18** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2014-03-18** House Tabled
- **2014-03-20** House Taken from Table
- **2014-03-20** House Passed/Adopted As Amended `passage`
- **2014-03-20** Senate Disagreed House Amend or Sub
- **2014-03-20** House Insisted
- **2014-03-20** Senate Conference Committee Appointed 9th, 54th, 8th
- **2014-03-20** House Conference Committee Appointed 150th, 14th, 166th
- **2014-03-20** House Conference Committee Report Adopted
- **2014-03-20** Senate Conference Committee Report Adopted
- **2014-03-31** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2014-04-15** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2014-04-15** Act 484 `executive-signature`
- **2014-07-01** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cde66130-edf9-4023-9ee4-0e3b20ab16b1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).