---
type: "Bill"
title: "Insurance; health care provider shall choose the method of reimbursement by insurer; provide"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 24 of Title 33 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to insurance generally, so as to provide that a health care provider shall choose the method by which such provider shall be reimbursed by an insurer for health care services performed; to provide for definitions; to provide disclosure requirements for insurers; to provide enforcement powers for violations; to provide for related matters; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2017_18"
identifier: "HB 818"
citation: "Georgia HB 818 (2017_18)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Carolyn Hugley", "James Beverly", "Lee Hawkins", "Mark Newton", "Richard Smith", "Sharon Cooper"]
version_count: 0
action_count: 17
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2018-02-01"
last_action: "2019-01-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4221b3dd-71db-4668-9a78-65d1ac66fed1"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "5b6fba7ed156884eae8138143d6c50b32a0f57ac211eae38aee08ed8b06cee4a"
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 818 (2017_18) — Insurance; health care provider shall choose the method of reimbursement by insurer; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 24 of Title 33 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to insurance generally, so as to provide that a health care provider shall choose the method by which such provider shall be reimbursed by an insurer for health care services performed; to provide for definitions; to provide disclosure requirements for insurers; to provide enforcement powers for violations; to provide for related matters; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.


## Votes

- PASSAGE — **168–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Carolyn Hugley — primary (person)
- James Beverly — primary (person)
- Lee Hawkins — primary (person)
- Mark Newton — primary (person)
- Richard Smith — primary (person)
- Sharon Cooper — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-01** House Hopper
- **2018-02-05** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2018-02-06** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2018-02-21** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-23** House Withdrawn, Recommitted `withdrawal, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-26** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-28** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2018-02-28** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2018-03-01** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-14** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-15** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2018-03-27** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2018-03-27** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2018-04-03** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-05-08** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2018-05-08** Act 551 `executive-signature`
- **2019-01-01** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4221b3dd-71db-4668-9a78-65d1ac66fed1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).