---
type: "Bill"
title: "Insurance; certain coverage requirements concerning providers that become out-of-network during a plan year; provide"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 33-20C-2 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to online provider directories, so as to provide for certain coverage requirements concerning providers that become out-of-network during a plan year; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2021_22"
identifier: "HB 454"
citation: "Georgia HB 454 (2021_22)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Houston Gaines", "Lee Hawkins", "Mark Newton", "Matt Hatchett", "Sharon Cooper"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 19
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-02-11"
last_action: "2021-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/10e19630-9aab-4e11-8c79-122f529335c7"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "7d95399aed1b515b704128a130294308348e417752b1a545bc299cc9ab0ecd58"
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 454 (2021_22) — Insurance; certain coverage requirements concerning providers that become out-of-network during a plan year; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 33-20C-2 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to online provider directories, so as to provide for certain coverage requirements concerning providers that become out-of-network during a plan year; 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 454/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/202493.pdf)
2. **LC 33 8573/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/197567.pdf)
3. **LC 33 8735S/rcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/200065.pdf)
4. **SCSFA to HB 454** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/202172.pdf)
5. **Sen ctee sub LC 33 8799S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/201346.pdf)
6. **Sen ctee sub LC 33 8822S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/201697.pdf)
7. **Sen floor amend 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/201786.pdf)
8. **Sen floor amend 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/201794.pdf)
9. **Sen floor amend 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/201883.pdf)
10. **Sen floor amend 4 AM 33 1979** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/202093.pdf)
11. **Sen floor amend 5** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/202171.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **173–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Houston Gaines — primary (person)
- Lee Hawkins — primary (person)
- Mark Newton — primary (person)
- Matt Hatchett — primary (person)
- Sharon Cooper — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-11** House Hopper
- **2021-02-16** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2021-02-17** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2021-02-25** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-08** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2021-03-08** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2021-03-09** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-25** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-25** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2021-03-29** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-29** Senate Tabled
- **2021-03-31** Senate Taken from Table
- **2021-03-31** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2021-03-31** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2021-03-31** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
- **2021-04-07** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-04** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-04** Act 195 `executive-signature`
- **2021-07-01** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/10e19630-9aab-4e11-8c79-122f529335c7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).