---
type: "Bill"
title: "Surprise Billing Consumer Protection Act; a medical or traumatic condition includes a mental health condition or substance use disorder; emergency medical services include post-stabilization services; clarify"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 33 of the O.C.G.A., relating to insurance, so as to clarify that, under the Surprise Billing Consumer Protection Act, a medical or traumatic condition, sickness, or injury includes a mental health condition or substance use disorder and that emergency medical services include post-stabilization services; 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: "2021_22"
identifier: "SB 566"
citation: "Georgia SB 566 (2021_22)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ben Watson", "Bo Hatchett", "Butch Miller", "Chuck Hufstetler", "Dean Burke", "Kay Kirkpatrick", "Mike Dugan"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 16
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2022-02-28"
last_action: "2022-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e647031f-6494-4c56-bae6-cbb2484a5d66"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "db7526c7ff387599388f3e9cc293ed32dd103a27c3ae1812a90b2b8d4c2ff83f"
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 566 (2021_22) — Surprise Billing Consumer Protection Act; a medical or traumatic condition includes a mental health condition or substance use disorder; emergency medical services include post-stabilization services; clarify

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 33 of the O.C.G.A., relating to insurance, so as to clarify that, under the Surprise Billing Consumer Protection Act, a medical or traumatic condition, sickness, or injury includes a mental health condition or substance use disorder and that emergency medical services include post-stabilization services; 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. **As introduced LC 52 0101** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/207752.pdf)
2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/209295.pdf)
3. **Committee sub LC 52 0115S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/208666.pdf)
4. **LC 52 0127S/hss** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/210068.pdf)
5. **SB 566/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/211274.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE BY SUBSTITUTE — **53–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ben Watson — primary (person)
- Bo Hatchett — primary (person)
- Butch Miller — primary (person)
- Chuck Hufstetler — primary (person)
- Dean Burke — primary (person)
- Kay Kirkpatrick — primary (person)
- Mike Dugan — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-28** Senate Hopper
- **2022-03-01** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-09** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-11** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2022-03-15** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2022-03-15** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2022-03-16** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2022-03-17** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2022-03-23** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-28** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2022-03-28** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2022-03-30** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
- **2022-04-07** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-05-12** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2022-05-12** Act 867 `executive-signature`
- **2022-07-01** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e647031f-6494-4c56-bae6-cbb2484a5d66`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).