---
type: "Bill"
title: "Insurance; imposing a copayment, coinsurance, or office visit charge in an amount greater than charges imposed for physician; prohibit"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 24 of Title 33 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions regarding insurance generally, so as to prohibit certain insurers from imposing a copayment, coinsurance, or office visit charge in an amount greater than such charges imposed for physician or osteopath services to an insured for services rendered by a physical therapist, occupational therapist, or chiropractor; to provide for a definition; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2019_20"
identifier: "SB 28"
citation: "Georgia SB 28 (2019_20)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chuck Hufstetler", "Ed Harbison", "John Albers", "Lester Jackson", "Sheikh Rahman"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 16
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-01-17"
last_action: "2021-01-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7534818b-cc98-49b3-992d-acc6418207af"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "8484e97c840bb7bef66b3b3fa77b1167787a14ebc536c7bbbf3afbf5314d6293"
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 28 (2019_20) — Insurance; imposing a copayment, coinsurance, or office visit charge in an amount greater than charges imposed for physician; prohibit

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 24 of Title 33 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions regarding insurance generally, so as to prohibit certain insurers from imposing a copayment, coinsurance, or office visit charge in an amount greater than such charges imposed for physician or osteopath services to an insured for services rendered by a physical therapist, occupational therapist, or chiropractor; to provide for a definition; 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 41 1678** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/179664.pdf)
2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/192939.pdf)
3. **Committee sub LC 34 5652S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/192275.pdf)
4. **SB28/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/194772.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE BY SUBSTITUTE — **52–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Chuck Hufstetler — primary (person)
- Ed Harbison — primary (person)
- John Albers — primary (person)
- Lester Jackson — primary (person)
- Sheikh Rahman — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-17** Senate Hopper
- **2019-01-28** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-05** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-09** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2020-03-10** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2020-03-10** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2020-03-12** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2020-03-13** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2020-06-18** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-06-23** House Postponed
- **2020-06-24** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2020-06-24** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2020-06-29** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2020-07-16** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2020-07-16** Act 472 `executive-signature`
- **2021-01-01** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7534818b-cc98-49b3-992d-acc6418207af`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).