republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2013-14/hb-499.md

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Bill	Torts; payor guidelines and criteria under federal law shall not establish legal basis for negligence or standard of care for medical malpractice; provide	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 1 of Title 51 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions for torts, so as to provide that payor guidelines and criteria under federal law shall not establish a legal basis for negligence or a standard of care for medical malpractice; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2013_14	HB 499	Georgia HB 499 (2013_14)	bill		enacted	Andrew Welch Bruce Williamson Buzz Brockway Donna Sheldon Edward Lindsey Mike Jacobs	4	17	1	2013-02-26	2013-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/ee3b8943-54cf-42d2-9cf6-a603fb950009	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	888ad760d4448bdafcde0c9c2f63233325c2c043c046312312b282317c1fb13b	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 499 (2013_14) — Torts; payor guidelines and criteria under federal law shall not establish legal basis for negligence or standard of care for medical malpractice; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 1 of Title 51 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions for torts, so as to provide that payor guidelines and criteria under federal law shall not establish a legal basis for negligence or a standard of care for medical malpractice; 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 499/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 29 5606S/hcs (committee substitute) — source
3. LC 29 5606S/hs (committee substitute) — source
4. LC 33 5105/a (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE — 134–35 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Andrew Welch — primary (person)
• Bruce Williamson — primary (person)
• Buzz Brockway — primary (person)
• Donna Sheldon — primary (person)
• Edward Lindsey — primary (person)
• Mike Jacobs — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2013-02-26 House Hopper
• 2013-02-27 House First Readers reading-1
• 2013-02-28 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2013-03-05 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2013-03-07 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2013-03-07 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2013-03-11 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2013-03-25 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2013-03-25 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2013-03-26 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2013-03-26 Senate Tabled
• 2013-03-28 Senate Taken from Table
• 2013-03-28 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2013-04-04 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2013-05-06 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2013-05-06 Act 193 executive-signature
• 2013-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ee3b8943-54cf-42d2-9cf6-a603fb950009. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).