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---
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Medicaid Claims; false or fraudulent; recover the maximum penalty authorized by federal law; increase the civil penalties"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 49-4-168.1 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to civil penalties for false or fraudulent Medicaid claims, so as to increase the civil penalties that shall be imposed in order to allow this state to recover the maximum penalty authorized by federal law; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
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legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
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session: "2017_18"
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identifier: "SB 321"
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citation: "Georgia SB 321 (2017_18)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Bill Cowsert", "Blake Tillery", "Elena Parent", "Jeff Mullis", "Jesse Stone"]
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version_count: 0
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action_count: 16
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2018-01-10"
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last_action: "2018-05-03"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cc5511ba-048e-44a0-a655-8970c912154d"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "cef3007c673757d203a2d0d61fd90b8b5ea9ec9a10dc1ce53774e624276c7c53"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ga"]
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---
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# Georgia SB 321 (2017_18) — Medicaid Claims; false or fraudulent; recover the maximum penalty authorized by federal law; increase the civil penalties
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 49-4-168.1 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to civil penalties for false or fraudulent Medicaid claims, so as to increase the civil penalties that shall be imposed in order to allow this state to recover the maximum penalty authorized by federal law; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE BY SUBSTITUTE — **51–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Bill Cowsert — primary (person)
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- Blake Tillery — primary (person)
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- Elena Parent — primary (person)
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- Jeff Mullis — primary (person)
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- Jesse Stone — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2018-01-10** Senate Hopper
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- **2018-01-11** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2018-01-23** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2018-01-24** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2018-01-30** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2018-01-30** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2018-01-31** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2018-02-01** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2018-03-07** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2018-03-15** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2018-03-15** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2018-03-29** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
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- **2018-04-05** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2018-05-03** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2018-05-03** Act 352 `executive-signature`
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- **2018-05-03** Effective Date
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cc5511ba-048e-44a0-a655-8970c912154d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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