republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2019-20/sb-106.md

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Bill	"Patients First Act"	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 7 of Chapter 4 of Title 49 and Title 33 of the O.C.G.A., relating to medical assistance and insurance, respectively, so as to authorize the Department of Community Health to submit a Section 1115 waiver request to the United States Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services; to authorize the Governor to submit a Section 1332 innovation waiver proposal to the United States Secretaries of Health and Human Services and the Treasury; to provide for implementation of approved Section 1332 waivers; to provide for expiration of authority; to provide for legislative findings; to provide for related matters; to provide for a short title; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2019_20	SB 106	Georgia SB 106 (2019_20)	bill		enacted	Ben Watson Blake Tillery Brian Strickland Burt Jones Butch Miller Chuck Payne Chuck Hufstetler Dean Burke Ellis Black Greg Kirk Jack Hill Jeff Mullis Jesse Stone John Kennedy Kay Kirkpatrick Lee Anderson Lindsey Tippins Marty Harbin Matt Brass Mike Dugan P. K. Martin IV Randy Robertson Renee Unterman Tyler Harper William Ligon, Jr.	3	16	1	2019-02-13	2019-03-27	openstates	ocd-bill/f59b9fcf-3dc8-4d1e-91b3-119686b0d629	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	225749643347469282ef5c7fb09f3cd9e5c26e8c7390448226a97be55fb792ae	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia SB 106 (2019_20) — "Patients First Act"

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 7 of Chapter 4 of Title 49 and Title 33 of the O.C.G.A., relating to medical assistance and insurance, respectively, so as to authorize the Department of Community Health to submit a Section 1115 waiver request to the United States Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services; to authorize the Governor to submit a Section 1332 innovation waiver proposal to the United States Secretaries of Health and Human Services and the Treasury; to provide for implementation of approved Section 1332 waivers; to provide for expiration of authority; to provide for legislative findings; to provide for related matters; to provide for a short title; to provide for an effective date; 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 33 7678-EC (committee substitute) — source
2. As passed Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. SB106/AP* (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• MOTION TO ENGROSS — 35–20 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Ben Watson — primary (person)
• Blake Tillery — primary (person)
• Brian Strickland — primary (person)
• Burt Jones — primary (person)
• Butch Miller — primary (person)
• Chuck Payne — primary (person)
• Chuck Hufstetler — primary (person)
• Dean Burke — primary (person)
• Ellis Black — primary (person)
• Greg Kirk — primary (person)
• Jack Hill — primary (person)
• Jeff Mullis — primary (person)
• Jesse Stone — primary (person)
• John Kennedy — primary (person)
• Kay Kirkpatrick — primary (person)
• Lee Anderson — primary (person)
• Lindsey Tippins — primary (person)
• Marty Harbin — primary (person)
• Matt Brass — primary (person)
• Mike Dugan — primary (person)
• P. K. Martin IV — primary (person)
• Randy Robertson — primary (person)
• Renee Unterman — primary (person)
• Tyler Harper — primary (person)
• William Ligon, Jr. — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-02-13 Senate Hopper
• 2019-02-14 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2019-02-20 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-02-21 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2019-02-26 Senate Engrossed passage
• 2019-02-26 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2019-02-26 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2019-02-27 House First Readers reading-1
• 2019-02-28 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2019-03-21 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-03-25 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2019-03-25 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2019-03-26 Senate Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2019-03-27 Senate Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2019-03-27 Act 4 executive-signature
• 2019-03-27 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f59b9fcf-3dc8-4d1e-91b3-119686b0d629. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).