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| Bill | Insurance; Georgia Telemedicine Act; modernize; Telemedicine Act the Telehealth Act; rename | 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 insurance generally, so as to modernize the Georgia Telemedicine Act; to rename the Telemedicine Act the Telehealth Act; to revise the definition of telemedicine; to provide a definition of telehealth; to prohibit insurers from requiring insureds to use telemedicine; to provide for pay equity for health care providers using telemedicine; to provide for related matters; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | us/states/ga | Georgia General Assembly | 2019_20 | SB 118 | Georgia SB 118 (2019_20) |
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4 | 16 | 1 | 2019-02-15 | 2020-01-01 | openstates | ocd-bill/796ecd6e-54a7-45d3-b837-ac6e898b1ef1 | http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl | 2654db755803715fd2ba2a1b51e9dd6839b78c598c19019bd9e529c8bf507e2f | 2026-07-01 | https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump | 2026-07-06 | reported |
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Georgia SB 118 (2019_20) — Insurance; Georgia Telemedicine Act; modernize; Telemedicine Act the Telehealth Act; rename
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 insurance generally, so as to modernize the Georgia Telemedicine Act; to rename the Telemedicine Act the Telehealth Act; to revise the definition of telemedicine; to provide a definition of telehealth; to prohibit insurers from requiring insureds to use telemedicine; to provide for pay equity for health care providers using telemedicine; to provide for related matters; to provide 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.
- As Introduced LC 46 0064 (committee substitute) — source
- As passed Senate (committee substitute) — source
- LC 46 0151S/hss (committee substitute) — source
- SB118/AP* (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- PASSAGE — 50–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- Brandon Beach — primary (person)
- Chuck Hufstetler — primary (person)
- Dean Burke — primary (person)
- Freddie Sims — primary (person)
- Gloria Butler — primary (person)
- Greg Kirk — primary (person)
- Jeff Mullis — primary (person)
- Larry Walker, III — primary (person)
- Renee Unterman — primary (person)
- Steve Gooch — primary (person)
- Steve Henson — primary (person)
- Valencia Seay — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2019-02-15 Senate Hopper
- 2019-02-19 Senate Read and Referred
referral-committee - 2019-02-22 Senate Committee Favorably Reported
committee-passage-favorable - 2019-02-25 Senate Read Second Time
reading-2 - 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 - 2019-03-13 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
committee-passage-favorable - 2019-03-26 House Third Readers
reading-3 - 2019-03-26 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute
passage - 2019-03-28 Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
- 2019-04-05 Senate Sent to Governor
executive-receipt - 2019-05-06 Senate Date Signed by Governor
executive-signature - 2019-05-06 Act 155
executive-signature - 2020-01-01 Effective Date
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/796ecd6e-54a7-45d3-b837-ac6e898b1ef1. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).