republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2019-20/sb-184.md

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Bill	State Employees' Health Insurance Plan; services covered and furnished by a federally qualified health center are reimbursed at no less than the Medicare maximum; provide	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 1 of Article 1 of Chapter 18 of Title 45 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the state employees' health insurance plan, so as to provide that services covered under the state health benefit plan and furnished by a federally qualified health center are reimbursed at no less than the Medicare maximum allowable reimbursement rate; to provide for definitions; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2019_20	SB 184	Georgia SB 184 (2019_20)	bill		enacted	Ben Watson Bruce Thompson Burt Jones Butch Miller Chuck Payne Chuck Hufstetler Dean Burke Emanuel Jones Frank Ginn Freddie Sims Greg Kirk Jack Hill Jeff Mullis John Kennedy John Wilkinson Kay Kirkpatrick Larry Walker, III Lee Anderson Lester Jackson Marty Harbin Matt Brass Mike Dugan Nan Orrock Randy Robertson Steve Gooch Steve Henson Tyler Harper William Ligon, Jr.	4	15	1	2019-02-25	2019-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/e63f1775-9825-49c8-9fbb-b25ef462f45b	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	658804962afd3524f9daf7d5cbb4c1d860b36b32b59fd45e3e02681d165294c5	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia SB 184 (2019_20) — State Employees' Health Insurance Plan; services covered and furnished by a federally qualified health center are reimbursed at no less than the Medicare maximum; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 1 of Article 1 of Chapter 18 of Title 45 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the state employees' health insurance plan, so as to provide that services covered under the state health benefit plan and furnished by a federally qualified health center are reimbursed at no less than the Medicare maximum allowable reimbursement rate; to provide for definitions; 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 33 7782 (committee substitute) — source
2. As passed Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. Committee sub LC 33 7845S (committee substitute) — source
4. SB184/AP* (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE BY SUBSTITUTE — 53–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Ben Watson — primary (person)
• Bruce Thompson — primary (person)
• Burt Jones — primary (person)
• Butch Miller — primary (person)
• Chuck Payne — primary (person)
• Chuck Hufstetler — primary (person)
• Dean Burke — primary (person)
• Emanuel Jones — primary (person)
• Frank Ginn — primary (person)
• Freddie Sims — primary (person)
• Greg Kirk — primary (person)
• Jack Hill — primary (person)
• Jeff Mullis — primary (person)
• John Kennedy — primary (person)
• John Wilkinson — primary (person)
• Kay Kirkpatrick — primary (person)
• Larry Walker, III — primary (person)
• Lee Anderson — primary (person)
• Lester Jackson — primary (person)
• Marty Harbin — primary (person)
• Matt Brass — primary (person)
• Mike Dugan — primary (person)
• Nan Orrock — primary (person)
• Randy Robertson — primary (person)
• Steve Gooch — primary (person)
• Steve Henson — primary (person)
• Tyler Harper — primary (person)
• William Ligon, Jr. — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-02-25 Senate Hopper
• 2019-02-26 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2019-02-28 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-03-01 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2019-03-05 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2019-03-05 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2019-03-07 House First Readers reading-1
• 2019-03-08 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2019-03-18 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-03-25 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2019-03-25 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2019-04-09 Senate Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2019-04-25 Senate Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2019-04-25 Act 49 executive-signature
• 2019-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e63f1775-9825-49c8-9fbb-b25ef462f45b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).