republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2021-22/hb-454.md

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Bill	Insurance; certain coverage requirements concerning providers that become out-of-network during a plan year; provide	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 33-20C-2 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to online provider directories, so as to provide for certain coverage requirements concerning providers that become out-of-network during a plan year; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2021_22	HB 454	Georgia HB 454 (2021_22)	bill		enacted	Houston Gaines Lee Hawkins Mark Newton Matt Hatchett Sharon Cooper	11	19	1	2021-02-11	2021-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/10e19630-9aab-4e11-8c79-122f529335c7	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	7d95399aed1b515b704128a130294308348e417752b1a545bc299cc9ab0ecd58	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 454 (2021_22) — Insurance; certain coverage requirements concerning providers that become out-of-network during a plan year; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 33-20C-2 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to online provider directories, so as to provide for certain coverage requirements concerning providers that become out-of-network during a plan year; 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 454/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 33 8573/a (committee substitute) — source
3. LC 33 8735S/rcs (committee substitute) — source
4. SCSFA to HB 454 (committee substitute) — source
5. Sen ctee sub LC 33 8799S (committee substitute) — source
6. Sen ctee sub LC 33 8822S (committee substitute) — source
7. Sen floor amend 1 (committee substitute) — source
8. Sen floor amend 2 (committee substitute) — source
9. Sen floor amend 3 (committee substitute) — source
10. Sen floor amend 4 AM 33 1979 (committee substitute) — source
11. Sen floor amend 5 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE — 173–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Houston Gaines — primary (person)
• Lee Hawkins — primary (person)
• Mark Newton — primary (person)
• Matt Hatchett — primary (person)
• Sharon Cooper — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-02-11 House Hopper
• 2021-02-16 House First Readers reading-1
• 2021-02-17 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2021-02-25 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-03-08 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2021-03-08 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2021-03-09 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2021-03-25 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-03-25 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2021-03-29 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-03-29 Senate Tabled
• 2021-03-31 Senate Taken from Table
• 2021-03-31 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2021-03-31 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2021-03-31 House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
• 2021-04-07 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2021-05-04 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2021-05-04 Act 195 executive-signature
• 2021-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/10e19630-9aab-4e11-8c79-122f529335c7. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).