republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2021-22/sb-341.md

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Bill	Healthcare Services; guidelines for the prior authorization of a prescribed medication for chronic conditions requiring ongoing medication therapy; provide	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 46 of Title 33 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the prior authorizations of healthcare services, so as to provide guidelines for the prior authorization of a prescribed medication for chronic conditions requiring ongoing medication therapy under certain circumstances; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date and applicability; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2021_22	SB 341	Georgia SB 341 (2021_22)	bill		enacted	Ben Watson Bill Cowsert Billy Hickman Brian Strickland Chuck Payne Chuck Hufstetler Dean Burke Ed Harbison Freddie Powell Sims Gloria Butler John Kennedy Kay Kirkpatrick Kim Jackson Larry Walker, III Max Burns Michael 'Doc' Rhett Michelle Au Mike Dugan	4	15	1	2022-01-14	2023-01-01	openstates	ocd-bill/d211ce21-a590-4481-91d4-88dcc32d3929	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	8fe3f2f5e48314fff0214c90a2c360550e6d31a6fc29940f29ecb4d4c53cb05a	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia SB 341 (2021_22) — Healthcare Services; guidelines for the prior authorization of a prescribed medication for chronic conditions requiring ongoing medication therapy; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 46 of Title 33 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the prior authorizations of healthcare services, so as to provide guidelines for the prior authorization of a prescribed medication for chronic conditions requiring ongoing medication therapy under certain circumstances; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date and applicability; 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 52 0011 (committee substitute) — source
2. As passed Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. Committee sub LC 0066S (committee substitute) — source
4. SB 341/AP* (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE BY SUBSTITUTE — 52–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Ben Watson — primary (person)
• Bill Cowsert — primary (person)
• Billy Hickman — primary (person)
• Brian Strickland — primary (person)
• Chuck Payne — primary (person)
• Chuck Hufstetler — primary (person)
• Dean Burke — primary (person)
• Ed Harbison — primary (person)
• Freddie Powell Sims — primary (person)
• Gloria Butler — primary (person)
• John Kennedy — primary (person)
• Kay Kirkpatrick — primary (person)
• Kim Jackson — primary (person)
• Larry Walker, III — primary (person)
• Max Burns — primary (person)
• Michael 'Doc' Rhett — primary (person)
• Michelle Au — primary (person)
• Mike Dugan — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2022-01-14 Senate Hopper
• 2022-01-24 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2022-02-02 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-02-03 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2022-02-14 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2022-02-14 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2022-02-15 House First Readers reading-1
• 2022-02-17 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2022-03-15 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-03-23 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2022-03-23 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2022-04-07 Senate Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2022-05-06 Senate Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2022-05-06 Act 830 executive-signature
• 2023-01-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d211ce21-a590-4481-91d4-88dcc32d3929. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).