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4.7 KiB
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| Bill | Drug Abuse Treatment and Education Programs; patient brokering; prohibit; definitions; exceptions; penalties; provide | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 5 of Title 26 of the O.C.G.A., relating to drug abuse treatment and education programs, so as to prohibit patient brokering; to provide for definitions; to provide for exceptions; to provide for penalties; to provide for enforcement; to provide for venue; to provide for reasonable expenses; to provide for cumulative actions; to amend Chapter 1 of Title 33 of the O.C.G.A., relating to general provisions regarding insurance, so as to provide that excessive, fraudulent, or high-tech drug testing of certain individuals is considered a fraudulent insurance act; to provide for investigation by the Commissioner of Insurance; to provide for penalties; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | us/states/ga | Georgia General Assembly | 2021_22 | SB 4 | Georgia SB 4 (2021_22) |
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Georgia SB 4 (2021_22) — Drug Abuse Treatment and Education Programs; patient brokering; prohibit; definitions; exceptions; penalties; provide
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 5 of Title 26 of the O.C.G.A., relating to drug abuse treatment and education programs, so as to prohibit patient brokering; to provide for definitions; to provide for exceptions; to provide for penalties; to provide for enforcement; to provide for venue; to provide for reasonable expenses; to provide for cumulative actions; to amend Chapter 1 of Title 33 of the O.C.G.A., relating to general provisions regarding insurance, so as to provide that excessive, fraudulent, or high-tech drug testing of certain individuals is considered a fraudulent insurance act; to provide for investigation by the Commissioner of Insurance; to provide for penalties; 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.
- As introduced LC 33 8467 (committee substitute) — source
- As passed Senate (committee substitute) — source
- LC 33 8708S/hss (committee substitute) — source
- SB 4/AP* (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- PASSAGE — 52–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- Ben Watson — primary (person)
- Dean Burke — primary (person)
- Kay Kirkpatrick — primary (person)
- Michael 'Doc' Rhett — primary (person)
- Randy Robertson — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2021-01-12 Senate Hopper
- 2021-01-13 Senate Read and Referred
referral-committee - 2021-02-04 Senate Committee Favorably Reported
committee-passage-favorable - 2021-02-08 Senate Read Second Time
reading-2 - 2021-02-09 Senate Third Read
reading-3 - 2021-02-09 Senate Passed/Adopted
passage - 2021-02-10 House First Readers
reading-1 - 2021-02-11 House Second Readers
reading-2 - 2021-03-03 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
committee-passage-favorable - 2021-03-11 House Third Readers
reading-3 - 2021-03-11 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute
passage - 2021-03-23 Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
- 2021-04-07 Senate Sent to Governor
executive-receipt - 2021-05-04 Senate Date Signed by Governor
executive-signature - 2021-05-04 Act 205
executive-signature - 2021-07-01 Effective Date
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c130461b-ccfc-48de-9b21-4b1d1fef9858. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).