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| Bill | Unfair Trade Practices; health care insurer from requiring an ophthalmologist or optometrist to extend any discounts on services that are not covered eye care services; prohibit | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 33-6-4 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the enumeration of unfair methods of competition and unfair or deceptive acts or practices and penalty, so as to prohibit a health care insurer from requiring an ophthalmologist or optometrist to extend any discounts on services that are not covered eye care services in order to receive increased payments, better reimbursements, preferential treatment, or any other benefit; 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 | 2023_24 | SB 27 | Georgia SB 27 (2023_24) |
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3 | 15 | 2 | 2023-01-26 | 2023-07-01 | openstates | ocd-bill/b5ec8774-5b45-40be-afea-f43bdef30556 | http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl | d4fef9412d4896e6676a9ca5d21936e083cdaa6934372fa90f9f6e5b7cc2d292 | 2026-07-01 | https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump | 2026-07-06 | reported |
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Georgia SB 27 (2023_24) — Unfair Trade Practices; health care insurer from requiring an ophthalmologist or optometrist to extend any discounts on services that are not covered eye care services; prohibit
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 33-6-4 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the enumeration of unfair methods of competition and unfair or deceptive acts or practices and penalty, so as to prohibit a health care insurer from requiring an ophthalmologist or optometrist to extend any discounts on services that are not covered eye care services in order to receive increased payments, better reimbursements, preferential treatment, or any other benefit; 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.
- As introduced LC 52 0199 (committee substitute) — source
- As passed Senate (committee substitute) — source
- SB 27/AP* (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- House Vote #232 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 167–0 (pass) · lower
- Senate Vote #44 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 51–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- Brandon Beach — primary (person)
- Colton Moore — primary (person)
- David Lucas — primary (person)
- Derek Mallow — primary (person)
- Ed Harbison — primary (person)
- Jason Esteves — primary (person)
- Lee Anderson — primary (person)
- Matt Brass — primary (person)
- Max Burns — primary (person)
- Mike Dugan — primary (person)
- Nabilah Islam Parkes — primary (person)
- Randy Robertson — primary (person)
- Rick Williams — primary (person)
- Russ Goodman — primary (person)
- Shawn Still — primary (person)
- Sheikh Rahman — primary (person)
- Sonya Halpern — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2023-01-26 Senate Hopper
introduction - 2023-01-30 Senate Read and Referred
referral-committee - 2023-02-09 Senate Committee Favorably Reported
committee-passage-favorable - 2023-02-13 Senate Read Second Time
reading-2 - 2023-02-14 Senate Third Read
reading-3 - 2023-02-14 Senate Passed/Adopted
passage - 2023-02-15 House First Readers
reading-1 - 2023-02-16 House Second Readers
reading-2 - 2023-02-22 House Committee Favorably Reported
committee-passage-favorable - 2023-03-14 House Third Readers
reading-3 - 2023-03-14 House Passed/Adopted
passage - 2023-04-05 Senate Sent to Governor
executive-receipt - 2023-05-02 Senate Date Signed by Governor
executive-signature - 2023-05-02 Act 234
executive-signature - 2023-07-01 Effective Date
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b5ec8774-5b45-40be-afea-f43bdef30556. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).