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Bill Private Review Agents; health insurers to implement and maintain a program that allows for the selective application of reductions in prior authorization requirements; provide A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 46 of Title 33 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to certification of private review agents, so as to provide for health insurers to implement and maintain a program that allows for the selective application of reductions in prior authorization requirements under certain circumstances; to provide for an annual filing; to provide for the promulgation of rules and regulations; 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 2025_26 SB 5 Georgia SB 5 (2025_26)
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Ben Watson
Chuck Hufstetler
Ed Harbison
Kay Kirkpatrick
Larry Walker, III
Michael 'Doc' Rhett
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Georgia SB 5 (2025_26) — Private Review Agents; health insurers to implement and maintain a program that allows for the selective application of reductions in prior authorization requirements; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 46 of Title 33 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to certification of private review agents, so as to provide for health insurers to implement and maintain a program that allows for the selective application of reductions in prior authorization requirements under certain circumstances; to provide for an annual filing; to provide for the promulgation of rules and regulations; 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 0590 (committee substitute) — source
  2. As passed Senate (committee substitute) — source
  3. LC 52 0855S/hrcs (committee substitute) — source
  4. LC 52 0856S/hss (committee substitute) — source
  5. SB 5/AP* (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • Senate Vote #478 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 520 (pass) · upper
  • Senate Vote #47 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 511 (pass) · upper
  • House Vote #378 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 1692 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Ben Watson — primary (person)
  • Chuck Hufstetler — primary (person)
  • Ed Harbison — primary (person)
  • Kay Kirkpatrick — primary (person)
  • Larry Walker, III — primary (person)
  • Michael 'Doc' Rhett — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2025-01-13 Senate Hopper introduction
  • 2025-01-14 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
  • 2025-01-30 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
  • 2025-02-03 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
  • 2025-02-12 Senate Third Read reading-3
  • 2025-02-12 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
  • 2025-02-13 House First Readers reading-1
  • 2025-02-18 House Second Readers reading-2
  • 2025-02-26 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
  • 2025-03-27 House Withdrawn, Recommitted referral-committee, withdrawal
  • 2025-03-31 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
  • 2025-04-02 House Third Readers reading-3
  • 2025-04-02 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
  • 2025-04-04 Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
  • 2025-04-10 Senate Sent to Governor executive-receipt
  • 2025-05-14 Senate Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
  • 2025-05-14 Act 299 executive-signature
  • 2025-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f6bb3c7b-1116-435e-a170-c09eb1ddfddf. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).