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type: "Bill"
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title: "Insurance; no health benefit plan shall restrict coverage for prescribed treatment based upon insured's diagnosis with a terminal condition; provide"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 24 of Title 33 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to insurance generally, so as to provide that no health benefit plan shall restrict coverage for prescribed treatment based upon the insured's diagnosis with a terminal condition; to provide for definitions; to provide for penalties; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
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legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
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session: "2015_16"
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identifier: "HB 429"
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citation: "Georgia HB 429 (2015_16)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Carl Rogers", "Jason Shaw", "Joe Wilkinson", "Matt Dollar", "Ron Stephens", "Sam Teasley"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 16
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2015-02-20"
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last_action: "2015-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f843d3ee-2c48-423b-a337-454a87b6c28f"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "43a3c3e2fe39f9ffed6a287648b4c31465f0475f54c3a8de95d56d39d7550694"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ga"]
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---
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# Georgia HB 429 (2015_16) — Insurance; no health benefit plan shall restrict coverage for prescribed treatment based upon insured's diagnosis with a terminal condition; provide
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 24 of Title 33 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to insurance generally, so as to provide that no health benefit plan shall restrict coverage for prescribed treatment based upon the insured's diagnosis with a terminal condition; to provide for definitions; to provide for penalties; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Floor Amendment AM 25 1344** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/151238.pdf)
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2. **HB 429/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/153798.pdf)
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3. **HB 429/FA** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/151257.pdf)
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4. **LC 37 1908ER/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/148706.pdf)
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5. **Sen ctee sub LC 37 2023S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/152743.pdf)
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## Votes
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- AM 25 1344 — **105–61** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Carl Rogers — primary (person)
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- Jason Shaw — primary (person)
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- Joe Wilkinson — primary (person)
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- Matt Dollar — primary (person)
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- Ron Stephens — primary (person)
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- Sam Teasley — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2015-02-20** House Hopper
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- **2015-02-23** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2015-02-24** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2015-03-11** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2015-03-13** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2015-03-13** House Passed/Adopted As Amended `passage`
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- **2015-03-18** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2015-03-27** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2015-03-27** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2015-03-31** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2015-03-31** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2015-04-02** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
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- **2015-04-09** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2015-04-29** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2015-04-29** Act 31 `executive-signature`
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- **2015-07-01** Effective Date
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f843d3ee-2c48-423b-a337-454a87b6c28f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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