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type: "Bill"
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title: "The Pharmacy Audit Bill of Rights; change certain provisions"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 6 of Chapter 4 of Title 26 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to pharmacies, so as to change certain provisions relating to \"The Pharmacy Audit Bill of Rights\"; to amend Chapter 64 of Title 33 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to regulation and licensure of pharmacy benefits managers, so as to define certain terms; to impose certain requirements for the use of maximum allowable cost pricing by pharmacy benefits managers; to provide for enforcement of such requirements; to provide for requirements relating to in-person pharmacies; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; 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 470"
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citation: "Georgia HB 470 (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: ["Amy Carter", "Butch Parrish", "Darlene Taylor", "David Knight", "Greg Morris", "Jason Shaw"]
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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: "2015-02-24"
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last_action: "2015-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0281f486-88bf-446a-bd3c-6cb2343b961d"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "c0aa0d4fac01e4f1f70a14cbee67ee76f1af7cd86a1c009a7f4f1bca2d946700"
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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 470 (2015_16) — The Pharmacy Audit Bill of Rights; change certain provisions
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 6 of Chapter 4 of Title 26 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to pharmacies, so as to change certain provisions relating to "The Pharmacy Audit Bill of Rights"; to amend Chapter 64 of Title 33 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to regulation and licensure of pharmacy benefits managers, so as to define certain terms; to impose certain requirements for the use of maximum allowable cost pricing by pharmacy benefits managers; to provide for enforcement of such requirements; to provide for requirements relating to in-person pharmacies; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; 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. **HB 470/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/153810.pdf)
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2. **LC 33 6010ER/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/149118.pdf)
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3. **LC 37 1982ERS/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/151256.pdf)
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4. **LC 37 1982ERS/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/150735.pdf)
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5. **Sen ctee sub LC 33 6166ERS** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/152020.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **168–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Amy Carter — primary (person)
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- Butch Parrish — primary (person)
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- Darlene Taylor — primary (person)
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- David Knight — primary (person)
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- Greg Morris — primary (person)
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- Jason Shaw — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2015-02-24** House Hopper
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- **2015-02-25** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2015-02-26** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2015-03-11** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `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 By Substitute `passage`
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- **2015-03-18** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2015-03-24** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2015-03-25** 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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- **2015-04-08** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2015-05-05** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2015-05-05** Act 61 `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/0281f486-88bf-446a-bd3c-6cb2343b961d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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