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type: "Bill"
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title: "'Hearing Aid Coverage for Children Act'"
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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 for a short title and findings; to require health plans to provide coverage for hearing aids for certain individuals; to provide for the frequency of replacing hearing aids; to provide for coverage of services and supplies; to provide options for higher priced devices; 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: "2017_18"
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identifier: "SB 206"
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citation: "Georgia SB 206 (2017_18)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Ben Watson", "Blake Tillery", "Brandon Beach", "Butch Miller", "Chuck Payne", "Chuck Hufstetler", "Ed Harbison", "Elena Parent", "Ellis Black", "Fran Millar", "Frank Ginn", "Greg Kirk", "Hunter Hill", "Jeff Mullis", "Jesse Stone", "John Albers", "Lawrence Walker III", "Lee Anderson", "Lindsey Tippins", "Matt Brass", "Nan Orrock", "P. K. Martin IV", "Steve Henson", "Valencia Seay"]
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version_count: 0
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action_count: 16
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2017-02-17"
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last_action: "2017-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7de18b8d-aefc-4110-94bb-db1a6171782c"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "9065499f6fe2ccae7681a96e6377c2899accae343b0bad627391a8020267ed03"
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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 SB 206 (2017_18) — 'Hearing Aid Coverage for Children Act'
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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 for a short title and findings; to require health plans to provide coverage for hearing aids for certain individuals; to provide for the frequency of replacing hearing aids; to provide for coverage of services and supplies; to provide options for higher priced devices; 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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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **47–6** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Ben Watson — primary (person)
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- Blake Tillery — primary (person)
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- Brandon Beach — primary (person)
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- Butch Miller — primary (person)
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- Chuck Payne — primary (person)
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- Chuck Hufstetler — primary (person)
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- Ed Harbison — primary (person)
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- Elena Parent — primary (person)
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- Ellis Black — primary (person)
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- Fran Millar — primary (person)
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- Frank Ginn — primary (person)
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- Greg Kirk — primary (person)
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- Hunter Hill — primary (person)
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- Jeff Mullis — primary (person)
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- Jesse Stone — primary (person)
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- John Albers — primary (person)
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- Lawrence Walker III — primary (person)
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- Lee Anderson — primary (person)
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- Lindsey Tippins — primary (person)
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- Matt Brass — primary (person)
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- Nan Orrock — primary (person)
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- P. K. Martin IV — primary (person)
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- Steve Henson — primary (person)
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- Valencia Seay — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2017-02-17** Senate Hopper
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- **2017-02-21** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2017-02-28** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2017-03-01** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2017-03-03** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2017-03-03** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2017-03-06** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2017-03-09** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2017-03-15** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2017-03-20** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2017-03-20** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2017-03-30** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
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- **2017-04-07** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2017-05-08** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2017-05-08** Act 174 `executive-signature`
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- **2017-07-01** 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/7de18b8d-aefc-4110-94bb-db1a6171782c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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