Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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| Bill | Insurance; insurers do not have to notify the Georgia Composite Medical Board of agreements to settle medical malpractice claims against physicians when the settlement resulted in the low payment under a high/low agreement; provide | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 3 of Title 33 of the O.C.G.A., relating to authorization and general requirements for transaction of insurance, so as to provide that insurers do not have to notify the Georgia Composite Medical Board of agreements to settle medical malpractice claims against physicians when the settlement resulted in the low payment under a high/low agreement; to amend Code Section 43-34-8 of the O.C.G.A., relating to the authority of the Georgia Composite Medical Board to refuse license, certificate, or permit or issue discipline; to amend Code Section 43-34A-3 of the O.C.G.A., relating to physician profiles; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | us/states/ga | Georgia General Assembly | 2019_20 | HB 128 | Georgia HB 128 (2019_20) |
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Georgia HB 128 (2019_20) — Insurance; insurers do not have to notify the Georgia Composite Medical Board of agreements to settle medical malpractice claims against physicians when the settlement resulted in the low payment under a high/low agreement; provide
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 3 of Title 33 of the O.C.G.A., relating to authorization and general requirements for transaction of insurance, so as to provide that insurers do not have to notify the Georgia Composite Medical Board of agreements to settle medical malpractice claims against physicians when the settlement resulted in the low payment under a high/low agreement; to amend Code Section 43-34-8 of the O.C.G.A., relating to the authority of the Georgia Composite Medical Board to refuse license, certificate, or permit or issue discipline; to amend Code Section 43-34A-3 of the O.C.G.A., relating to physician profiles; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Votes
- PASSAGE — 162–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Andrew Welch — primary (person)
- Barry Fleming — primary (person)
- Deborah Silcox — primary (person)
- Trey Kelley — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2019-02-05 House Hopper
- 2019-02-06 House First Readers
reading-1 - 2019-02-07 House Second Readers
reading-2 - 2019-02-13 House Committee Favorably Reported
committee-passage-favorable - 2019-02-15 House Third Readers
reading-3 - 2019-02-15 House Passed/Adopted
passage - 2019-02-19 Senate Read and Referred
referral-committee - 2019-03-18 Senate Committee Favorably Reported
committee-passage-favorable - 2019-03-21 Senate Read Second Time
reading-2 - 2019-03-22 Senate Third Read
reading-3 - 2019-03-22 Senate Passed/Adopted
passage - 2019-04-04 House Sent to Governor
executive-receipt - 2019-05-07 House Date Signed by Governor
executive-signature - 2019-05-07 Act 269
executive-signature - 2019-07-01 Effective Date
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/3a591002-2209-4af8-9c53-919ec02547dc. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).