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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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Barry Fleming
Deborah Silcox
Trey Kelley
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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.

  1. HB 128/AP* (committee substitute) — source
  2. LC 33 7579/a (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • PASSAGE — 1620 (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).