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80 lines
3.9 KiB
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Insurance; health benefit plans to establish step therapy protocols; require"
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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 require health benefit plans to establish step therapy protocols; to provide for a step therapy exception process; to provide for definitions; to provide for statutory construction; to provide for applicability; 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: "2019_20"
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identifier: "HB 63"
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citation: "Georgia HB 63 (2019_20)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Angelika Kausche", "Deborah Silcox", "Lee Hawkins", "Mike Wilensky", "Richard Smith", "Sharon Cooper"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 16
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2019-01-28"
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last_action: "2019-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e9479546-6012-46ee-8390-5c290abbf55c"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "5a61e89596597a3a6cb1e8f4ad0d6bccc9772540ba7fe35310c3f905b8daaf09"
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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 63 (2019_20) — Insurance; health benefit plans to establish step therapy protocols; require
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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 require health benefit plans to establish step therapy protocols; to provide for a step therapy exception process; to provide for definitions; to provide for statutory construction; to provide for applicability; 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. **HB 63/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/187554.pdf)
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2. **LC 46 0048/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/179855.pdf)
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3. **Sen ctee sub LC 33 7931S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/184769.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **162–1** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Angelika Kausche — primary (person)
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- Deborah Silcox — primary (person)
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- Lee Hawkins — primary (person)
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- Mike Wilensky — primary (person)
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- Richard Smith — primary (person)
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- Sharon Cooper — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-01-28** House Hopper
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- **2019-01-29** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2019-01-30** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2019-02-13** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-02-15** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2019-02-15** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2019-02-19** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2019-03-18** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-03-21** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2019-03-25** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2019-03-25** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2019-04-02** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
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- **2019-04-11** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2019-04-25** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2019-04-25** Act 43 `executive-signature`
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- **2019-07-01** 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/e9479546-6012-46ee-8390-5c290abbf55c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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