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type: "Bill"
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title: "Insurance; creation of a surprise bill rating system based upon the number of certain physician specialty groups contracted with a hospital within a health insurer's network; provide"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 20C of Title 33 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to accurate provider directories, so as to provide for the creation of a surprise bill rating system based upon the number of certain physician specialty groups contracted with a hospital within a health insurer's network; to provide for definitions; to provide for a requirement that insurers include hospital surprise bill ratings online and in print provider directories; to provide for a requirement that each insurer that advertises any hospital as in-network shall disclose such hospital's surprise bill rating within such advertisement; 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 789"
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citation: "Georgia HB 789 (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: ["Houston Gaines", "Jan Jones", "Jon Burns", "Marcus Wiedower", "Mark Newton", "Matt Hatchett"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 17
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2020-01-16"
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last_action: "2020-11-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/942bfd83-a5f5-4af9-8fc8-577adda06afa"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "f954e2f936f5580f3d80132d824e1ede0f739fc3fed206a142982e049e321f33"
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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 789 (2019_20) — Insurance; creation of a surprise bill rating system based upon the number of certain physician specialty groups contracted with a hospital within a health insurer's network; provide
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 20C of Title 33 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to accurate provider directories, so as to provide for the creation of a surprise bill rating system based upon the number of certain physician specialty groups contracted with a hospital within a health insurer's network; to provide for definitions; to provide for a requirement that insurers include hospital surprise bill ratings online and in print provider directories; to provide for a requirement that each insurer that advertises any hospital as in-network shall disclose such hospital's surprise bill rating within such advertisement; 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 789/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/194809.pdf)
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2. **LC 46 0206/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/188103.pdf)
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3. **LC 46 0237S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/191939.pdf)
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4. **LC 46 0237S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/189347.pdf)
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5. **Sen ctee sub LC 46 0326S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/194283.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **170–1** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Houston Gaines — primary (person)
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- Jan Jones — primary (person)
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- Jon Burns — primary (person)
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- Marcus Wiedower — primary (person)
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- Mark Newton — primary (person)
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- Matt Hatchett — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2020-01-16** House Hopper
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- **2020-01-27** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2020-01-28** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2020-02-04** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2020-03-03** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2020-03-03** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2020-03-04** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2020-06-18** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2020-06-19** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2020-06-22** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2020-06-22** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2020-06-22** Senate Transmitted House
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- **2020-06-24** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
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- **2020-06-29** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2020-07-16** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2020-07-16** Act 475 `executive-signature`
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- **2020-11-01** 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/942bfd83-a5f5-4af9-8fc8-577adda06afa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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