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type: "Bill"
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title: "Healthcare Transparency and Accountability Act; enact"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to health, so as to provide for transparency relating to state healthcare plans and its contractors; to provide for a short title; to provide for definitions; to provide for an oversight committee; to provide for its members and powers; to provide for information from state contractors and others to the oversight committee regarding state healthcare plans; to provide for confidentiality of certain records; to provide for penalties; 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 991"
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citation: "Georgia HB 991 (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: ["Butch Parrish", "David Knight", "Matt Hatchett", "Noel Williams, Jr.", "Ron Stephens", "Terry England"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 16
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2020-02-21"
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last_action: "2020-08-05"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6e2db820-ceb3-4c7d-9a1a-20e8cad99d2f"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "1b84017ec1eb6f4ad446c2420ac7bf76775009a8d9b28c6bd92a9c52211d7733"
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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 991 (2019_20) — Healthcare Transparency and Accountability Act; enact
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to health, so as to provide for transparency relating to state healthcare plans and its contractors; to provide for a short title; to provide for definitions; to provide for an oversight committee; to provide for its members and powers; to provide for information from state contractors and others to the oversight committee regarding state healthcare plans; to provide for confidentiality of certain records; to provide for penalties; 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 991/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/195233.pdf)
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2. **LC 33 8144/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/190630.pdf)
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3. **LC 33 8338S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/193142.pdf)
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4. **LC 33 8338S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/192274.pdf)
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5. **Sen ctee sub LC 33 8408S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/193949.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **166–1** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Butch Parrish — primary (person)
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- David Knight — primary (person)
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- Matt Hatchett — primary (person)
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- Noel Williams, Jr. — primary (person)
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- Ron Stephens — primary (person)
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- Terry England — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2020-02-21** House Hopper
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- **2020-02-24** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2020-02-25** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2020-03-05** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2020-03-12** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2020-03-12** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2020-03-13** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2020-06-15** Senate Withdrawn & Recommitted `withdrawal, 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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- **2020-06-20** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2020-06-20** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2020-06-25** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
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- **2020-06-30** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2020-08-05** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2020-08-05** Veto V2 `executive-signature`
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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/6e2db820-ceb3-4c7d-9a1a-20e8cad99d2f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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