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type: "Bill"
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title: "\"Early Prescription Refills During Emergencies Act\"; health insurers to provide coverage for early refills of a 30 day supply; require; enact"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 24 of Title 33 of the O.C.G.A., relating to general provisions regarding insurance, so as to require health insurers to provide coverage for early refills of a 30 day supply of certain prescription medications under certain emergency situations; to amend Code Section 26-4-80 of the O.C.G.A., relating to license required for practice of pharmacy, dispensing of prescription drugs, prescription drug orders, electronically transmitted drug orders, refills, and schedule II controlled substance prescriptions, so as to allow pharmacists to dispense certain refill prescription medications under certain circumstances; to provide for related matters; to provide for a short title; to provide for legislative findings; 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: "SB 391"
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citation: "Georgia SB 391 (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: ["Ben Watson", "Chuck Hufstetler", "Dean Burke", "John Albers", "Kay Kirkpatrick"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 16
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2020-02-19"
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last_action: "2020-08-05"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/55dfddc7-1d48-45b4-9693-4ddafc2ebd83"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "555fd9da8962a50e963d39e0e600e031ba4cb739b3598e34e35055fd7f08666c"
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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 SB 391 (2019_20) — "Early Prescription Refills During Emergencies Act"; health insurers to provide coverage for early refills of a 30 day supply; require; enact
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 24 of Title 33 of the O.C.G.A., relating to general provisions regarding insurance, so as to require health insurers to provide coverage for early refills of a 30 day supply of certain prescription medications under certain emergency situations; to amend Code Section 26-4-80 of the O.C.G.A., relating to license required for practice of pharmacy, dispensing of prescription drugs, prescription drug orders, electronically transmitted drug orders, refills, and schedule II controlled substance prescriptions, so as to allow pharmacists to dispense certain refill prescription medications under certain circumstances; to provide for related matters; to provide for a short title; to provide for legislative findings; 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. **As introduced LC 46 0273** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/190147.pdf)
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2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/192612.pdf)
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3. **LC 46 0319S/hss** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/193892.pdf)
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4. **SB391/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/194688.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **55–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Ben Watson — primary (person)
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- Chuck Hufstetler — primary (person)
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- Dean Burke — primary (person)
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- John Albers — primary (person)
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- Kay Kirkpatrick — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2020-02-19** Senate Hopper
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- **2020-02-20** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2020-03-03** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2020-03-04** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2020-03-09** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2020-03-09** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2020-03-10** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2020-03-12** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2020-06-17** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2020-06-19** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2020-06-19** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2020-06-24** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
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- **2020-06-25** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2020-08-05** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2020-08-05** Act 589 `executive-signature`
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- **2020-08-05** 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/55dfddc7-1d48-45b4-9693-4ddafc2ebd83`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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