republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2021-22/sb-566.md

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Bill	Surprise Billing Consumer Protection Act; a medical or traumatic condition includes a mental health condition or substance use disorder; emergency medical services include post-stabilization services; clarify	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 33 of the O.C.G.A., relating to insurance, so as to clarify that, under the Surprise Billing Consumer Protection Act, a medical or traumatic condition, sickness, or injury includes a mental health condition or substance use disorder and that emergency medical services include post-stabilization services; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date and applicability; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2021_22	SB 566	Georgia SB 566 (2021_22)	bill		enacted	Ben Watson Bo Hatchett Butch Miller Chuck Hufstetler Dean Burke Kay Kirkpatrick Mike Dugan	5	16	1	2022-02-28	2022-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/e647031f-6494-4c56-bae6-cbb2484a5d66	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	db7526c7ff387599388f3e9cc293ed32dd103a27c3ae1812a90b2b8d4c2ff83f	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia SB 566 (2021_22) — Surprise Billing Consumer Protection Act; a medical or traumatic condition includes a mental health condition or substance use disorder; emergency medical services include post-stabilization services; clarify

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 33 of the O.C.G.A., relating to insurance, so as to clarify that, under the Surprise Billing Consumer Protection Act, a medical or traumatic condition, sickness, or injury includes a mental health condition or substance use disorder and that emergency medical services include post-stabilization services; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date and applicability; 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. As introduced LC 52 0101 (committee substitute) — source
2. As passed Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. Committee sub LC 52 0115S (committee substitute) — source
4. LC 52 0127S/hss (committee substitute) — source
5. SB 566/AP* (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE BY SUBSTITUTE — 53–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Ben Watson — primary (person)
• Bo Hatchett — primary (person)
• Butch Miller — primary (person)
• Chuck Hufstetler — primary (person)
• Dean Burke — primary (person)
• Kay Kirkpatrick — primary (person)
• Mike Dugan — primary (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2022-02-28 Senate Hopper
• 2022-03-01 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2022-03-09 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-03-11 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2022-03-15 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2022-03-15 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2022-03-16 House First Readers reading-1
• 2022-03-17 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2022-03-23 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-03-28 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2022-03-28 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2022-03-30 Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
• 2022-04-07 Senate Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2022-05-12 Senate Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2022-05-12 Act 867 executive-signature
• 2022-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e647031f-6494-4c56-bae6-cbb2484a5d66. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).