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type: "Bill"
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title: "Insurance; methods of payment to healthcare providers; provide certain requirements"
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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 provide for certain requirements concerning methods of payment to healthcare providers; to provide for definitions; to provide for notification; to provide for the avoidance of additional fees; to prohibit contractual waivers of certain statutory requirements; 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: "2025_26"
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identifier: "HB 1374"
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citation: "Georgia HB 1374 (2025_26)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["INSURANCE", "PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["David Clark", "Lee Hawkins", "Mark Newton", "Rick Jasperse", "Ron Stephens"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 15
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2026-02-18"
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last_action: "2026-05-05"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/82c94b46-6a86-4945-a857-fa36c5ab7368"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "c90bfef239a6fcf3629b020b906cd4b4e7690d019b47e17498d0f76ad08505a2"
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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 1374 (2025_26) — Insurance; methods of payment to healthcare providers; provide certain requirements
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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 provide for certain requirements concerning methods of payment to healthcare providers; to provide for definitions; to provide for notification; to provide for the avoidance of additional fees; to prohibit contractual waivers of certain statutory requirements; 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 1374/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/248640.pdf)
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2. **LC 46 1434/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/243137.pdf)
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3. **Sen Ctee Sub 49 2816S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/246177.pdf)
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4. **Sen Floor Amend 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/246927.pdf)
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## Votes
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- House Vote #814 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **165–0** (pass) · lower
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- House Vote #642 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **159–0** (pass) · lower
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- Senate Vote #780 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **46–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- David Clark — primary (person)
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- Lee Hawkins — primary (person)
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- Mark Newton — primary (person)
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- Rick Jasperse — primary (person)
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- Ron Stephens — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2026-02-18** House Hopper `introduction`
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- **2026-02-19** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2026-02-20** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2026-02-24** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-03-04** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2026-03-04** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2026-03-06** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2026-03-18** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-03-19** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2026-03-20** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2026-03-20** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2026-03-31** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
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- **2026-04-10** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-05-05** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2026-05-05** Act 406 `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/82c94b46-6a86-4945-a857-fa36c5ab7368`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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