republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2025-26/hb-197.md

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Bill	Insurance; health care provider to respond to a private review agent or utility review entity's attempt to discuss the patient's care; detail the effort	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 33-46-6 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to requirements for certification, utilization of nationally recognized accreditation standards, and website identifying nationally recognized accreditation entities, so as to detail the effort that shall be made by treating health care provider to respond to a private review agent or utility review entity's attempt to reach such provider to discuss the patient's care; 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	2025_26	HB 197	Georgia HB 197 (2025_26)	bill	INSURANCE	enacted	Deborah Silcox Lee Hawkins Mark Newton Michelle Au Sharon Cooper Trey Kelley	3	20	3	2025-01-30	2026-01-01	openstates	ocd-bill/041d5428-6d85-4a62-a80c-0e8d22c382c7	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	021c27398a7815a34ae685691c236104a94b2b9188723b86df6d81ea070d0ad9	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 197 (2025_26) — Insurance; health care provider to respond to a private review agent or utility review entity's attempt to discuss the patient's care; detail the effort

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 33-46-6 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to requirements for certification, utilization of nationally recognized accreditation standards, and website identifying nationally recognized accreditation entities, so as to detail the effort that shall be made by treating health care provider to respond to a private review agent or utility review entity's attempt to reach such provider to discuss the patient's care; 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. HB 197/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 46 1010/a (committee substitute) — source
3. Sen Ctee sub LC 46 1247S (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• House Vote #413 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 162–0 (pass) · lower
• House Vote #153 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 174–0 (pass) · lower
• Senate Vote #433 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 53–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Deborah Silcox — primary (person)
• Lee Hawkins — primary (person)
• Mark Newton — primary (person)
• Michelle Au — primary (person)
• Sharon Cooper — primary (person)
• Trey Kelley — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-01-30 House Hopper introduction
• 2025-02-03 House First Readers reading-1
• 2025-02-04 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2025-02-11 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-03-04 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2025-03-04 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2025-03-06 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2025-03-18 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-03-20 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2025-03-28 Senate Recommitted referral-committee
• 2025-03-31 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-04-02 Senate Tabled
• 2025-04-02 Senate Taken from Table
• 2025-04-02 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2025-04-02 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2025-04-04 House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
• 2025-04-09 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2025-05-14 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2025-05-14 Act 303 executive-signature
• 2026-01-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/041d5428-6d85-4a62-a80c-0e8d22c382c7. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).