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type: "Bill"
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title: "Recovery of Medical Assistance from Third Party; certain provisions to comply with federal law; revise"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 49-4-148 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to recovery of medical assistance from third party liable for sickness, injury, disease, or disability, so as to revise certain provisions to comply with federal law; to bar liable third-party payers from refusing payment solely because a healthcare item or service did not receive prior authorization; to require a third-party payer to respond to an inquiry from the Department of Community Health regarding a healthcare claim within 60 days; 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: "SB 276"
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citation: "Georgia SB 276 (2025_26)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["INSURANCE", "SOCIAL SERVICES"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Ben Watson", "Blake Tillery", "Bo Hatchett", "Brian Strickland", "Chuck Hufstetler", "Drew Echols", "John F. Kennedy", "Kay Kirkpatrick", "Shawn Still", "Timothy Bearden"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 15
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2025-02-26"
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last_action: "2025-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f7b038b2-bd57-4abc-bfa5-2044d985bec9"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "479cd98b7cdfeef5397675fdecdaa3548f4de5f4e09c7e46a2f7c60ec6209559"
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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 276 (2025_26) — Recovery of Medical Assistance from Third Party; certain provisions to comply with federal law; revise
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 49-4-148 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to recovery of medical assistance from third party liable for sickness, injury, disease, or disability, so as to revise certain provisions to comply with federal law; to bar liable third-party payers from refusing payment solely because a healthcare item or service did not receive prior authorization; to require a third-party payer to respond to an inquiry from the Department of Community Health regarding a healthcare claim within 60 days; 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. **As Passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/235384.pdf)
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2. **As introduced LC 52 0780** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/234216.pdf)
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3. **SB 276/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/236523.pdf)
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## Votes
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- Senate Vote #166 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **54–1** (pass) · upper
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- House Vote #284 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **168–2** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Ben Watson — primary (person)
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- Blake Tillery — primary (person)
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- Bo Hatchett — primary (person)
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- Brian Strickland — primary (person)
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- Chuck Hufstetler — primary (person)
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- Drew Echols — primary (person)
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- John F. Kennedy — primary (person)
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- Kay Kirkpatrick — primary (person)
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- Shawn Still — primary (person)
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- Timothy Bearden — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-02-26** Senate Hopper `introduction`
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- **2025-02-27** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-03** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-03-04** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2025-03-06** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2025-03-06** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2025-03-10** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2025-03-11** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2025-03-13** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-03-18** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2025-03-18** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2025-04-07** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-05-14** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2025-05-14** Act 297 `executive-signature`
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- **2025-07-01** 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/f7b038b2-bd57-4abc-bfa5-2044d985bec9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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