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type: "Bill"
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title: "'Surprise Billing Consumer Protection Act'; certain consumer protections against surprise billing; provide"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 33 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to insurance, so as to provide for certain consumer protections against surprise billing; to provide mechanisms to resolve payment disputes between insurers and out-of-network providers regarding the provision of healthcare services; to require the department to provide for the maintenance of an all-payer health claims data base; to provide for in-network cost-sharing amounts in healthcare plan contracts; to establish an arbitration process; to require the Commissioner of Insurance to contract with one or more resolution organizations; to require the promulgation of department rules; to provide for an effective date; 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 359"
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citation: "Georgia SB 359 (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", "Blake Tillery", "Brian Strickland", "Chuck Hufstetler", "John Albers", "Kay Kirkpatrick"]
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version_count: 6
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action_count: 17
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2020-02-04"
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last_action: "2020-08-05"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b93e23ae-946a-4dd7-a521-c7223fcd89cd"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "0c440d9681d6527906cfcc3ed3f0cf596d4a4448d19ce64525a0342fed405bea"
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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 359 (2019_20) — 'Surprise Billing Consumer Protection Act'; certain consumer protections against surprise billing; provide
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 33 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to insurance, so as to provide for certain consumer protections against surprise billing; to provide mechanisms to resolve payment disputes between insurers and out-of-network providers regarding the provision of healthcare services; to require the department to provide for the maintenance of an all-payer health claims data base; to provide for in-network cost-sharing amounts in healthcare plan contracts; to establish an arbitration process; to require the Commissioner of Insurance to contract with one or more resolution organizations; to require the promulgation of department rules; to provide for an effective date; 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 0247** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/189349.pdf)
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2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/190790.pdf)
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3. **Committee sub LC 46 0281S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/190374.pdf)
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4. **Floor amend 1 LC 46 0340S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/195203.pdf)
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5. **LC 41 2609S/hss** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/195045.pdf)
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6. **SB359/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/195211.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE BY SUBSTITUTE — **54–0** (pass) · upper
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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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- Brian Strickland — primary (person)
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- Chuck Hufstetler — 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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- **2020-02-04** Senate Hopper
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- **2020-02-05** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2020-02-20** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2020-02-21** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2020-02-24** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2020-02-24** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2020-02-25** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2020-02-26** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2020-06-17** House Withdrawn, Recommitted `withdrawal, referral-committee`
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- **2020-06-26** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2020-06-26** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2020-06-26** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2020-06-26** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
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- **2020-06-29** 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 588 `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/b93e23ae-946a-4dd7-a521-c7223fcd89cd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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