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SB 359 — 'Surprise Billing Consumer Protection Act'; certain consumer protections against surprise billing; provide

Senate Date Signed by Governor

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.

Senate Date Signed by Governor

Legislative term
Georgia General Assembly 2019–2020
Session
2019-2020 Regular Session
Chamber or committee
Georgia Senate
Measure type
Bill
Introduced
Feb 5, 2020

Bill timeline (16)

Votes on this bill (3)

Sponsorships (1)

Brian Strickland

Cosponsor
Office service
State Senator · District 17 · From Jan 16, 2018
Role in source
Georgia sponsorType=1; sequence=3; Strickland, Brian; sponsorship listed in session 27; start uses sourced bill introduction date
From
Feb 5, 2020

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