Georgia legislation · 2025-2026 Regular Session
Georgia HB1374: Insurance; methods of payment to healthcare providers; provide certain requirements
Status: Signed into law, May 5, 2026
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.
What the bill says
From the introduced text:
26 Sen Floor Amend 1 NOT GERMANE Senator Hatchett of the 50th offered the following amendment #1: Amend the Senate Committee on Health and Human Services substitute to HB 1374 (LC 49 2816S) by: adding after line 174: Part III. "Code section 33-24-59.25: (a) "A Health Insurer shall not terminate, remove, or exclude a participating provider from its network during a plan year if such action would cause a covered person to lose access to covered services from such provider." & renumbering accordingly
Sponsors
- Blake Tillery (R, 19) · primary sponsor
- Lee Hawkins (R, 27) · primary sponsor
- Ron Stephens (R, 164)
- Rick Jasperse (R, 11)
- Mark Newton (R, 127)
- David Clark (R, HD-098)
Latest actions
- : Effective Date
- : Act 406
- : House Date Signed by Governor
- : House Sent to Governor
- : House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
- : Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute
- : Senate Third Read
- : Senate Read Second Time
- : Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
- : Senate Read and Referred
Votes
- House Vote #814 (March 31, 2026): 165 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Senate Vote #780 (March 20, 2026): 46 yea, 0 nay, passed
- House Vote #642 (March 4, 2026): 159 yea, 0 nay, passed
Common questions
- What is HB1374?
- HB1374 is a bill in the Georgia Legislature (2025-2026 Regular Session): Insurance; methods of payment to healthcare providers; provide certain requirements.
- What does HB1374 do?
- 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.
- What is the status of HB1374?
- Signed into law as of May 5, 2026. Latest action: Effective Date (July 1, 2026).
- Who sponsored HB1374?
- Blake Tillery (R, 19), with 5 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for HB1374?
- On the Georgia Legislature website: https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/73363
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