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title: HB 323. Bridging the Gap for ALS and Chronic Kidney Disease Act of 2025; enact
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date: 2026-03-31
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bill_number: HB 323
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chamber: House
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status_date: 2025-03-06
last_action: Senate Tabled
sponsors:
- Karen Mathiak
- Lee Hawkins
- Mark Newton
- Katie Dempsey
- Sharon Cooper
- Mack Jackson
- Randy Robertson
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- health insurance
- medical billing
- healthcare providers
- personal injury claims
- insurance regulation
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# HB 323. Bridging the Gap for ALS and Chronic Kidney Disease Act of 2025; enact
## Text
The Senate Committee on Insurance and Labor offered the following
substitute to HB 323:
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
To amend Chapter 3 of Title 33 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to
authorization and general requirements for transaction of insurance, so as to provide for a
benefit provider to disclose certain payments to a treating healthcare provider; to provide for
definitions; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal
conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:
SECTION 1.
Chapter 3 of Title 33 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to authorization and
general requirements for transaction of insurance, is amended by adding a new Code section
to read as follows:
"33-3-28.1.
(a) As used in this Code section, the term:
(1) 'Benefit provider' means any insurer, health maintenance organization, health benefit
plan, preferred provider organization, employee benefit plan, or other entity which
provides for payment or reimbursement of healthcare expenses, healthcare services,
disability payments, lost wage payments, or any other benefits under a policy of
insurance or contract with an individual or group.
(2) 'Injured party' means a person who alleges that he or she has been injured by the acts
or omissions of a third party and who has received payments or reimbursements from a
benefit provider. Such term also includes the personal representative of the estate of such
person.
(3) 'Treating healthcare provider' means a person duly licensed or legally authorized to
provide healthcare services in this state and who has provided such services to an injured
party.
(b) Within 30 days of a written request from a treating healthcare provider, a benefit
provider shall provide to such treating healthcare provider a written accounting of any and
all payments and reimbursements made to an injured party for such treating healthcare
provider's healthcare services to such injured party."
SECTION 2.
This Act shall become effective upon its approval by the Governor or upon its becoming law
without such approval.
SECTION 3.
All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.
## Summaries written by Georgia Commons
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A Georgia Senate substitute for HB 323 would require insurers and other benefit providers to give treating healthcare providers a written accounting of payments made to injured patients, within 30 days of a request.
### Plain-language summary
Currently, when a patient (called an 'injured party' in this bill) receives payments or reimbursements from an insurer or other benefit provider after being hurt by someone else's actions, the healthcare provider who treated them may not easily learn what the benefit provider actually paid the patient for that treatment. This bill adds a new section to Georgia's insurance code (O.C.G.A. Title 33, Chapter 3) to fix that gap.
The bill defines 'benefit provider' broadly to include insurers, health maintenance organizations, health benefit plans, preferred provider organizations, and employee benefit plans that pay for healthcare expenses, disability, or lost wages. It defines 'injured party' as someone who says they were hurt by another party's acts and who received payments from a benefit provider, including that person's estate representative. Once a treating healthcare provider sends a written request, the benefit provider has 30 days to give a written accounting of all payments and reimbursements made to the injured party for that provider's services. The law would take effect as soon as the Governor signs it, or automatically becomes law without his signature.
### What it does
- Adds a new Georgia Code section (33-3-28.1) requiring benefit providers to disclose payment information to treating healthcare providers on request.
- Defines 'benefit provider' to include insurers, HMOs, health benefit plans, preferred provider organizations, and employee benefit plans that pay healthcare, disability, or lost wage benefits.
- Defines 'injured party' as a person claiming injury by a third party who has received payments from a benefit provider, including that person's estate representative.
- Sets a 30 day deadline for a benefit provider to send a written accounting of payments and reimbursements after a treating healthcare provider requests it in writing.
- Repeals any existing Georgia laws that conflict with this new disclosure requirement.
### Who it affects
Insurers, health maintenance organizations, health benefit plans, preferred provider organizations, and employee benefit plans that pay healthcare or injury-related benefits; treating healthcare providers who bill for services given to injured patients; and patients (or their estates) who have filed claims after being injured by someone else.
### Why it matters
Healthcare providers often struggle to confirm whether an injured patient's insurer or benefit plan already paid for treatment, which can complicate billing and payment disputes, especially in personal injury cases. This bill would give providers a legal right to get that payment information directly from the benefit provider within a set timeframe.
### Key provisions
- Section 1 adds new Code section 33-3-28.1 to Title 33, Chapter 3 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, which governs insurance transactions.
- Subsection (a) defines 'benefit provider,' 'injured party,' and 'treating healthcare provider' for purposes of the new disclosure requirement.
- Subsection (b) requires a benefit provider to give a treating healthcare provider a written accounting of all payments and reimbursements made to an injured party for that provider's services, within 30 days of a written request.
- Section 2 sets the effective date as the date the Governor signs the bill, or the date it becomes law without his signature.
- Section 3 repeals any Georgia laws that conflict with the new requirement.
## Status
- Status: Engrossed (2025-03-06)
- Last action: Senate Tabled (2026-03-31)
- Sponsors: Karen Mathiak, Lee Hawkins, Mark Newton, Katie Dempsey, Sharon Cooper, Mack Jackson, Randy Robertson
- Official page: https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/70034
> The history, votes, and amendments (809 characters) are at https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hb323.md?full=1