--- title: O.C.G.A. § 31-53-23. Consultation with third-party vendors. collection: code id: 31-53-23 cite_as: O.C.G.A. § 31-53-23 (2025) canonical_url: https://georgiacommons.org/code/31-53-23 md_url: https://georgiacommons.org/code/31-53-23.md text_url: https://georgiacommons.org/code/31-53-23/text source_url: https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/document/docs/default-source/joint-features-document-library/t31-(v23)-2025-pdf.pdf?sfvrsn=da7ded69_0#page=1106 date: 2025 status: active corpus_version: 2025-supplement-89aa39ab3c68 license: CC0-1.0 publisher: Georgia Commons, an independent project of Georgia Civic Data. Not the State of Georgia. Not legal advice. up: https://georgiacommons.org/code/31-53.md previous: https://georgiacommons.org/code/31-53-22.md next: https://georgiacommons.org/code/31-53-40.md index: https://georgiacommons.org/code/index.md version: the only printed version in_force: true current_through: Including Acts of the 2025 Session of the General Assembly of Georgia heading_path: HEALTH / OFFICE OF HEALTH STRATEGY AND COORDINATION / GEORGIA DATA ACCESS FORUM --- # O.C.G.A. § 31-53-23. Consultation with third-party vendors. (a) Third-party vendors may be contacted for expertise at the director’s discretion to assist the Georgia Data Access Forum in formulating its recommendations pursuant to Code Section 31-53-22. (b) Third-party vendors may be consulted and permitted to offer proposals and make presentations to the office and the Georgia Data Access Forum. ## History Code 1981, § 31-53-23, enacted by Ga. L. 2019, p. 148, § 2-2/HB 186.