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title: O.C.G.A. § 33-20-21. Approval of Commissioner of rates to be paid to providers of services.
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# O.C.G.A. § 33-20-21. Approval of Commissioner of rates to be paid to providers of services.

Except for corporations subject to this chapter which are surviving corporations, the Commissioner shall first approve the rates of payment to be made by health care corporations to providers of health care services on behalf of said corporation, its subscribers, beneficiaries, and covered dependents as being fair and reasonable before said corporation shall engage in business.

## History

Code 1933, § 56-1717a, enacted by Ga. L. 1976, p. 1461, § 1; Ga. L. 1995, p. 745, § 1.8.