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title: O.C.G.A. § 33-20B-3.1. Health maintenance organizations’ expansion into rural areas.
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# O.C.G.A. § 33-20B-3.1. Health maintenance organizations’ expansion into rural areas.

When reviewing a health maintenance organization’s request to originate or expand an area of service into a rural area, the commissioner of community health shall consider whether the health maintenance organization has demonstrated its willingness to grant reasonable consideration to essential rural health care providers in the negotiating and contracting process.

## History

Code 1981, § 33-20B-3.1, enacted by Ga. L. 2000, p. 439, § 1; Ga. L. 2009, p. 453, § 1-6/HB 228.

## Law Reviews

For note on 2000 enactment of this Code section, see 17 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 215 (2000).