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title: O.C.G.A. § 33-20B-5. Hearing and appeal rights of denied providers.
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# O.C.G.A. § 33-20B-5. Hearing and appeal rights of denied providers.

Any essential rural health care provider which is denied, rejected, or terminated from serving as a participating provider in a health benefit plan shall have the right of hearing and appeal before the Commissioner, or his or her designee, if that provider believes there has been a violation of this chapter and of judicial appeal as provided in Chapter 2 of this title. To the extent proprietary materials, trade secrets, rate data, or other materials not generally known to the public are presented at a hearing or an appeal, such information shall be admissible but shall be sealed by the Commissioner and held as confidential and shall not be subject to Article 4 of Chapter 18 of Title 50.

## History

Code 1981, § 33-20B-5, enacted by Ga. L. 1998, p. 900, § 2; Ga. L. 1999, p. 81, § 33.