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Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 33. INSURANCE · Chapter 20E. SURPRISE BILLING CONSUMER PROTECTION ACT

33-20E-6. Denying or restricting benefits based on balance billing; notice to insured.

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Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

  1. No healthcare plan shall deny or restrict the provision of covered benefits from a participating provider to a covered person solely because the covered person obtained treatment from a nonparticipating provider leading to a balance bill. Notice of such protection shall be provided in writing to the covered person by the insurer.

The notes below are printed with the section but are not enacted law (O.C.G.A. § 1-1-1(c)). They are shown apart from the text.

History

Code 1981, § 33-20E-6, enacted by Ga. L. 2020, p. 210, § 1/HB 888.

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Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

Text read from t33-ch1-22-(v24)-2020-pdf.pdf, Volume V24, 2020 edition, page 866; merge action: carried; file SHA-256 4ecec175d949.