Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 33. INSURANCE · Chapter 46. CERTIFICATION OF PRIVATE REVIEW AGENTS · Article 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS

33-46-16. Commissioner to issue annual report.

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The Commissioner shall issue an annual report to the Governor and the General Assembly concerning the conduct of utilization review in this state. Such report shall include a description of utilization review programs and the services they provide, an analysis of complaints filed against private review agents and utilization review entities by patients or providers, and an evaluation of the impact of utilization review programs on patient access to care. The Commissioner shall not be required to distribute copies of the annual report to legislators in the General Assembly but shall notify such legislators of the availability of the report in the manner which he or she deems to be most effective and efficient.

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, § 33-46-14, enacted by Ga. L. 1990, p. 1088, § 1; Ga. L. 2005, p. 1036, § 26/SB 49; Code 1981, § 33-46-16, as redesignated by Ga. L. 2021, p. 629, § 2/SB 80.

Amendments

The 2021 amendment, effective January 1, 2022, redesignated former Code Section 33-46-14 as this Code section, inserted “and utilization review entities” in the second sentence, and substituted “annual report to legislators in the General Assembly but shall notify such legislators” for “annual report to the members of the General Assembly but shall notify the members” in the third sentence.

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