2011-2012 Regular Session - SB 149
Georgia Medicaid Access Act; establish; provide for filing of a proposed complaint of a medical malpractice claim against a medical assistance provider
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First Reader Summary
A BILL to be entitled an Act to establish the "Georgia Medicaid Access Act"; to amend Chapter 4 of Title 49 of the O.C.G.A., relating to public assistance, so as to provide for the filing of a proposed complaint of a medical malpractice claim against a medical assistance provider; to amend Article 2 of Chapter 9 of Title 9 of the O.C.G.A., relating to medical malpractice arbitration, so as to include actions for medical malpractice in the definition of a medical malpractice claim for which arbitration is authorized; to amend Chapter 9 of Title 33 of the O.C.G.A., relating to regulation of rates, underwriting rules, and related organizations, so as to require that medical malpractice insurers provide a reduction in premium for medical malpractice policies under certain circumstances; and for other purposes. \
Status History
Feb/24/2011 - Senate Read and Referred
Feb/23/2011 - Senate Hopper
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