Insurance and Labor

GA - Senator Dean Burke (R)

Title:

Chairman

GA - Senator Larry Walker, III (R)

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Vice Chairman

GA - Senator Marty Harbin (R)

Title:

Secretary

GA - Senator Ed Harbison (D)

Title:

Member

GA - Senator Kay Kirkpatrick (R)

Title:

Member

GA - Senator David Lucas (D)

Title:

Member

GA - Senator Nikki Merritt (D)

Title:

Member

GA - Senator Randy Robertson (R)

Title:

Member

GA - Senator Freddie Powell Sims (D)

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Ex-officio

GA - Senator Ben Watson (R)

Title:

Ex-officio

GA - SB14 Employment Security Benefits; applicants to obtain their personnel files when their claims are contested by their former employers; allow (PF)

GA - HB254 Insurance; Commissioner's enforcement authority with regard to adjusters; increase

GA - SB61 Labor and Industrial Relations; fair employment practices; discrimination based on hairstyles associated with race, color, or national origin; prohibit

GA - SB191 Motor Vehicles and Traffic; insurance of motor carriers and to causes of actions involving motor carriers and insurance carriers; provisions; change

GA - HB303 Jaida Act; enact

GA - HB1195 Local government; audits of funds may be conducted in accordance with statutory accounting principles; provide

GA - SB388 Minimum Wage; certain provisions regarding the minimum wage law; revise

GA - SB342 Insurance; annual reporting regarding mental health parity in healthcare plans; provide

GA - SB341 Healthcare Services; guidelines for the prior authorization of a prescribed medication for chronic conditions requiring ongoing medication therapy; provide

GA - SB468 Georgia State Indemnification Fund; death by suicide of a public safety officer in certain instances be considered a death in the line of duty for purposes of indemnification; provide

GA - SB487 Insurance; diagnostic breast examinations shall not be treated less favorably than screening mammography for breast cancer with respect to cost-sharing requirements; provide

GA - HB969 Insurance; update regulation of company holding systems

GA - SB518 "Prescription Drug Rebate Financial Protection Act"; enact

GA - HB1021 Insurance; minimum nonforfeiture interest rate for individual deferred annuities; decrease

GA - HB389 Employment security; change definition of employment to include services performed by an individual for wages

GA - SB156 Labor and Industrial Relations; appointment, oath, bond, power, duties, and authority of a chief labor officer; provide

GA - SB166 Courts; certain procedures for disqualification of jurors; require

GA - SB169 Bonds; acceptance of electronic signatures and electronic corporate seals on bonds; provide

GA - SB170 Insurance; health benefit policies to provide coverage for expenses incurred in home childbirth; require

GA - SB43 "Noncovered Eye Care Services Act"; enact

GA - SB112 Life Insurance; annual notification to policy owners and requested beneficiaries of the existence of such policies; require

GA - SB113 Life Insurance; life insurers' requirement to review the National Association of Insurance Commissioners' life insurance policy locator service; provide

GA - HB146 Public officers and employees; paid parental leave for eligible state employees and eligible local board of education employees; provide

GA - HB241 Insurance; revise meaning of property insurance; change parameters under which certain contracts or agreements may be canceled

GA - HB509 Insurance; require certain insurers to make at least one reasonably priced comprehensive major medical health insurance policy available

GA - SB278 Employment Security; protections for employees against retaliation for reporting violations of law; provide

GA - HB244 Insurance; flood risk reduction in the enumerated list of county purposes for ad valorem taxes; include

GA - HB714 Georgia Civil Practice Act; revise and provide for new requirements

GA - HB454 Insurance; certain coverage requirements concerning providers that become out-of-network during a plan year; provide

GA - HB532 Labor, Department of; employment security; change certain provisions

GA - SB330 "Giving the Gift of Life Act"; enact

GA - SB331 "Protecting Georgia Businesses and Workers Act"; enact

GA - HB1045 Workers compensation; dissolution of Subsequent Injury Trust Fund; extend time period

GA - SB484 Workers' Compensation; coverage for first responders for post-traumatic stress disorder arising in the course and scope of employment; provide

GA - HB1308 Insurance; allow plan sponsor to consent on behalf of an enrollee to electronic delivery of all communication

GA - SB566 Surprise Billing Consumer Protection Act; a medical or traumatic condition includes a mental health condition or substance use disorder; emergency medical services include post-stabilization services; clarify

GA - HB849 Domestic relations; add human resources personnel and supervisory personnel in a workplace that employs minors as mandatory reporters for child abuse

GA - HB1351 Community Health, Department of; pharmacy benefits management for Medicaid program; provide

GA - HB1297 Insurance; discount for property owners who build a new property that better resists tornado and catastrophic windstorm events; provide

GA - HB733 Insurance; guaranteed asset protection waiver; revise definition

GA - SB24 Minimum Wage Law; provisions; revise

GA - SB103 Insurance; diagnostic examinations for breast cancer shall not be treated less favorably than screening examinations for breast cancer with respect to cost-sharing requirements and treatment limitations; provide

GA - HB205 Insurance; framework for regulating the offering or issuance of travel insurance; provide

GA - SB55 'Georgia Family Medical Leave Act'; enact

GA - SR42 Family Medical Leave Fund; create

GA - SB80 "Ensuring Transparency in Prior Authorization Act"; enact

GA - SB82 Emergency Medical Services; prudent layperson standard is not affected by the final diagnosis given; clarify

GA - SB291 COVID-19; include within the meaning of occupational disease for essential workers

GA - HB867 Truth in Prescription Pricing for Patients Act; enact

GA - SB502 Employment Security; definition of employment to include services performed by an individual for wages; change

GA - SB532 Back the Blue Fund; establish

GA - HB1059 Insurance; unfair trade practices and unlawful inducements; provide for exclusions

GA - HB1276 Community Health, Department of; statistical reports data relating to state health plans be posted on department website; require

GA - SB557 Public Assistance; self-sufficiency through a state-wide work requirement for able-bodied, covered individuals under the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program; increase

GA - SB602 Insurance; minimum amounts of uninsured and underinsured motorist coverage maintained by transportation network companies; require

GA - SB592 Insurance; health care sharing ministries; change a definition

GA - SB597 Department of Administrative Services; provide for definitions; certification of certain business enterprises; provide

GA - SB605 Employment Security; certain nonprofit organizations have the option of making installment payments to finance unemployment benefits paid to its employees for certain time periods during the COVID-19 public health emergency; provide

GA - HB1324 Health and insurance; clarify that the prudent layperson standard is not affected by the diagnoses given

GA - HB1409 Labor and industrial relations; workers' compensation benefits; change certain provisions