O.C.G.A.
33-20A-1 (2019)
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✓ O.C.G.A. — 2019 edition (Public.Resource.Org Release 73)
Code text and O.C.G.A. statutory annotations on this page reflect the 2019 Official Code of Georgia Annotated (Public.Resource.Org Release 73, 2019-08-21; public domain per Georgia v. Public.Resource.Org, 2020). The Syfert case-law annotations in Notes of Decisions, below, are current.
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This article shall be known and may be cited as the ‘‘Patient Protection Act of 1996.’’
History
Code 1981, § 33-20A-1, enacted by Ga. L. 1996, p. 485, § 1; Ga. L. 1999, p. 350, § 2.
Annotations
Law reviews. - For article, ‘‘Price Transparency and Incomplete Contracts in Health Care,’’ see 67 Emory L.J. 1 (2017).
For review of 1996 health care plans legislation, see 13 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 190 (1996). For notes on 1999 amendments of Code sections in this article, see 16 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 151, 163 (1999).
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2
cases, 2005–2012 · leading case: Ne. Georgia Cancer Care v. Blue Cross, 726 S.E.2d 714 (Ga. Ct. App. 2012).
Ne. Georgia Cancer Care v. Blue Cross, 726 S.E.2d 714 (Ga. Ct. App. 2012). “1 are part of the Patient Protection Act of 1996, OCGA § 33-20A-1 et seq. [9] Another important distinction is that HMOs and health care corporations are entities that require certificates of authority from the Insurance Commissioner.”
Hosp. Auth. of Houston Cty. v. Bohannon, 611 S.E.2d 663 (Ga. Ct. App. 2005). “" When the Georgia General Assembly enacted the Patient Protection Act, OCGA § 33-20A-1 et seq., it made these findings: The General Assembly finds and declares that it is a vital government concern that the citizens of the State of Georgia have access to quality health care…”
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