# Georgia SB 276: Recovery of Medical Assistance from Third Party; certain provisions to comply with federal law; revise

Georgia SB 276, Recovery of Medical Assistance from Third Party; certain provisions to comply with federal law; revise, is a 2025-2026 Regular Session Senate bill sponsored by Timothy Bearden (Republican), Drew Echols (Republican), Bo Hatchett (Republican) and 7 others; status signed, last action 2025-07-01 (Effective Date) (as of 2026-10-19).

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## Facts
- Bill: Georgia SB 276
- State: Georgia
- Session: 2025-2026 Regular Session
- Title: Recovery of Medical Assistance from Third Party; certain provisions to comply with federal law; revise
- Status: signed
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2025-02-26
- Last action: 2025-07-01, Effective Date
- Sponsors: Timothy Bearden (Republican), Drew Echols (Republican), Bo Hatchett (Republican), Chuck Hufstetler (Republican), John F. Kennedy (Republican), Kay Kirkpatrick (Republican), Shawn Still (Republican), Brian Strickland (Republican), Blake Tillery (Republican), Ben Watson (Republican)
- Cosponsors: 1
- Subjects: Insurance, Insurance and Labor, General Bill
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 2 (222 yes, 3 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 1

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read

- Stronger payment protections for Medicaid claims: benefit, low. Georgia strengthens rules for collecting payments from insurers and other payers responsible for Medicaid patients’ care. Covered payers include employer health plans, managed care plans, and pharmacy benefit managers. They must help the Department of Community Health check coverage and answer paym…

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Timothy Bearden (Republican), Senate
- Sponsor: Drew Echols (Republican), Senate
- Sponsor: Bo Hatchett (Republican), Senate
- Sponsor: Chuck Hufstetler (Republican), Senate
- Sponsor: John F. Kennedy (Republican), Senate
- Sponsor: Kay Kirkpatrick (Republican), Senate
- Sponsor: Shawn Still (Republican), Senate
- Sponsor: Brian Strickland (Republican), Senate
- Sponsor: Blake Tillery (Republican), Senate
- Sponsor: Ben Watson (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Matthew Gambill (Republican), House

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025-03-18 | House | PASSAGE | pass | 168 | 2 | 5 |
| 2025-03-06 | Senate | PASSAGE | pass | 54 | 1 |   |

## Actions (15)

- 2025-07-01: Effective Date
- 2025-05-14: Senate Date Signed by Governor (Senate)
- 2025-05-14: Act 297
- 2025-04-07: Senate Sent to Governor (Senate)
- 2025-03-18: House Third Readers (House)
- 2025-03-18: House Passed/Adopted (House)
- 2025-03-13: House Committee Favorably Reported (House)
- 2025-03-11: House Second Readers (House)
- 2025-03-10: House First Readers (House)
- 2025-03-06: Senate Third Read (Senate)
- 2025-03-06: Senate Passed/Adopted (Senate)
- 2025-03-04: Senate Read Second Time (Senate)
- 2025-03-03: Senate Committee Favorably Reported (Senate)
- 2025-02-27: Senate Read and Referred (Senate)
- 2025-02-26: Senate Hopper (Senate)

## Bill text

- SB 276/AP* (v5): [PDF](https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20252026/236523)

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- SB 76: License Plates; specialty license plate benefitting the Georgia Veterans Service Foundation; establish (signed)
- SB 406: "Georgia Property Owners' Bill of Rights Act"; enact (signed)
- HB 1391: Specialty license plates; honor public safety officers; establish (signed)
- HB 1344: Georgia Insurance Affordability and Claims Integrity Act; enact (signed)

## Sources
- [SB 276/AP* (v5) (PDF)](https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20252026/236523)

## Related
- [SB 160: Reckless Stunt Driving; a motor vehicle involved in a second offense of reckles…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/GA-SB160-2025-2026)
- [SB 384: Motor Vehicle; optional five-year motor vehicle registration and revalidation f…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/GA-SB384-2025-2026)
- [SB 76: License Plates; specialty license plate benefitting the Georgia Veterans Servic…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/GA-SB76-2025-2026)
- [SB 406: "Georgia Property Owners' Bill of Rights Act"; enact](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/GA-SB406-2025-2026)
- [HB 1391: Specialty license plates; honor public safety officers; establish](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/GA-HB1391-2025-2026)
- [HB 1344: Georgia Insurance Affordability and Claims Integrity Act; enact](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/GA-HB1344-2025-2026)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/GA-SB276-2025-2026 (as of 2026-10-19).