Daily report, 2020 February 3

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Daily Report for February 3, 2020

DAILY REPORT Monday
February 3, 2020

10th Legislative
Day

House Budget & Research Office (404) 656-5050

The House will reconvene for its 11th Legislative Day on Tuesday, February 4 at 10:00 a.m. The Rules Committee will meet at 9:00 a.m. No bills / resolutions are expected to be debated on the floor.

Today on the Floor

Local Calendar
HB 822 Bartow County; Board of Education; change description of districts
Bill Summary: House Bill 822 changes the description of the Bartow County Board of Education districts.

Authored By: House Committee: Floor Vote:

Rep. Matthew Gambill (15th) Intragovernmental Coordination Local Yeas: 167 Nays: 0

Rule Applied: Committee Action: Amendments:

01-31-2020 Do Pass

HB 825

Barrow County; Board of Education; modify compensation of members
Bill Summary: House Bill 825 modifies the compensation of the members of the Barrow County Board of Education. Each member of the board shall receive $200 per month, except the chairperson, who shall receive $300 per month. Additionally, each member shall receive a $75 per diem for each meeting of the board occurring inside the county and $75 per day for meetings, official travel, or training occurring outside the county.

Authored By: House Committee: Floor Vote:

Rep. Terry England (116th) Intragovernmental Coordination Local Yeas: 167 Nays: 0

Rule Applied: Committee Action: Amendments:

01-31-2020 Do Pass

HB 831 Cook County; Probate Court; charge technology fee
Bill Summary: House Bill 831 authorizes the Cook County Probate Court to assess and collect a technology fee.

Authored By: House Committee: Floor Vote:

Rep. Penny Houston (170th) Intragovernmental Coordination Local Yeas: 167 Nays: 0

Rule Applied: Committee Action: Amendments:

01-31-2020 Do Pass

HB 841 Bartow County; ad valorem tax for county purposes; increase homestead exemption
Bill Summary: House Bill 841 increases the amount of a Bartow County homestead exemption from $5,000 to $10,000.

Authored By: Rep. Mitchell Scoggins (14th)

Rule Applied:

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House Committee: Floor Vote:

Intragovernmental Coordination Local Yeas: 167 Nays: 0

Committee Action: Amendments:

01-31-2020 Do Pass

HB 851

Cobb County; State Court; change compensation of judges
Bill Summary: House Bill 851 changes the compensation of the Cobb County State Court judges. The bill changes the additional compensation of the chief judge from $9,492.67 to $9,872.38. The salary of the judges of Division 1 of the state court is changed from $181,950.72 to $189,228.74.

Authored By: House Committee: Floor Vote:

Rep. Albert Reeves (34th) Intragovernmental Coordination Local Yeas: 167 Nays: 0

Rule Applied: Committee Action: Amendments:

01-31-2020 Do Pass

Committee Actions
Bills passing committees are reported to the Clerk's Office and are placed on the General Calendar.

Interstate Cooperation Committee
HB 818 Compact for a Balanced Budget; extend sunset provision Bill Summary: House Bill 818 extends the sunset provision of the Compact for a Balanced Budget to on or before April 12, 2031.

Authored By: House Committee:

Rep. Andrew Welch (110th) Interstate Cooperation

Committee Action:

02-03-2020 Do Pass

Special Committee on Access to Quality Health Care Committee

HB 789

Insurance; creation of a surprise bill rating system based upon the number of certain physician specialty groups contracted with a hospital within a health insurer's network; provide
Bill Summary: House Bill 789, also known as the 'Surprise Bill Transparency Act', creates a health benefit plan surprise bill rating system that is defined by the number of green check marks and red X marks between zero and four. The number of check marks and X marks is determined by the number of qualified hospital-based specialty group types, or lack thereof, with which a health benefit plan is contracted for the provision of health care services. The bill defines "hospital-based specialty groups" as anesthesiologists, pathologists, radiologists, and emergency medicine physicians.

The insurer must make this rating system available for patients to view online for each network plan. If a rating is less than four check marks, each insurer advertising a hospital as in-network must describe which specialty group type is not contracted with the health benefit plan. If an insurer processes a claim on a covered person from an out-of-network specialty group provider at an out-ofnetwork rate, the insurer must update the relevant rating within 30 days to reflect any necessary reduction in the rating.

Authored By: House Committee:

Rep. Mark Newton (123rd) Special Committee on Access to Quality Health Care

Committee Action:

02-03-2020 Do Pass by Committee Substitute

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Committee Meeting Schedule
This meeting schedule is up to date at the time of this report, but meeting dates and times are subject to change. To keep up with the latest schedule, please visit www.house.ga.gov and click on Meetings Calendar.

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Tuesday, February 04, 2020 MOTOR VEHICLES 515 CLOB RULES 341 CAP FLOOR SESSION (LD 11) House Chamber ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND TOURISM 341 CAP Energy Subcommittee of Energy, Utilities and Telecommunications 606 CLOB RETIREMENT 515 CLOB JUDICIARY CIVIL 132 CAP HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES 606 CLOB WORKING GROUP ON CREATIVE ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT 403 CAP Ways and Means Public Finance and Policy Subcommittee 133 CAP REGULATED INDUSTRIES 506 CLOB Ways and Means Tax Expenditure Subcommittee 133 CAP ENERGY, UTILITIES AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS 403 CAP