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GA Code § 33-46-26 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 33 - Insurance|Chapter 46 - (Effective January 1, 2022.) Certification of Private Review Agents|Article 2 - (Effective January 1, 2022.) Prior Authorizations|§ 33-46-26. (Effective January 1, 2022.) Timely Notification of Prior Authorization or Adverse Determination

 Effective January 1, 2022, until December 31, 2022, if an insurer requires prior authorization of a healthcare service, a private review agent or utilization review entity shall notify the covered person's healthcare provider, or such provider's appropriately qualified designee, of any prior authorization or adverse determination within 15 calendar days of obtaining all necessary information to make such authorization or adverse determination. Effective January 1, 2023, if an insurer requires prior authorization of a healthcare service, a private review agent or utilization review entity shall notify the covered person's healthcare provider, or such provider's appropriately qualified designee, of any prior authorization or adverse determination within 7 calendar days of obtaining all necessary information to make such authorization or adverse determination.    (Code 1981, §33-46-26, enacted by Ga. L. 2021, p. 629, § 2/SB 80.)
GA Code § 33-46-27 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 33 - Insurance|Chapter 46 - (Effective January 1, 2022.) Certification of Private Review Agents|Article 2 - (Effective January 1, 2022.) Prior Authorizations|§ 33-46-27. (Effective January 1, 2022. ) Notification Time for Prior Authorization or Adverse Determination

 A private review agent or utilization review entity shall render a prior authorization or adverse determination concerning urgent healthcare services and notify such person's healthcare provider, or such provider's appropriately qualified designee, of that prior authorization or adverse determination no later than 72 hours after receiving all information needed to complete the review of the requested healthcare services.    (Code 1981, §33-46-27, enacted by Ga. L. 2021, p. 629, § 2/SB 80.)
GA Code § 33-46-28 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 33 - Insurance|Chapter 46 - (Effective January 1, 2022.) Certification of Private Review Agents|Article 2 - (Effective January 1, 2022.) Prior Authorizations|§ 33-46-28. (Effective January 1, 2022.) Honoring of Prior Authorizations

  Upon receipt of information documenting a prior authorization from a covered person or from a covered person's healthcare provider, a private review agent or utilization review entity, for at least the initial 30 days of such person's new coverage, shall honor a prior authorization for a covered healthcare service granted to him or her from a previous private review agent or utilization review entity even if approval criteria or products of a healthcare plan have changed or such person is covered under a new healthcare plan, so long as the former criteria, products, or plans are not binding upon a new insurer.   During the time period described in subsection (a) of this Code section, a private review agent or utilization review entity may perform its own review to grant a prior authorization.   If there is a change in coverage of, or approval criteria for, a previously authorized healthcare service, the change in coverage or approval criteria shall not affect a covered person who received prior authorization before the effective date of such change for the remainder of the covered person's plan year so long as such person remains covered by the same insurer.   A private review agent or utilization review entity shall continue to honor a prior authorization it has granted to a covered person in accordance with this Code section.     (Code 1981, §33-46-28, enacted by Ga. L. 2021, p. 629, § 2/SB 80.)
GA Code § 33-46-29 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 33 - Insurance|Chapter 46 - (Effective January 1, 2022.) Certification of Private Review Agents|Article 2 - (Effective January 1, 2022.) Prior Authorizations|§ 33-46-29. (Effective January 1, 2022.) Noncompliance Resulting in Automatic Authorization

 Each violation by a private review agent or utilization review entity of deadline or other requirements specified in this chapter shall result in the automatic authorization of healthcare services under review by such private review agent or utilization review entity if such noncompliance is related to such services. Notwithstanding the foregoing, noncompliance based on a de minimis violation that does not cause, or is not likely to cause, prejudice or harm to the covered person shall not result in the automatic authorization of such healthcare services, so long as the insurer demonstrates that the violation occurred due to good cause or due to matters beyond the control of the insurer and that such violation occurred in the context of an ongoing good faith exchange of information between the insurer and the covered person, or, if applicable, the covered person's healthcare provider or authorized representative.    (Code 1981, §33-46-29, enacted by Ga. L. 2021, p. 629, § 2/SB 80.)
GA Code § 33-46-30 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 33 - Insurance|Chapter 46 - (Effective January 1, 2022.) Certification of Private Review Agents|Article 2 - (Effective January 1, 2022.) Prior Authorizations|§ 33-46-30. (Effective January 1, 2022.) Mandatory Compliance

 With regard to the provision of healthcare services, each contract entered into or renewed by a managed care organization, each contract entered into or renewed by the Department of Community Health with a care management organization, and each contract entered into by the board of such organization with a contracted entity pursuant to the state health benefit plan shall comply with this chapter.    (Code 1981, §33-46-30, enacted by Ga. L. 2021, p. 629, § 2/SB 80.)
GA Code § 33-46-31 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 33 - Insurance|Chapter 46 - (Effective January 1, 2022.) Certification of Private Review Agents|Article 2 - (Effective January 1, 2022.) Prior Authorizations|§ 33-46-31. (Effective January 1, 2022.) Role of Commissioner; Compliance Enforced by Department of Community Health

 The Commissioner shall not have the authority to approve, disapprove, or modify any plan offered by a care management organization or any contract between a care management organization and the Department of Community Health. Compliance with this chapter by care management organizations shall be enforced by the Department of Community Health.    (Code 1981, §33-46-31, enacted by Ga. L. 2021, p. 629, § 2/SB 80.)
GA Code § 33-46-32 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 33 - Insurance|Chapter 46 - (Effective January 1, 2022.) Certification of Private Review Agents|Article 2 - (Effective January 1, 2022.) Prior Authorizations|§ 33-46-32. (Effective January 1, 2022.) Commissioner's Authority Not Reduced

 Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as reducing the authority of the commissioner of community health.    (Code 1981, §33-46-32, enacted by Ga. L. 2021, p. 629, § 2/SB 80.)
GA Code § 34-6-2 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 34 - Labor and Industrial Relations|Chapter 6 - Labor Organizations and Labor Relations|Article 1 - General Provisions|§ 34-6-2. Use of Force or Threats to Compel Continuance in or Departure From Employment

 It shall be unlawful for any person, acting alone or in concert with one or more other persons, by the use of force, intimidation, violence, or threats thereof to prevent or attempt to prevent any individual from leaving or continuing in the employment of or from accepting or refusing employment by any employer or from entering or leaving any place of employment of such employer.   (Ga. L. 1947, p. 620, § 1.)   Cross references.   - Freedom of assembly, Ga. Const. 1983, Art. I, Sec. I, Para. IX.   Law reviews.   - For article, "State Court Injunctions in Labor Disputes," see 10 Ga. St. B. J. 559 (1974).   JUDICIAL DECISIONS   Picketing not violative of statute.    - Picketing by a single picket posted on the highway in front of the employer's business, bearing a placard which stated that the employer was unfair to the labor union, who did no more than walk slowly back and forth on the public highway, and was guilty of no violence, intimidation, or other misconduct, did not violate this section. The court did not err in denying the prayer of the employer for an interlocutory injunction to prohibit the picketing. Hallman v. Painters Dist. Council No. 38, 203 Ga. 175, 45 S.E.2d 414 (1947).    Cited in Cain v. Phillips, 211 Ga. 806, 89 S.E.2d 163 (1955); International Longshoremen's Ass'n v. Georgia Ports Auth., 217 Ga. 712, 124 S.E.2d 733 (1962); NAACP v. Overstreet, 221 Ga. 16, 142 S.E.2d 816 (1965); Fleming v. Terminal Transp. Co., 222 Ga. 583, 151 S.E.2d 137 (1966); Sams v. Olah, 225 Ga. 497, 169 S.E.2d 790 (1969).   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 44B Am. Jur. 2d, Interference, § 44. 48A Am. Jur. 2d, Labor and Labor Relations, §§ 1106, 1660, 1664, 1635, 1673 et seq.   C.J.S.   - 51 C.J.S., Labor Relations, § 12. 51A C.J.S., Labor Relations, §§ 448 et seq., 516 et seq., 527, 564 et seq., 701.   ALR.    - The boycott as a weapon in industrial disputes, 32 A.L.R. 779; 116 A.L.R. 484.    Parades by strikers, 47 A.L.R. 753.    Constitutionality, construction, and application of statute denouncing offense of interfering with or molesting mechanic or laborer, 123 A.L.R. 316.   Rights in union label, shop card, or other insignia denoting union shop or workmanship, 42 A.L.R.2d 709.   Discontinuance or suspension by employer of all or part of his operations, or lockout of employees, as unfair labor practice, 20 A.L.R.3d 403.   Application of Garmon preemption doctrine by state courts - Construction and transportation industries, 110 A.L.R.5th 111.   "Mass discharge" of employees as evidence of unfair labor practice under § 8 (a)(1) and (3) of National Labor Relations Act (29 U.S.C.S. § 158(a)(1), (3)), 137 A.L.R. Fed 445.   Increase, or promise of increase or withholding of increase, of wages as unfair labor practice under state labor relations acts, 34 A.L.R.6th 327.
GA Code § 34-6-3 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 34 - Labor and Industrial Relations|Chapter 6 - Labor Organizations and Labor Relations|Article 1 - General Provisions|§ 34-6-3. Unlawful Assemblages Near Site of Labor Dispute

 It shall be unlawful for any person, acting in concert with one or more other persons, to assemble at or near any place where a labor dispute exists and by force, intimidation, violence, or threats thereof to prevent or attempt to prevent any person from engaging in any lawful vocation or for any person acting either by himself, or as a member of any group or organization or acting in concert with one or more other persons to promote, encourage, or aid any such unlawful assemblage.   (Ga. L. 1947, p. 620, § 2.)   Cross references.   - Freedom of assembly, Ga. Const. 1983, Art. I, Sec. I, Para. IX.   Law reviews.   - For article, "State Court Injunctions in Labor Disputes," see 10 Ga. St. B. J. 559 (1974).   JUDICIAL DECISIONS   Staging locations for pickets upheld.    - Trial court's order placing conditions on the use of a staging location for pickets, designed to control the potential for violence and traffic impediments, was held not to be an abuse of discretion. Union Camp Corp. v. Savannah Bldg. Trades Council, 257 Ga. 518, 361 S.E.2d 178 (1987).    Cited in Fleming v. Terminal Transp. Co., 222 Ga. 583, 151 S.E.2d 137 (1966).   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 44B Am. Jur. 2d, Interference, § 44. 48B Am. Jur. 2d, Labor and Labor Relations, § 2580 et seq.   C.J.S.   - 51A C.J.S., Labor Relations, §§ 445, 464, 468 et seq.   ALR.    - The boycott as a weapon in industrial disputes, 32 A.L.R. 779; 116 A.L.R. 484.    Parades by strikers, 47 A.L.R. 753.    Validity of statute or ordinance against picketing, 125 A.L.R. 963; 130 A.L.R. 1303.   Right of labor union to strike, picket, or impose boycott to compel payment by employer of fine or other penalty, 32 A.L.R.2d 342.   Liability, under statute, of labor union or its membership for torts committed in connection with primary labor activities - state cases, 85 A.L.R.4th 979.   Construction of Freedom of Speech and Assembly Provisions of § 101(a)(2) of Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959 (29 U.S.C.S. § 411(a)(2)), included in Bill of Rights of Member of Labor Organizations, 143 A.L.R. Fed. 1
GA Code § 34-6-4 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 34 - Labor and Industrial Relations|Chapter 6 - Labor Organizations and Labor Relations|Article 1 - General Provisions|§ 34-6-4. Interference With Lawful Exercise of Business Activity

 It shall be unlawful for any person, acting alone or in concert with one or more other persons, by the use of force, intimidation, violence, or threats thereof to prevent or attempt to prevent any employer from lawfully engaging or continuing to engage in any proper and lawful business activity; from properly, lawfully, or peaceably using or enjoying his property used or useful in the conduct of such business; from acquiring materials or supplies for the purposes of such business; or from disposing of the goods, wares, or products of such business. It shall further be unlawful to prevent or attempt to prevent any carrier or other person from supplying or delivering materials or supplies to any such employer or from receiving or accepting delivery on the premises of such business of the goods, wares, or products of such business.   (Ga. L. 1947, p. 620, § 5.)   Cross references.   - Freedom of assembly, Ga. Const. 1983, Art. I, Sec. I, Para. IX.   Law reviews.   - For article, "State Court Injunctions in Labor Disputes," see 10 Ga. St. B. J. 559 (1974).   JUDICIAL DECISIONS    Cited in Brown Transp. Corp. v. Truck Drivers & Helpers Local 728, 218 Ga. 581, 129 S.E.2d 767 (1963); Fleming v. Terminal Transp. Co., 222 Ga. 583, 151 S.E.2d 137 (1966).   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 44B Am. Jur. 2d, Interference, §§ 1, 4, 6, 48. 48 Am. Jur. 2d, Labor and Labor Relations, § 538. 74 Am. Jur. 2d, Torts, §§ 40, 41.   C.J.S.   - 51A C.J.S., Labor Relations, §§ 387 et seq., 445, 448, 449 et seq. 86 C.J.S., Torts, § 42 et seq.   ALR.    - The boycott as a weapon in industrial disputes, 16 A.L.R. 230; 27 A.L.R. 651; 32 A.L.R. 779; 116 A.L.R. 484.    Liability of labor organization for inducing breach of contract to furnish or accept material, 29 A.L.R. 562.    Right of union to refuse to work on materials produced or transported by nonunion labor, 52 A.L.R. 1144; 54 A.L.R. 806.    Constitutionality, construction, and application of statute denouncing offense of interfering with or molesting mechanic or laborer, 123 A.L.R. 316.    Right of labor union to publicize that commodity is nonunion-made, or that competing commodity is union-made, 131 A.L.R. 1068.    Constitutionality of statute respecting employer's control of or interference with political affiliations or activities of employees, 166 A.L.R. 707.   Applicability of Norris-La Guardia Act and similar state statutes to injunction action by private complainant, 29 A.L.R.2d 323.   Right of labor union to strike, picket, or impose boycott to compel payment by employer of fine or other penalty, 32 A.L.R.2d 342.   Rights and remedies of workmen blacklisted by labor union, 46 A.L.R.2d 1124.   Liability, under statute, of labor union or its membership for torts committed in connection with primary labor activities - state cases, 85 A.L.R.4th 979.
GA Code § 34-6-5 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 34 - Labor and Industrial Relations|Chapter 6 - Labor Organizations and Labor Relations|Article 1 - General Provisions|§ 34-6-5. Interference With Public Ways of Travel, Transportation, or Conveyance by Mass Picketing Near Site of Labor Dispute

 It shall be unlawful for any person to engage in mass picketing at or near any place where a labor dispute exists in such number or manner as to obstruct or interfere with or constitute a threat to obstruct or interfere with the entrance to or egress from any place of employment or the free and uninterrupted use of public roads, streets, highways, railroads, airports, or other ways of travel, transportation, or conveyance.   (Ga. L. 1947, p. 620, § 3.)   Cross references.   - Freedom of assembly, Ga. Const. 1983, Art. I, Sec. I, Para. IX.    Obstruction of, encroachment upon, or injuring public roads generally, § 32-6-1.   Law reviews.   - For article, "State Court Injunctions in Labor Disputes," see 10 Ga. St. B. J. 559 (1974).   JUDICIAL DECISIONS   Staging location for pickets permitted.    - Trial court's order placing conditions on the use of a staging location for pickets, designed to control the potential for violence and traffic impediments, was held not to be an abuse of discretion. Union Camp Corp. v. Savannah Bldg. Trades Council, 257 Ga. 518, 361 S.E.2d 178 (1987).    Cited in Fleming v. Terminal Transp. Co., 222 Ga. 583, 151 S.E.2d 137 (1966).   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 48 Am. Jur. 2d, Labor and Labor Relations, § 552 et seq.   C.J.S.   - 51A C.J.S., Labor Relations, §§ 462 et seq., 467 et seq.   ALR.    - Validity of statute or ordinance against picketing, 35 A.L.R. 1200; 108 A.L.R. 1119; 122 A.L.R. 1043; 125 A.L.R. 963; 130 A.L.R. 1303.    Parades by strikers, 47 A.L.R. 753.    Violation of injunction against unlawful picketing as affecting allowable scope of subsequent injunction, 73 A.L.R. 677.    Lawfulness of, or right to enjoin, picketing as affected by considerations relating to practical termination or inability to attain object of labor dispute, 122 A.L.R. 1292.    Legality of, and injunction against, peaceable picketing by labor union, of plant whose employees are represented by another union as statutory bargaining agent, 166 A.L.R. 185.   Right of third party in area picketed during labor dispute, who has no connection with the dispute, to relief against such picketing, 15 A.L.R.2d 1396.   Applicability of Norris-La Guardia Act and similar state statutes to injunction action by private complainant, 29 A.L.R.2d 323.   Right of labor union to strike, picket, or impose boycott to compel payment by employer of fine or other penalty, 32 A.L.R.2d 342.   Nonlabor picketing or boycott, 93 A.L.R.2d 1284.   Legality of peaceful labor picketing on private property, 10 A.L.R.3d 846.
GA Code § 34-6-7 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 34 - Labor and Industrial Relations|Chapter 6 - Labor Organizations and Labor Relations|Article 1 - General Provisions|§ 34-6-7. Penalty for Unlawful Picketing and for Unlawful Interference With Employment or Business Activity

 Any person who violates any provision of Code Sections 34-6-2 through 34-6-6 shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished as provided in Code Section 17-10-3.   (Ga. L. 1947, p. 620, § 6.)   Cross references.   - Freedom of assembly, Ga. Const. 1983, Art. I, Sec. I, Para. IX.
GA Code § 34-6-8 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 34 - Labor and Industrial Relations|Chapter 6 - Labor Organizations and Labor Relations|Article 1 - General Provisions|§ 34-6-8. Payment of Charges by Carriers or Shippers for Movement of Motor Vehicles to or by Rail Facilities; Receipt by Labor Organizations of Such Payments; Penalties

  As used in this Code section, the term "labor organization" means any organization of any kind or any agency or employee representation committee or plan in which employees participate and which exists for the purpose, in whole or in part, of dealing with employers concerning grievances, labor disputes, wages, rates of pay, hours of employment, or conditions of work.   It shall be unlawful for any carrier or shipper of property or any association of carriers or shippers to agree to pay or to pay to or for the benefit of a labor organization, directly or indirectly, any charge by reason of the placing upon, delivery to, or movement by rail or by railroad car of a motor vehicle, trailer, or container which is also capable of being moved or propelled upon the highways.   It shall be unlawful for any labor organization to accept or receive from any carrier or shipper of property, or any association of such carriers or shippers, any payment described in subsection (b) of this Code section.   Any corporation, association, organization, or person who agrees to pay, or who does pay, or who agrees to receive, or who does receive, any payment described in subsection (b) of this Code section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. Each act of violation and each day during which such an agreement remains in effect shall constitute a separate and distinct offense.    (Ga. L. 1962, p. 448, §§ 1-4.)   Cross references.   - Punishment for misdemeanors generally, § 17-10-3.   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 48 Am. Jur. 2d, Labor and Labor Relations, § 34 et seq.   C.J.S.   - 51 C.J.S., Labor Relations, §§ 69 et seq., 92. 51A C.J.S., Labor Relations, §§ 340 et seq., 522, 556 et seq.
GA Code § 34-6-20 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 34 - Labor and Industrial Relations|Chapter 6 - Labor Organizations and Labor Relations|Article 2 - Membership in Labor Organizations|§ 34-6-20. Definitions

 As used in this article, the term:    "Employee" includes any employee and shall not be limited to the employees of a particular employer.   "Employer" includes any person acting in the interest of an employer, directly or indirectly, but shall not include the United States, a state or any political subdivision thereof, any person subject to the Railway Labor Act, as amended, any person employed by a transit authority subject to the provisions and requirements of Section 13(c) of the Federal Transit Act, 49 U.S.C. Section 5333(b), any labor organization (other than when acting as an employer), or anyone acting in the capacity of officer or agent of such labor organization.   "Employment" means employment by an employer.   "Federal labor laws" means the National Labor Relations Act and the Labor Management Relations Act, as amended by federal administrative regulations relating to labor and management or employee and employer issues, and the United States Constitution as amended and as construed by the federal courts.   "Governmental body" means the State of Georgia or any local government or its subdivisions, including but not limited to cities, municipalities, counties, and any public body, agency, board, commission or other governmental, quasi-governmental, or quasi-public body, or like capacity of local government or its subdivision.   "Labor organization" means any organization of any kind or any agency or employee representation committee or plan in which employees participate and which exists for the purpose, in whole or in part, of dealing with employers concerning grievances, labor disputes, wages, rates of pay, hours of employment, or conditions of work.    (Ga. L. 1947, p. 616, § 1; Ga. L. 2013, p. 623, § 1/HB 361.)   Editor's notes.   - Ga. L. 2013, p. 623, § 6/HB 361, not codified by the General Assembly, provides for severability.   U.S. Code.   - The Railway Labor Act, referred to in paragraph (2) of this Code section, is codified as 45 U.S.C. § 151 et seq.   Law reviews.   - For article on the 2013 amendment of this Code section, see 30 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 191 (2013).   JUDICIAL DECISIONS   County board of realtors.    - County board of realtors was not a "labor organization" within the meaning of the right-to-work statutes. Nixon v. Gwinnett County Bd. of Realtors, Inc., 249 Ga. 862, 295 S.E.2d 78 (1982).   OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL   American Nurses Association.   - The prohibition against requiring membership in a labor organization is not applicable to the American Nurses Association. 1965-66 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 66-67.   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 48 Am. Jur. 2d, Labor and Labor Relations, §§ 1, 15 et seq. 35 et seq. 27 Am. Jur. 2d, Employment Relationship, § 1.   C.J.S.   - 51 C.J.S., Labor Relations, §§ 6, 65, 69 et seq., 92.   ALR.   - Validity, construction, and application of state right-to-work provisions, 105 A.L.R.5th 243.