Section 33-24-63. Review of health insurance benefit bill by General Assembly; Commissioner of Insurance to issue report on bill

   (a) Every health insurance benefit bill, to be determined by the presiding officer of the House of Representatives or the Senate, shall be subject to review by the General Assembly prior to enactment as provided in this article. The Clerk of the House or the Secretary of the Senate shall deliver such bill or bills to the Commissioner of Insurance within five days after such legislation has been read for the first time.

(b) The Commissioner of Insurance shall issue a report on each health insurance benefit bill which assesses, if possible, the financial effects of the health insurance benefit proposed in such bill. The Commissioner, upon completion of said report, shall deliver a copy thereof to the Governor and to the presiding officer of both houses of the General Assembly.

Code 1981, § 33-24-63, enacted by Ga. L. 1989, p. 492, § 1.