{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-33-21a-3","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 33-21A-3","heading":"Certificate of authority required; setting of rates; authority of commissioners.","body":"(a) A care management organization shall be required to obtain a certificate of authority as a health maintenance organization pursuant to Chapter 21 of this title prior to providing or arranging health care for members pursuant to a contract with the Department of Community Health. On and after the date of issuance of its certificate of authority as a health maintenance organization, a care management organization shall comply with all provisions relating to health maintenance organizations and all provisions relating to managed health care plans, with the exception of Code Section 33-20A-9.1.\n(b) The Commissioner of Insurance shall not have the authority to approve, disapprove, or set rates paid by the Department of Community Health to a care management organization or paid by a care management organization to a health care provider.\n(c) The Commissioner of Insurance 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.\n(d) Nothing in this chapter shall be interpreted as altering the authority of the commissioner of community health.","path":["TITLE 33 Insurance","CHAPTER 21A Medicaid Care Management Organizations"],"source_url":"https://archive.org/download/gov.ga.ocga.2018/release86.2022.11/gov.ga.ocga.title.33.odt","current_through":"Release 86 (2022-11)","vintage":"Public.Resource.Org bulk O.C.G.A., Release 86 (2022-11), retrieved 2026-09-17","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T19:34:57Z","sha256":"94b84246992aa24df4970d0ca65715ba2905558f1dd6a11f9da530ebb71e7d09","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-33-21a-2","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-33-21a-4"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}