# Senate Bill 444 (Georgia) — effective January 1, 2027

For Senate Bill 444 (Georgia), effective date is January 1, 2027; what it applies to is private review agents and utilization review entities using artificial intelligence, whose systems may not issue an adverse determination to a patient until a natural person conducts a utilization review in which a clinical peer participates, recorded from its source on 2026-09-14.

- **Jurisdiction:** Georgia _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Instrument:** Senate Bill 444 _(verified: appears in its own passage below)_
- **Effective date:** January 1, 2027 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **What it applies to:** private review agents and utilization review entities using artificial intelligence, whose systems may not issue an adverse determination to a patient until a natural person conducts a utilization review in which a clinical peer participates _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_

## What the source says

> This Act shall become effective on January 1, 2027.

## Where each value comes from

This source states these in separate places, so each value is shown with the passage that states it.

### Instrument

> Senate Bill 444

## Source

- https://gov.georgia.gov/document/2026-signed-legislation/sb-444/download

Last verified: 2026-09-14. Review by: 2026-10-29.
Part of [AI law and regulation effective dates by jurisdiction](https://referencesource.org/ai-regulation-effective-dates/).