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The 2023 Legislative Session began on January 9, 2023. Below please find a listing of bills that Georgians for a Healthy Future is tracking during this session. New bills will be added as they are introduced. For email updates on how to stay involved sign up for action alerts.
GHF released its 2023 policy priorities at our thirteenth annual Health Care Unscrambled event. These annual priorities outline the issues that GHF believes are most pressing for Georgia consumers and are best addressed by the state legislature.
Georgians for a Healthy Future Legislative Priorities
| Sort By: Bill Title Bill Status | Bill | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Community Health, Department of; mitigate potential loss of Medicaid coverage caused by discontinuation of Families First Coronavirus Response Act; provide | HB 37 | House Second Readers |
| Community Health, Department of; utilize appropriations for purposes of obtaining federal financial participation for medical assistance payments; provisions | HB 38 | House Second Readers |
| Georgia Work and Family Credit Act | HB 79 | House Second Readers |
| Georgia Work and Family Credit Act | HB 79 | House First Readers |
| Income Tax; limit eligibility for rural physician tax credit to physicians who qualify on or before December 31, 2023 | HB 82 | House Second Readers |
| Insurance; require health benefit policy coverage for bio marker testing if supported by medical and scientific evidence | HB 85 | House Second Readers |
| Revenue and taxation; consumable vapor products; increase rate of tax | HB 192 | House First Readers (02/02/23) |
| Cost and effects of smoking joint study committee | HR 43 | House Second Readers |
| Medical Assistance; program of premium assistance to enable eligible individuals to obtain health care coverage | SB 17 | Senate Read and Referred (1/26/23) |
| Surprise Billing Consumer Protection Act | SB 20 | Senate Read and Referred (1/26/23) |
| Medical Assistance; authorization of appropriations for the purposes of obtaining federal financial participation for medical assistance payments to providers of Medicaid expansion | SB 24 | Senate Read and Referred |
| Offenses Against Public Health and Morals; vaping in restricted areas is a misdemeanor punishable by fine | SB 47 | Senate Hopper |
Georgia Pro-Birth Accountability Act
You can make a difference today in the outcome of this bill!
Behavioral Health and Development Disabilities, Department of; create and maintain electronic inpatient psychiatric bed registry; require
To create an electroninc inpatient psychiatric bed registry through Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities
You can make a difference today in the outcome of this bill!
Public assistance; use certain benefits for purchasing diapers or menstrual products; provide for waiver request
To provide assistance for purchasing diapers or menstrual hygiene products to individuals who are recipients of certain public assistance benefits, like WIC and SNAP through Department of Human Services
You can make a difference today in the outcome of this bill!
Behavioral Health and Development Disabilities, Department of; establish school-linked behavioral health grant program; provide
To establish a behavioral health program in schools through Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities
You can make a difference today in the outcome of this bill!
Education; attendance policies consider mental and behavioral health; provide
To provide excused absences for mental and behavioral health in school.
You can make a difference today in the outcome of this bill!
Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities, Department of; create and maintain Georgia Crisis and Access Line; statutorily require
To create, operate, and maintain the Georgia Crisis and Access Line through Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities
You can make a difference today in the outcome of this bill!
Labor and industrial relations; use of sick leave for care of immediate family members; extend sunset provision
To enable employees to use their sick leave to take of their immediate family members
You can make a difference today in the outcome of this bill!
Georgia Remember My Life Act; enact
To provide a digital memorial monument within the state capitol building for Georgians who have died from COVID-19
You can make a difference today in the outcome of this bill!
Right to Breathe Act
Requires the Department of Community affairs to include certain indoor air quality provisions in applicable state minimum standard codes, to require the installation of indoor air quality equipment and utilization of best practices in new construction permitted on or after July 1, 2024.
You can make a difference today in the outcome of this bill!
Community Health, Department of; mitigate potential loss of Medicaid coverage caused by discontinuation of Families First Coronavirus Response Act; provide
To reduce the potential loss of Medicaid coverage that is caused by the discontinuation of the federal Families First Coronavirus Response Act
You can make a difference today in the outcome of this bill!
Community Health, Department of; utilize appropriations for purposes of obtaining federal financial participation for medical assistance payments; provisions
To use appropriations for the purposes of receiving federal funding for medical assistance payments and to help in funding Medicaid expansion
You can make a difference today in the outcome of this bill!
Mental health; emergency involuntary treatment for mental health and alcohol and drug dependency; revise procedures
Amends the procedure for involuntary medical treatment for mental health and substance use to require court orders for treatment to include an unexpired physicians certificate or sworn affidavits from at least two people that they have seen the person in the last 48 hours and believe their behavior requires involuntary treatment. The bill requires these documents be included in the patients medical record.
You can make a difference today in the outcome of this bill!
Crimes and offenses; aggravated assault and battery of healthcare workers; expand enhanced punishment
To enhance punishment for aggravated assault or aggravated battery against health care workers in hospitals or health care facilities
You can make a difference today in the outcome of this bill!
Georgia Health and Economic Livelihood Partnership (HELP) Act; enact
Creates the Georgia Health and Economic Livelihood Partnership (HELP), which is a program that requires DCH to contract with a third party administrator to provide basic health care serivces to Medicaid members (unless they are on disability Medicaid) and creates a work readiness program for erollees.
You can make a difference today in the outcome of this bill!
Insurance; insurers providing policies for groups of 20 or more to furnish claims experience at the request of a group policyholder; require
Requires insurers providing policies for groups of 20 or more to timely furnish claims experience at the request of a group policyholder
You can make a difference today in the outcome of this bill!
Public Health, Department of; establish grant program for physicians and nurse practitioners; provisions
To create a grant program for physicians and nurse practitioners to help fund for liability insurance premiums
You can make a difference today in the outcome of this bill!
Insurance; affordable healthcare coverage for individuals diagnosed with cardiovascular disease; provide
To provide affordable health insurance for individuals diagnosed with cardiovascular disease
You can make a difference today in the outcome of this bill!
Surprise Billing Consumer Protection Act; require provider to notify a covered person if services require $100.00 or more in out-of-pocket costs
Requires out-of-network providers to give notice if the patient will have to pay $100 or more out-of-pocket
You can make a difference today in the outcome of this bill!
Social services; Medicaid coverage for prevention and treatment of lymphedema; provide
To provide Medicaid coverage for the prevention and treatment of lymphedema
You can make a difference today in the outcome of this bill!
Reproductive Freedom Act; enact
To remove the criminalizing of abortion, to create exceptions to the requirement of notifying parents of minors receiving aboritons, to have certain abortions covered by certain health insurance plans
You can make a difference today in the outcome of this bill!
Paid Sick Leave Act
To require employers to provide paid sick leave for employees
You can make a difference today in the outcome of this bill!
Georgia Work and Family Credit Act
Creates a state earned income tax credit
You can make a difference today in the outcome of this bill!
Georgia Work and Family Credit Act
Creates a state earned income tax credit
You can make a difference today in the outcome of this bill!
Income Tax; limit eligibility for rural physician tax credit to physicians who qualify on or before December 31, 2023
To limit the eligibility for rural physicians tax credits and create a new tax credit for rural physicians, dentists, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants
You can make a difference today in the outcome of this bill!
Insurance; require health benefit policy coverage for bio marker testing if supported by medical and scientific evidence
To require bio marker testing to be covered by health insurance policies if supported by medical and scientific evidence
You can make a difference today in the outcome of this bill!
Health; first responders of municipal fire departments may engage in emergency medical transportation of patients; provide
To have first responders from fire departments help in the emergency medical transportation of patients
You can make a difference today in the outcome of this bill!
Public assistance; expand temporary assistance for needy families eligibility criteria to pregnant women
To expand temporary assistance for a wide variety of populations such as families in need to pregnant women for public assistance payments
You can make a difference today in the outcome of this bill!
State employees; three-year pilot program to provide coverage for the diagnosis and treatment of certain pediatric disorders
To create a three-year pilot program to provide coverage for the diagnosis and treatment of two diseases under the state health benefit plan: Pediatric Autoimmune Neuropsychiatric Disorders associated with streptococcal infection (PANDAS) and Pediatric Acute Onset Neuropsychiatric Syndrome (PANS)
You can make a difference today in the outcome of this bill!
Education; require local school systems to conduct suicide screenings on all students age eight through eighteen
To require school systems to conduct suicide screenings on students aged 8-18
You can make a difference today in the outcome of this bill!
Community Health, Department of; include continuous glucose monitors as a pharmacy benefit for Medicaid recipients
To provide continuous glucose monitors for Medicaid recipients as a pharmacy benefit
You can make a difference today in the outcome of this bill!
Professions and businesses; definition of physical therapy to include ordering diagnostic imaging and using ultrasound
To change the definition of physical therapy to also include ordering diagnostic imaging and the use of ultrasounds
You can make a difference today in the outcome of this bill!
Mental health; notice of admission and daily updates to the parent or legal guardian of an involuntary minor patient under 12 years of age
To create notices of admission and provide daily updates from facilities to parental or legal guardians for involuntary minor patients under 12 years of age
You can make a difference today in the outcome of this bill!
Insurance; mental health parity requirements
To enforce specific federal regulations for mental health parity (to ensure that mental health and substance abuse treatments be as easy to access as other health care treatments)
You can make a difference today in the outcome of this bill!
Georgia Dangerous Sexual Predator Prevention Act
To revise the name of the Sexual Offender Registration Review Board
You can make a difference today in the outcome of this bill!
Revenue and taxation; consumable vapor products; increase rate of tax
Increase the rate of tax on vaping and tobacco products and have the proceeds of the tax to be utilized for healthcare purposes
You can make a difference today in the outcome of this bill!
Undocumented Persons Family Violence Protection Act
Any undocumented victim of family violence that seeks assistance with law enforcement would not be arrested, charged, or prosecuted for being undocumented
You can make a difference today in the outcome of this bill!
Georgia Access to Medical Cannabis Commission; subject to Administrative Procedure Act and laws governing open meetings and records
To have the Georgia Access to Medical Cannabis Commision to enforce the Administrative Procedure Act and to have open records about medical cannabis use
You can make a difference today in the outcome of this bill!
Public Health, Department of; carry out projects to increase education, awareness, or diagnosis of valvular heart disease
To have the DPH increase education, awareness, or diagnosis of valvular heart disease and to reduce the incidence of sudden cardiac death that might be caused by valvular heart disease
You can make a difference today in the outcome of this bill!
Health; restrictions on sale and dispensing of contact lenses with respect to physicians
To restrict both the sale or dispensing of contact lenses from physicians to aid in controlling hazardous conditions, preventable diseases, and metabolic disorders
You can make a difference today in the outcome of this bill!
Sales and use tax; certain absorbent diapers, undergarments, and pads
To have diapers, undergarments, and pads exempt from sales taxes
You can make a difference today in the outcome of this bill!
Education; required information to parents of students regarding meningococcal meningitis and influenza and their vaccines
To require educating parents of students of elementary and secondary schools about meningococcal meningitis and influenza vaccines
You can make a difference today in the outcome of this bill!
Professions and businesses; authorize registered nurses and physician assistants to certify an individual is disabled for purposes of obtaining special vehicle decals
To have special license plates for vehicles of physicians, physisican assistants, and to empower physicians to delegate the authority to prescribe Schedule II controlled substances to physician assistants and RNs
You can make a difference today in the outcome of this bill!
Professions and businesses; licensure of advanced practice registered nurses
To assist in licensure of advanced practice RNs, to assist in licensure requirements, to create a misdemeanor to practice advanced nursing practice without a license
You can make a difference today in the outcome of this bill!
Criminal procedure; award made from Georgia Crime Victims Emergency Fund to sexual assault survivors for medical treatment or counseling
To provide compensation from the Georgia Crime Victimes Emergency Fund for sexual assault survivors for medical treatment or counseling
You can make a difference today in the outcome of this bill!
Evidence; sexual assault hearsay for disabled adults and 17 year olds
To provide sexual assault hearsay for disabled adults and 17 year olds
You can make a difference today in the outcome of this bill!
Social services; treatment services under Medicaid to persons with HIV
To require DCH to submit a section 1115 waiver request to CMS for a demo project to provide treatment services to individuals with HIV under Medicaid
You can make a difference today in the outcome of this bill!
Penal institutions; require public disclosure of certain data pertaining to health, safety, or other conditions of detention of inmates
To require the public disclosure of the health, safety, or other conditions of inmates
You can make a difference today in the outcome of this bill!
Penal institutions; require certain mental illness evaluations of persons detained in a penal institution
To require that certain mental illness evaluations of inmates in a penal institutions are performed
You can make a difference today in the outcome of this bill!
Penal institutions; policies for breast milk storage and breast feeding of a delivered child
To provide means for breast milk storage and for breast feeding of a delivered child, require DPH to provide breast pumps, and both prenatal and postpartum care for inmates
You can make a difference today in the outcome of this bill!
Cost and effects of smoking joint study committee
To create the costs and effects of smoking joint study committee
You can make a difference today in the outcome of this bill!
State Government; automatic repealer on the prohibition on state and local governments from requiring proof of COVID vaccination for government services; remove
To remove the requirement of providing proof of COVID-19 vaccination for government services
You can make a difference today in the outcome of this bill!
Torts; certain immunities from liability claims regarding COVID-19; provisions; revise
To provide immunity from liability claims as they relate to COVID-19
You can make a difference today in the outcome of this bill!
Kathleen Cominski Act
To require state office buildings to have at least one automated external defibrillator on site for all times, in case of emergencies
You can make a difference today in the outcome of this bill!
Kathleen Cominski Act
To require state office buildings to have at least one automated external defibrillator on site for all times, in case of emergencies
You can make a difference today in the outcome of this bill!
Reproductive Freedom Act; enact
To remove the criminalizing of abortion, to create exceptions to the requirement of notifying parents of minors receiving aboritons, to have certain abortions covered by certain health insurance plans
You can make a difference today in the outcome of this bill!
Reproductive Freedom Act; enact
To remove the criminalizing of abortion, to create exceptions to the requirement of notifying parents of minors receiving aboritons, to have certain abortions covered by certain health insurance plans
You can make a difference today in the outcome of this bill!
Georgia EMS Reform Act
To amend the current Emergency Medical Systems Communications Program in specified territories
You can make a difference today in the outcome of this bill!
Medical Assistance; program of premium assistance to enable eligible individuals to obtain health care coverage
To provide premium assistance to eligible individuals to get health care coverage and create necessary state plan amendments or federal waivers
You can make a difference today in the outcome of this bill!
Surprise Billing Consumer Protection Act
To set standards for health insurance plans offered to ensure quality healthcare for consumers
You can make a difference today in the outcome of this bill!
Medical Assistance; authorization of appropriations for the purposes of obtaining federal financial participation for medical assistance payments to providers of Medicaid expansion
To get federal financial help for medical assistance payments for healthcare providers of Medicaid expansion (under the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010)
You can make a difference today in the outcome of this bill!
Unfair Trade Practices; health care insurer from requiring an opthalmonologist or optometrist to extend any discounts on services that are not covered eye care services
To prevent health care insurers from requiring ophthalmologists or optometrists from using discounts on eye care services that aren’t covered to get higher reimbursements
You can make a difference today in the outcome of this bill!
Human Trafficking Hotline Information; model notice requirements; increase the fine for failure to comply
To create a model of human trafficking hotline information for local businesses and the internet and to increase the fine for failure to follow the model
You can make a difference today in the outcome of this bill!
Control of Sexually Transmitted Disease; physicians and healthcare providers to test all pregnant women for HIV and syphilis at the first prenatal visit
To require healthcare providers to test all pregnant women for HIV and syphilis at least three times: the first prenatal visit, at 28-32 weeks gestation, and at delivery
You can make a difference today in the outcome of this bill!
Offenses Against Public Health and Morals; vaping in restricted areas is a misdemeanor punishable by fine
To make vaping in restricted areas a misdemeanor to be punished by a fine
You can make a difference today in the outcome of this bill!
Sales and Use Taxes; sale or use of certain menstrual products;
To exempt menstrual products from sales taxes
You can make a difference today in the outcome of this bill!
Sick Leave for Care of Immediate Family Members; sunset provision relating to such sick leave requirements
To require employers to enable employees to use sick leave for the care of immediate family members
You can make a difference today in the outcome of this bill!
Birth Certificate; issuance of a copy of the original birth certificate to certain adult persons who were adopted
To either provide a copy of an original birth certificate to adults who were adopted or to issue a new birth certificate following adoption or the results of a paternity test
You can make a difference today in the outcome of this bill!
State Employees’ Health Insurance Plan; state health benefit plans to cover insulin medication at a reduced rate
To provide a state health benefit plan to cover insulin medication at a cheaper rate
You can make a difference today in the outcome of this bill!
Georgia Community Midwife Act
To regulate and provide licensure of community midwives
You can make a difference today in the outcome of this bill!
Georgia Uniform Secuirties Act of 2008
To provide financial protections for elder and disabled adults who might be victims of financial exploitation by providing more reporting or notice requirements
You can make a difference today in the outcome of this bill!
Parents and Children Protection Act of 2023
To prohibit certain actions of adults acting in loco parentis (in place of a parent) between parent and child relationships
You can make a difference today in the outcome of this bill!
Workers’ Compensation; the time period for the dissolution of the Subsequent Injury Trust Fund
To extend the time period for the dissolution of the Subsequent Injury Trust Fund
You can make a difference today in the outcome of this bill!
Legislation we’re watching
| Sort By: Bill Title Bill Status | Bill | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Georgia Pro-Birth Accountability Act | HB 1 | House Second Readers |
| Behavioral Health and Development Disabilities, Department of; create and maintain electronic inpatient psychiatric bed registry; require | HB 4 | House Hopper (02/02/23) |
| Public assistance; use certain benefits for purchasing diapers or menstrual products; provide for waiver request | HB 6 | House Hopper (02/02/23) |
| Behavioral Health and Development Disabilities, Department of; establish school-linked behavioral health grant program; provide | HB 7 | House Hopper (02/02/23) |
| Education; attendance policies consider mental and behavioral health; provide | HB 8 | House Hopper (02/02/23) |
| Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities, Department of; create and maintain Georgia Crisis and Access Line; statutorily require | HB 9 | House Hopper (02/02/23) |
| Labor and industrial relations; use of sick leave for care of immediate family members; extend sunset provision | HB 16 | House Second Readers |
| Georgia Remember My Life Act; enact | HB 24 | House Second Readers |
| Right to Breathe Act | HB 26 | House Second Readers |
| Mental health; emergency involuntary treatment for mental health and alcohol and drug dependency; revise procedures | HB 41 | House First Readers |
| Crimes and offenses; aggravated assault and battery of healthcare workers; expand enhanced punishment | HB 46 | House First Readers |
| Georgia Health and Economic Livelihood Partnership (HELP) Act; enact | HB 62 | House Hopper |
| Insurance; insurers providing policies for groups of 20 or more to furnish claims experience at the request of a group policyholder; require | HB 63 | House Second Readers |
| Public Health, Department of; establish grant program for physicians and nurse practitioners; provisions | HB 66 | House Hopper |
| Insurance; affordable healthcare coverage for individuals diagnosed with cardiovascular disease; provide | HB 67 | House Hopper |
| Surprise Billing Consumer Protection Act; require provider to notify a covered person if services require $100.00 or more in out-of-pocket costs | HB 70 | House Second Readers |
| Social services; Medicaid coverage for prevention and treatment of lymphedema; provide | HB 74 | House Second Readers |
| Reproductive Freedom Act; enact | HB 75 | House Second Readers |
| Paid Sick Leave Act | HB 78 | House Second Readers |
| Health; first responders of municipal fire departments may engage in emergency medical transportation of patients; provide | HB 124 | House Second Readers |
| Public assistance; expand temporary assistance for needy families eligibility criteria to pregnant women | HB 129 | House Second Readers |
| State employees; three-year pilot program to provide coverage for the diagnosis and treatment of certain pediatric disorders | HB 140 | House Second Readers (2/01/23) |
| Education; require local school systems to conduct suicide screenings on all students age eight through eighteen | HB 141 | House Second Readers |
| Community Health, Department of; include continuous glucose monitors as a pharmacy benefit for Medicaid recipients | HB 143 | House Second Readers (02/01/23) |
| Professions and businesses; definition of physical therapy to include ordering diagnostic imaging and using ultrasound | HB 150 | House Second Readers (02/02/23) |
| Mental health; notice of admission and daily updates to the parent or legal guardian of an involuntary minor patient under 12 years of age | HB 172 | House Second Readers (02/02/23) |
| Insurance; mental health parity requirements | HB 184 | House First Readers (02/02/23) |
| Georgia Dangerous Sexual Predator Prevention Act | HB 188 | House First Readers (02/02/23) |
| Undocumented Persons Family Violence Protection Act | HB 194 | House First Readers (02/02/23) |
| Georgia Access to Medical Cannabis Commission; subject to Administrative Procedure Act and laws governing open meetings and records | HB 196 | House First Readers (02/02/23) |
| Public Health, Department of; carry out projects to increase education, awareness, or diagnosis of valvular heart disease | HB 201 | House First Readers (02/02/23) |
| Health; restrictions on sale and dispensing of contact lenses with respect to physicians | HB 203 | House First Readers (02/02/23) |
| Sales and use tax; certain absorbent diapers, undergarments, and pads | HB 211 | House Hopper (02/02/23) |
| Education; required information to parents of students regarding meningococcal meningitis and influenza and their vaccines | HB 213 | House Hopper (02/02/23) |
| Professions and businesses; authorize registered nurses and physician assistants to certify an individual is disabled for purposes of obtaining special vehicle decals | HB 214 | House Hopper (02/02/23) |
| Professions and businesses; licensure of advanced practice registered nurses | HB 215 | House Hopper (02/02/23) |
| Criminal procedure; award made from Georgia Crime Victims Emergency Fund to sexual assault survivors for medical treatment or counseling | HB 216 | House Hopper (02/02/23) |
| Evidence; sexual assault hearsay for disabled adults and 17 year olds | HB 218 | House Hopper (02/02/23) |
| Social services; treatment services under Medicaid to persons with HIV | HB 226 | House Hopper (02/02/23) |
| Penal institutions; require public disclosure of certain data pertaining to health, safety, or other conditions of detention of inmates | HB 232 | House Hopper (02/02/23) |
| Penal institutions; require certain mental illness evaluations of persons detained in a penal institution | HB 234 | House Hopper (02/02/23) |
| Penal institutions; policies for breast milk storage and breast feeding of a delivered child | HB 235 | House Hopper (02/02/23) |
| State Government; automatic repealer on the prohibition on state and local governments from requiring proof of COVID vaccination for government services; remove | SB 1 | Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute (02/02/23) |
| Torts; certain immunities from liability claims regarding COVID-19; provisions; revise | SB 2 | Senate Read and Referred |
| Kathleen Cominski Act | SB 9 | Senate Read and Referred |
| Kathleen Cominski Act | SB 9 | Senate Read and Referred |
| Reproductive Freedom Act; enact | SB 15 | Senate Hopper |
| Reproductive Freedom Act; enact | SB 15 | Senate Read and Referred |
| Georgia EMS Reform Act | SB 16 | Senate Read and Referred (1/26/23) |
| Unfair Trade Practices; health care insurer from requiring an opthalmonologist or optometrist to extend any discounts on services that are not covered eye care services | SB 27 | Senate Read and Referred |
| Human Trafficking Hotline Information; model notice requirements; increase the fine for failure to comply | SB 42 | Senate Read and Referred |
| Control of Sexually Transmitted Disease; physicians and healthcare providers to test all pregnant women for HIV and syphilis at the first prenatal visit | SB 46 | Senate Hopper |
| Sales and Use Taxes; sale or use of certain menstrual products; | SB 51 | Senate Read and Referrred (01/31/23) |
| Sick Leave for Care of Immediate Family Members; sunset provision relating to such sick leave requirements | SB 61 | Senate Read and Referred (02/01/23) |
| Birth Certificate; issuance of a copy of the original birth certificate to certain adult persons who were adopted | SB 64 | Senate Read and Referred (02/02/23) |
| State Employees’ Health Insurance Plan; state health benefit plans to cover insulin medication at a reduced rate | SB 76 | Senate Hopper (02/02/23) |
| Georgia Community Midwife Act | SB 81 | Senate Hopper (02/02/23) |
| Georgia Uniform Secuirties Act of 2008 | SB 84 | Senate Hopper (02/02/23) |
| Parents and Children Protection Act of 2023 | SB 88 | Senate Hopper (02/02/23) |
| Workers’ Compensation; the time period for the dissolution of the Subsequent Injury Trust Fund | SB 91 | Senate Hopper (02/02/23) |
Georgia Pro-Birth Accountability Act
Requires state to compensate pregnant women that are forced to continue pregnancy due to fetal heartbeat bill
You can make a difference today in the outcome of this bill!
Behavioral Health and Development Disabilities, Department of; create and maintain electronic inpatient psychiatric bed registry; require
To create an electroninc inpatient psychiatric bed registry through Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities
You can make a difference today in the outcome of this bill!
Public assistance; use certain benefits for purchasing diapers or menstrual products; provide for waiver request
To provide assistance for purchasing diapers or menstrual hygiene products to individuals who are recipients of certain public assistance benefits, like WIC and SNAP through Department of Human Services
You can make a difference today in the outcome of this bill!
Behavioral Health and Development Disabilities, Department of; establish school-linked behavioral health grant program; provide
To establish a behavioral health program in schools through Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities
You can make a difference today in the outcome of this bill!
Education; attendance policies consider mental and behavioral health; provide
To provide excused absences for mental and behavioral health in school.
You can make a difference today in the outcome of this bill!
Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities, Department of; create and maintain Georgia Crisis and Access Line; statutorily require
To create, operate, and maintain the Georgia Crisis and Access Line through Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities
You can make a difference today in the outcome of this bill!
Labor and industrial relations; use of sick leave for care of immediate family members; extend sunset provision
To enable employees to use their sick leave to take of their immediate family members
You can make a difference today in the outcome of this bill!
Georgia Remember My Life Act; enact
To provide a digital memorial monument within the state capitol building for Georgians who have died from COVID-19
You can make a difference today in the outcome of this bill!
Right to Breathe Act
Requires the Department of Community affairs to include certain indoor air quality provisions in applicable state minimum standard codes, to require the installation of indoor air quality equipment and utilization of best practices in new construction permitted on or after July 1, 2024.
You can make a difference today in the outcome of this bill!
Community Health, Department of; mitigate potential loss of Medicaid coverage caused by discontinuation of Families First Coronavirus Response Act; provide
To reduce the potential loss of Medicaid coverage that is caused by the discontinuation of the federal Families First Coronavirus Response Act
You can make a difference today in the outcome of this bill!
Community Health, Department of; utilize appropriations for purposes of obtaining federal financial participation for medical assistance payments; provisions
To use appropriations for the purposes of receiving federal funding for medical assistance payments and to help in funding Medicaid expansion
You can make a difference today in the outcome of this bill!
Mental health; emergency involuntary treatment for mental health and alcohol and drug dependency; revise procedures
Amends the procedure for involuntary medical treatment for mental health and substance use to require court orders for treatment to include an unexpired physicians certificate or sworn affidavits from at least two people that they have seen the person in the last 48 hours and believe their behavior requires involuntary treatment. The bill requires these documents be included in the patients medical record.
You can make a difference today in the outcome of this bill!
Crimes and offenses; aggravated assault and battery of healthcare workers; expand enhanced punishment
To enhance punishment for aggravated assault or aggravated battery against health care workers in hospitals or health care facilities
You can make a difference today in the outcome of this bill!
Georgia Health and Economic Livelihood Partnership (HELP) Act; enact
Creates the Georgia Health and Economic Livelihood Partnership (HELP), which is a program that requires DCH to contract with a third party administrator to provide basic health care serivces to Medicaid members (unless they are on disability Medicaid) and creates a work readiness program for erollees.
You can make a difference today in the outcome of this bill!
Insurance; insurers providing policies for groups of 20 or more to furnish claims experience at the request of a group policyholder; require
Requires insurers providing policies for groups of 20 or more to timely furnish claims experience at the request of a group policyholder
You can make a difference today in the outcome of this bill!
Public Health, Department of; establish grant program for physicians and nurse practitioners; provisions
To create a grant program for physicians and nurse practitioners to help fund for liability insurance premiums
You can make a difference today in the outcome of this bill!
Insurance; affordable healthcare coverage for individuals diagnosed with cardiovascular disease; provide
To provide affordable health insurance for individuals diagnosed with cardiovascular disease
You can make a difference today in the outcome of this bill!
Surprise Billing Consumer Protection Act; require provider to notify a covered person if services require $100.00 or more in out-of-pocket costs
Requires out-of-network providers to give notice if the patient will have to pay $100 or more out-of-pocket
You can make a difference today in the outcome of this bill!
Social services; Medicaid coverage for prevention and treatment of lymphedema; provide
To provide Medicaid coverage for the prevention and treatment of lymphedema
You can make a difference today in the outcome of this bill!
Reproductive Freedom Act; enact
To remove the criminalizing of abortion, to create exceptions to the requirement of notifying parents of minors receiving aboritons, to have certain abortions covered by certain health insurance plans
You can make a difference today in the outcome of this bill!
Paid Sick Leave Act
To require employers to provide paid sick leave for employees
You can make a difference today in the outcome of this bill!
Georgia Work and Family Credit Act
Creates a state earned income tax credit
You can make a difference today in the outcome of this bill!
Georgia Work and Family Credit Act
Creates a state earned income tax credit
You can make a difference today in the outcome of this bill!
Income Tax; limit eligibility for rural physician tax credit to physicians who qualify on or before December 31, 2023
To limit the eligibility for rural physicians tax credits and create a new tax credit for rural physicians, dentists, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants
You can make a difference today in the outcome of this bill!
Insurance; require health benefit policy coverage for bio marker testing if supported by medical and scientific evidence
To require bio marker testing to be covered by health insurance policies if supported by medical and scientific evidence
You can make a difference today in the outcome of this bill!
Health; first responders of municipal fire departments may engage in emergency medical transportation of patients; provide
To have first responders from fire departments help in the emergency medical transportation of patients
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Public assistance; expand temporary assistance for needy families eligibility criteria to pregnant women
To expand temporary assistance for a wide variety of populations such as families in need to pregnant women for public assistance payments
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State employees; three-year pilot program to provide coverage for the diagnosis and treatment of certain pediatric disorders
To create a three-year pilot program to provide coverage for the diagnosis and treatment of two diseases under the state health benefit plan: Pediatric Autoimmune Neuropsychiatric Disorders associated with streptococcal infection (PANDAS) and Pediatric Acute Onset Neuropsychiatric Syndrome (PANS)
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Education; require local school systems to conduct suicide screenings on all students age eight through eighteen
To require school systems to conduct suicide screenings on students aged 8-18
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Community Health, Department of; include continuous glucose monitors as a pharmacy benefit for Medicaid recipients
To provide continuous glucose monitors for Medicaid recipients as a pharmacy benefit
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Professions and businesses; definition of physical therapy to include ordering diagnostic imaging and using ultrasound
To change the definition of physical therapy to also include ordering diagnostic imaging and the use of ultrasounds
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Mental health; notice of admission and daily updates to the parent or legal guardian of an involuntary minor patient under 12 years of age
To create notices of admission and provide daily updates from facilities to parental or legal guardians for involuntary minor patients under 12 years of age
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Insurance; mental health parity requirements
To enforce specific federal regulations for mental health parity (to ensure that mental health and substance abuse treatments be as easy to access as other health care treatments)
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Georgia Dangerous Sexual Predator Prevention Act
To revise the name of the Sexual Offender Registration Review Board
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Revenue and taxation; consumable vapor products; increase rate of tax
Increase the rate of tax on vaping and tobacco products and have the proceeds of the tax to be utilized for healthcare purposes
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Undocumented Persons Family Violence Protection Act
Any undocumented victim of family violence that seeks assistance with law enforcement would not be arrested, charged, or prosecuted for being undocumented
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Georgia Access to Medical Cannabis Commission; subject to Administrative Procedure Act and laws governing open meetings and records
To have the Georgia Access to Medical Cannabis Commision to enforce the Administrative Procedure Act and to have open records about medical cannabis use
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Public Health, Department of; carry out projects to increase education, awareness, or diagnosis of valvular heart disease
To have the DPH increase education, awareness, or diagnosis of valvular heart disease and to reduce the incidence of sudden cardiac death that might be caused by valvular heart disease
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Health; restrictions on sale and dispensing of contact lenses with respect to physicians
To restrict both the sale or dispensing of contact lenses from physicians to aid in controlling hazardous conditions, preventable diseases, and metabolic disorders
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Sales and use tax; certain absorbent diapers, undergarments, and pads
To have diapers, undergarments, and pads exempt from sales taxes
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Education; required information to parents of students regarding meningococcal meningitis and influenza and their vaccines
To require educating parents of students of elementary and secondary schools about meningococcal meningitis and influenza vaccines
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Professions and businesses; authorize registered nurses and physician assistants to certify an individual is disabled for purposes of obtaining special vehicle decals
To have special license plates for vehicles of physicians, physisican assistants, and to empower physicians to delegate the authority to prescribe Schedule II controlled substances to physician assistants and RNs
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Professions and businesses; licensure of advanced practice registered nurses
To assist in licensure of advanced practice RNs, to assist in licensure requirements, to create a misdemeanor to practice advanced nursing practice without a license
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Criminal procedure; award made from Georgia Crime Victims Emergency Fund to sexual assault survivors for medical treatment or counseling
To provide compensation from the Georgia Crime Victimes Emergency Fund for sexual assault survivors for medical treatment or counseling
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Evidence; sexual assault hearsay for disabled adults and 17 year olds
To provide sexual assault hearsay for disabled adults and 17 year olds
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Social services; treatment services under Medicaid to persons with HIV
To require DCH to submit a section 1115 waiver request to CMS for a demo project to provide treatment services to individuals with HIV under Medicaid
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Penal institutions; require public disclosure of certain data pertaining to health, safety, or other conditions of detention of inmates
To require the public disclosure of the health, safety, or other conditions of inmates
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Penal institutions; require certain mental illness evaluations of persons detained in a penal institution
To require that certain mental illness evaluations of inmates in a penal institutions are performed
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Penal institutions; policies for breast milk storage and breast feeding of a delivered child
To provide means for breast milk storage and for breast feeding of a delivered child, require DPH to provide breast pumps, and both prenatal and postpartum care for inmates
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Cost and effects of smoking joint study committee
To create the costs and effects of smoking joint study committee
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State Government; automatic repealer on the prohibition on state and local governments from requiring proof of COVID vaccination for government services; remove
To remove the requirement of providing proof of COVID-19 vaccination for government services
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Torts; certain immunities from liability claims regarding COVID-19; provisions; revise
To provide immunity from liability claims as they relate to COVID-19
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Kathleen Cominski Act
To require state office buildings to have at least one automated external defibrillator on site for all times, in case of emergencies
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Kathleen Cominski Act
To require state office buildings to have at least one automated external defibrillator on site for all times, in case of emergencies
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Reproductive Freedom Act; enact
To remove the criminalizing of abortion, to create exceptions to the requirement of notifying parents of minors receiving aboritons, to have certain abortions covered by certain health insurance plans
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Reproductive Freedom Act; enact
To remove the criminalizing of abortion, to create exceptions to the requirement of notifying parents of minors receiving aboritons, to have certain abortions covered by certain health insurance plans
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Georgia EMS Reform Act
To amend the current Emergency Medical Systems Communications Program in specified territories
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Medical Assistance; program of premium assistance to enable eligible individuals to obtain health care coverage
To provide premium assistance to eligible individuals to get health care coverage and create necessary state plan amendments or federal waivers
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Surprise Billing Consumer Protection Act
To set standards for health insurance plans offered to ensure quality healthcare for consumers
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Medical Assistance; authorization of appropriations for the purposes of obtaining federal financial participation for medical assistance payments to providers of Medicaid expansion
To get federal financial help for medical assistance payments for healthcare providers of Medicaid expansion (under the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010)
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Unfair Trade Practices; health care insurer from requiring an opthalmonologist or optometrist to extend any discounts on services that are not covered eye care services
To prevent health care insurers from requiring ophthalmologists or optometrists from using discounts on eye care services that aren’t covered to get higher reimbursements
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Human Trafficking Hotline Information; model notice requirements; increase the fine for failure to comply
To create a model of human trafficking hotline information for local businesses and the internet and to increase the fine for failure to follow the model
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Control of Sexually Transmitted Disease; physicians and healthcare providers to test all pregnant women for HIV and syphilis at the first prenatal visit
To require healthcare providers to test all pregnant women for HIV and syphilis at least three times: the first prenatal visit, at 28-32 weeks gestation, and at delivery
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Offenses Against Public Health and Morals; vaping in restricted areas is a misdemeanor punishable by fine
To make vaping in restricted areas a misdemeanor to be punished by a fine
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Sales and Use Taxes; sale or use of certain menstrual products;
To exempt menstrual products from sales taxes
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Sick Leave for Care of Immediate Family Members; sunset provision relating to such sick leave requirements
To require employers to enable employees to use sick leave for the care of immediate family members
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Birth Certificate; issuance of a copy of the original birth certificate to certain adult persons who were adopted
To either provide a copy of an original birth certificate to adults who were adopted or to issue a new birth certificate following adoption or the results of a paternity test
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State Employees’ Health Insurance Plan; state health benefit plans to cover insulin medication at a reduced rate
To provide a state health benefit plan to cover insulin medication at a cheaper rate
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Georgia Community Midwife Act
To regulate and provide licensure of community midwives
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Georgia Uniform Secuirties Act of 2008
To provide financial protections for elder and disabled adults who might be victims of financial exploitation by providing more reporting or notice requirements
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Parents and Children Protection Act of 2023
To prohibit certain actions of adults acting in loco parentis (in place of a parent) between parent and child relationships
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Workers’ Compensation; the time period for the dissolution of the Subsequent Injury Trust Fund
To extend the time period for the dissolution of the Subsequent Injury Trust Fund
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