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The 2024 Legislative Session began on January 8, 2024. 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 2024 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Reduce loss of Medicaid coverage for migrants caused by discontinuation of Families First Coronavirus Response Act | HB 37 | House Second Readers - Stalled |
| Medicaid expansion | HB 38 | House Second Readers - Stalled |
| Medicaid expansion (with coordinating work support program) | HB 62 | House Second Readers (1/23/23) |
| Treatment services provided to persons with HIV under Medicaid | HB 226 | House Withdrawn, Recommitted (03/29/23) |
| Lowering Prescription Drug Costs for Patients Act | HB 343 | Senate Read and Referred (03/07/23) |
| Safe at Home Act | HB 404 | Awaiting Governor's Signature |
| Department of Community Health to provide children with 12 months of continuous eligibility for Medicaid and the PeachCare for Kids Program | HB 428 | House Second Readers (02/21/23) |
| Equity Impact Act | HB 433 | House Second Readers (02/21/23) |
| Mental Health bill | HB 520 | Senate Read and Referred (03/06/23) |
| Professions and businesses; authority to certain nurses and physician assistants to prescribe Schedule II controlled substances; authorize | HB 557 | Awaiting Governor's Signature |
| Professional Counselors Licensing | HB 793 | Did not pass |
| Courts; juvenile treatment court divisions; create | HB 873 | Awaiting Governor's Signature |
| EmPATH Georgia Act | HB 913 | House Second Readers (1/12/2024) |
| “Little Budget” | HB 915 | Effective Date 2/29/2024 |
| General Appropriations FY2024-25 | HB 916 | Awaiting Governor's Signature |
| Insurance; prohibits insurers from discriminating against certain healthcare facilities and providers in connection with provider administered drugs | HB 924 | Did not pass |
| Update Practices for Department of Insurance and office of Safety Fire Commissioner | HB 984 | Awaiting Governor's Signature |
| Hospital Medicaid Financing, extend sunset provision | HB 991 | Awaiting Governor's Signature |
| Public Officers and employees paid parental leave | HB 1010 | Awaiting Governor's Signature |
| Georgia Commission on Maternal and Infant Health; create | HB 1037 | Did not pass |
| Mortgages; senior and disabled persons foreclosure protection fund and project | HB 1051 | House Second Readers (1/30/2024) |
| Support Georgia Family Caregivers Act | HB 1057 | House Second Readers (1/31/2024) |
| Georgia Tenant Protection and Mediation Act | HB 1059 | House Second Readers (1/31/2024) |
| Georgia Board of Health Care Workforce; grant program to provide funding to eligible institutions for additional behavioral health workforce training positions; create | HB 1077 | Did not pass |
| Preeclampsia Biomarker Testing | HB 1081 | House Second Readers (02/01/2024) |
| Minimum Wage for Persons with Disabilities | HB 1125 | Did not pass |
| Opioid Agonists in Government Buildings | HB 1170 | Awaiting Governor's Signature |
| Low Income Housing Tax Credit Revisions | HB 1182 | Did not pass |
| Secretary of state; division director to issue licences in certain instances; authorize | HB 1190 | Did not pass |
| Health; certificate of need; revise | HB 1339 | Awaiting Governor's Signature |
| Changes to the Behavioral Health Coordinating Council | HB 1344 | Awaiting Governor's Signature |
| Cost and effects of smoking joint study committee | HR 43 | House Second Readers (1/30/23) |
| Medicaid expansion | SB 17 | Senate Read and Referred (1/26/23) |
| Medicaid expansion | SB 24 | Senate Read and Referred (1/30/23) |
| Certificate of Need Requirements in rural counties | SB 99 | Did not pass |
| Eliminate Certificate of Need requirements for all health care facilities except certain long-term care facilities and services | SB 162 | Senate Recommitted (1/08/24) |
| Creation of Georgians with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilties Innovation Commission | SB 198 | Senate Read and Referred (2/16/23) |
| County Boards of Health; operational policies and procedures of the Department of Public Health apply to local personnel | SB 293 | Awaiting Governor's Signature |
| Licensing of Qualified Residential Treatment Programs | SB 377 | Awaiting Governor's Signature |
| Narcan in Schools | SB 395 | Awaiting Governor's Signature |
| Add to Central Caregiver Registry | SB 456 | Awaiting Governor's Signature |
| Publication of Financial Documents on Hospital Websites | SB 505 | Awaiting Governor's Signature |
Georgia Pro-Birth Accountability Act
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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
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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
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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
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Education; attendance policies consider mental and behavioral health; provide
To provide excused absences for mental and behavioral health in school.
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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Reduce loss of Medicaid coverage for migrants caused by discontinuation of Families First Coronavirus Response Act
To reduce the potential loss of Medicaid coverage that is caused by the discontinuation of the federal Families First Coronavirus Response Act
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Medicaid expansion
To use appropriations for the purposes of receiving federal funding for medical assistance payments and to help in funding Medicaid expansion
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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.
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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
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Medicaid expansion (with coordinating work support program)
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.
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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
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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
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Insurance; affordable healthcare coverage for individuals diagnosed with cardiovascular disease; provide
To provide affordable health insurance for individuals diagnosed with cardiovascular disease
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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
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Social services; Medicaid coverage for prevention and treatment of lymphedema; provide
To provide Medicaid coverage for the prevention and treatment of lymphedema
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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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Paid Sick Leave Act
To require employers to provide paid sick leave for employees
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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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Medicaid and Continuous Glucose Monitors
Require continuous glucose monitors as a pharmacy benefit for those who receive Medicaid.
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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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Add Some Schedule 1 Drugs to Controlled Substances
Add mitragynine and hydroxymitragynine to the list of Schedule 1 Controlled Substances.
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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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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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Licensing for Advanced Practice Registered Nurses
Outline the licensing and renewal requirements and processes for advanced practice registered nurses.
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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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Treatment services provided to persons with HIV under Medicaid
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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Health; feminine hygiene products containing restricted substances
To prohibit feminine hygiene products that containe restricted or harmful substances from being distributed, sold, or offered for sale
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Menstrual Product Transparency Act
To require specific labeling on menstrual product packaging regarding ingredients
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Medical Freedom Act
To repeal DPH’s authority and all county boards of health’s authority to require the submission of vaccinations
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Insurance; health care sharing ministry
To allow taxpayers to deduct theh full amount paid for shares as a member of a health care sharing organization out of their taxable income
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Surprise Billing Consumer Protection Act
To provide certain consumer protects against surprise billing for ambulance services and require health care plans to reimburse for ambuance services for non-participating ambulance providers
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Health; financial stability requirements for applicants and licensees of personal care homes and assisted living communities
To revise financial stability requirements for applicants and licensees of personal care homes and assisted living communities
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Commissioner of Insurance; promulgate rules and regulations regarding cost-sharing requirements for diagnostic and supplemental breast screening examinations
Require MRI and ultrasound breast exams to be covered with same cost-sharing as mammograms
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State Employees’ Assurance Department; assignment of certain group term life insurance benefits
To assign certain group term life insurance benefits to pay for funeral services of a deceased indivudal who was a member of the Employees’ Retirement System of Georgia, Georgia Legislative Retirement System, or Georgia Judicial Retirement System
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Healthy Food Development Program Act
To provide for the establishment of the Healthy Food Development Program
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Controlled Substances; Schedules I, IV, and V
To create provisions about Schedule I controlled substances, Schedule IV controlled substances, and Schedule V controlled substances
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Behavioral health; conduct or coordinate all audits of behavioral health providers
Relating to the governing and regulation of mental health, coordinate or conduct audits of all behavioral health providers
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Blind Persons’ Braille Literacy Rights and Education Act
To require an evaluation of a blind or visually impaired student to determine student’s need for Braille instruction in indivdiualized education programs
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Lowering Prescription Drug Costs for Patients Act
To require pharmacy benefits managers to calculate cost sharing for pharmaceutical medications at the point of sale
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Lowering Prescription Drug Costs for Patients Act
To regulate and license pharmacy benefits managers and require calculations of defined cost sharing for insurers at the point of sale
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Sales and use tax; sale or use of certain oral hygiene products
To exempt the sale or use of certain oral hygiene products from sales tax
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Eurie Lee Martin Act
To create a state-wide data base by the Criminal Justice Coordinating Council to identify individuals who suffer from addictive diseases, developmental disabilities, or mental illness
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Insurance; benefit provider to disclose certain payments to a treating healthcare provider
For benefit providers to disclose payments to treating healthcare providers
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Health; eligibility to receive tax credits; revise a definition; provisions
Revise the Rural Hospital Tax Credit Program to increase the tax credit limit for contributions by corporate donors, and to clarify that if contributions exceed the maximum limit for an individual hospital that the remaining money should be distributed among other rural providers.
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Health, eligibility to receive tax credits
To increase the tax credit limit that are contributed by corporate donors to rural hospital organizations
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Sexual Assault Reform Act of 2023
To authorize the Criminal Justice Coordinating Council to both create and operate a state-wide sexual assault tracking system
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Guardian and Ward- Define “Gross Settlement”
Define the term “gross settlement” when dealing with the authority of a conservator and cooperation with guardian or interested parties.
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Insurance; autism; Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders
To update the reference to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders to cover autism
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Safer Hospitals Act
Enhanced penalties for aggravated assault against hospital employees
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Insurance, annual notification by insurers to male insured for coverage of prostate specific-antigen tests
Requires DOI regulated plans to notify each insured male of the coverage of annual prostate cancer screening when they turn 40
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Safe at Home Act
The following protections will be provided to Georgia renters:
- Residential rental properties are fit for human habitation;
- Cooling as a utility cannot be shut off after an order for eviction has been issued by the court;
- Allows a tenant three (3) business days following a written eviction notice to pay money that is due prior to a lawsuit seeking to evict them may be filed with the court; and
- Limiting landlords from requiring a security deposit that exceeds two months’ rent.
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Mental health; grant program to aid service members, veterans, and their families
Requires DBHDD to set-up a grant program to provide behavioral health services to military service members, veterans, and their families.
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Pharmacies; authorize qualified pharmacy technicians to administer certain vaccines
Allows pharmacy technicians, under the supervision of a licensed pharmacist, to administer COVID-19 and other vaccines included in the CDC’s adult immunization schedule to adults 18 and older
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Department of Community Health to provide children with 12 months of continuous eligibility for Medicaid and the PeachCare for Kids Program
Requires DCH to provide 12 months of continuous eligibility for kids enrolled in Medicaid or PeachCare for Kids
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Equity Impact Act
Requires OPB to work with the Department of Audits and the Department of Community Affairs to produce equity impact statements on all legislation that impacts health, housing, primary or secondary education, and tax policy.
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Professions; authorize and regulate teledentistry by licensed dentists pusuant to permits
To authorize and regulate teledentistry in Georgia by licensed dentists pursuant to permits issued by the Georgia Board of Dentistry
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Medication and Patient Safety Act
To ensure that covered individuals have safe and affordable access to physician-administered medication
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Illness-Specific Insurance for First Responders with PTSD
Require illness-specific insurance for first responders with post-traumatic stress disorder, as well as change some insurance benefits for eligible first responders.
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Public officers and employees; supplemental, illness specific insurance for certain first responders with occupatoinal post traumatic stress disorder
To require supplemental, illness-specific insurance to first responders diagnosed with occupational post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
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Health; ambulance services pay annual license fee
To repeal the requirement that every ambulance service annual license fees be deposited into the Indigent Care Trust Fund
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Professions and businesses; professional programs to address career fatigue and wellness in healthcare professionals
To enforce professional programs to address career fatigue and wellness in healthcare professionals
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Crimes and offenses; aggravated assault and battery of healthcare workers
To increase punishment for aggravated assault and aggravated battery committed upon all health workers in a hospital or healthcare facility
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Georgia Prenatal Equal Protection Act
To provide exceptions for mothers of unborn children as a legal defendant
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Health; use of certified medication aides in penal institutions
To authorize the use of certified medication aides in penal institutions
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Domestic relations; authorize child support and insurance policies for certain disabled children
To authorize child support and insurance policies for disabled children that are of legal age but are unable to support themselves independently
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Time Limit On Serving Restraining and Protective Orders
Orders must be served within 24 hours of the court issuing that order.
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Mental Health bill
Aims to address those with BH issues that frequently interact with justice system and law enforcement, increase BH workforce, increase state capacity for in-patient BH care, and increase Medicaid spending on BH
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Social services; Medicaid coverage of rapid whole genome sequencing
For Medicaid to cover rapid whole genome sequencing
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Georgia Pharmacy Practice Act – revise definition
Revises definition of “pharmacy care”
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Professions and businesses; authority to certain nurses and physician assistants to prescribe Schedule II controlled substances; authorize
Allow for physicians to pass the duty of prescribing Schedule II controlled substances on to certain advanced nurse practitioners or physician assistants.
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Establishment of a pilot program for hospitals to purchase and sell charity care credits
Creates a pilot program for hospitals to purchase and sell charity care credits to meet their charity care requirements
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Social Services; temporary assistance for needy families
To increase access to social benefits for needy families
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Georgia Alzheimer’s and Related Dementias State Plan
To ensure that the Georgia Alzheimer’s and Related Dementias State Plan be updated every four years
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Health; prohibit certain health care providers and facilities from discriminating against potential organ transplant recipients
To prohibit health care providers and facilities from discriminating against potential organ transplant receipients due to the vaccine status of the potential recipient
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Health; permit assisted living communities and personal care homes to enroll as Medicaid providers
To permit assisted living communities and personal care homes to enroll as Medicaid providers
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Juvenile Code; termination of parental rights involving parental incapacity and child maltreatment
To expedite and prioritize processes for the termination of parental rights in certain cases of incapacity of parents and child maltreatment
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Persons and their rights; life from the moment of conception is accorded same rights and protections guaranteed to all persons
States that life is valued and protected from the moment of conception and that each life is accorded to the same rights and protections guaranteed to all persons
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State health planning and development
To update definitions of certificate of need and requirements
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Social services; reimbursement rates for services provided to Medicaid recipients are equal to Medicare maximum allowable rates
To provide reimbursement rates for services provided to Medicaid recipients are equal to the applicable Medicare maximum allowable reimbursement rates
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Professions and businesses; prohibit health care providers from performing practices on minors to alter their appearance relating to gender
To prohibit heath care providers from performing practices that alter a person’s appearance relating to gender on minors
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Insurance; tax credits to be used by insurance companies against state insurance premium tax liability for contributing money to a nonlapsing flood disaster fund
To provide tax credits to be used by insurance companies against state insurance premium tax liability to contribute money to flood disaster funds
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Insurance; health benefit policy coverage for biomarker testing if supported by medical and scientific evidence
To require health benefit policy coverage for biomarker testing if supported by both medical and scientific evidence
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Expanding Medicaid to Improve Health Outcomes for New Mothers Act
To expand Medicaid eligibility for mothers for one year following birth
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No Patient Left Alone Act
To protect visitors with proper PPE and authorize hospitals and long-term care facilities to limit or restrict visitation in certain circumstances
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Johnny Tolbert III Heat Stroke Youth Protection Act
To require local operating parks and recreation facilities to ensure they are equipped with materials to protect youth athletic organizations from heat related injuries
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Disadvantaged Community Drinking Water Assistance Program
To establish the Disadvantaged Community Drinking Water Assistance Program
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Health; provide requirements for nurse staffing in hospitals
To provide nurse staffing requirements in hospitals
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Professional Counselors Licensing
Authorize applicants currently enrolled in a master’s program to take the master’s social work exam in the final semester of their program.
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Crimes and offense; criminal abortion; immaculate conception clause
To enact the immaculate conception clause and provide for equal application and penalties
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Crimes and offenses; restrictions on performance of abortions; medical oath protection clause
To enact the medical oath protection clause, to provide for review of alleged medical professional misconduct prior to adjudication
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Safer States Act
To prohibit the use of certain flame retardants
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Revenue and taxation; repeal certain income tax credits
To repeal certain income tax credits and to revise certain sales tax exemptions
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Insurance; revise certain tax credits
To eliminate a certain income tax deduction
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Quality Basic Education Act
To provide that the prescribed course of study in sex education and HIV prevention instruction is age appropriate and medically accurate
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Courts; juvenile treatment court divisions; create
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EmPATH Georgia Act
Establish a grant program to create EmPATH units in hospitals (Emergency Pscyhiatirc Assemessment, Treatment, and Healing)
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“Little Budget”
Supplemental Appropriations; State Fiscal Year July 1, 2024 – June 30, 2025
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General Appropriations FY2024-25
Governmental budget from July 1, 2024 to June 30, 2025
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Insurance; prohibits insurers from discriminating against certain healthcare facilities and providers in connection with provider administered drugs
Prohibits insurers for not reimbursing contracted providers for medications administered by the provider
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State employees’ health insurance plan; protection for covered persons when an in-network hospital becomes out of network prior to the end of year plan
State employees covered by a state health plan are covered when a hospital becomes out-of-network before the end of the plan year.
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Update Practices for Department of Insurance and office of Safety Fire Commissioner
Allow for use of motor vehicles by certain off-duty law enforcement officers; get rid of a life insurance reserve requirement for accreditation of small businesses; let a developmentally or physically disabled child have continued coverage for some insurance plans.
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Hospital Medicaid Financing, extend sunset provision
Extend the sunset provision on the Hospital Medicaid Financing Program.
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Public Officers and employees paid parental leave
Increase the number of hours permitted for paid parental leave to all public offices and employees, and to clarify that people employed full time by education agencies also qualify for this.
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Pharmacies; board regulates sale and supply of opioid agonists through vending machines
Authorize pharmacies to supply opioid antagonists like Narcan through vending machines and other methods, and to provide for immunity for someone who distributes these agonists.
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Georgia Commission on Maternal and Infant Health; create
Create a Georgia Commission on Maternal and Infant Health in the Georgia Department of Public Health
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Mortgages; senior and disabled persons foreclosure protection fund and project
Provide protection against mortgage foreclosures to senior and disabled individuals.
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Support Georgia Family Caregivers Act
Change what caregiving expenses can be counted toward the caregiving expense tax credit, as well as increasing the tax credit.
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Georgia Tenant Protection and Mediation Act
Provide for residential eviction diversion programs for disabled and low-income people in order to avoid eviction of these people.
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Drug Repository Program
Make sure there are enough pharmacists for the number of pharmacy technicians, that reverse drug distributors need to try to give away unused medicine instead of throwing it away, and that drugs can be substituted for the one prescribed.
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Zoning for Halfway Houses and Drug Rehabilitation Centers
Take away extra hearing and notice provisions for halfway houses, drug rehabilitation centers, and other drug treatment facilities.
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Georgia Board of Health Care Workforce; grant program to provide funding to eligible institutions for additional behavioral health workforce training positions; create
Create a grant program to provide funding for extra behavioral health training positions.
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Preeclampsia Biomarker Testing
This bill will require Medicaid and all private insurance regulated by the state to provide biomarker testing for preeclampsia at the first prenatal health visit for pregnant individuals.
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Quality Basic Education Act
This Act adds mental health screening to the physical exams required for sports in schools, as well as add in other provisions to address mental health risks for student athletes.
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Minimum Wage for Persons with Disabilities
Phase out sub minimum wage for persons with disabilities.
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Opioid Agonists in Government Buildings
Require that certain government buildings, courthouses, and university buildings have opioid agonists like Narcan accessible and provide training on how to administer it.
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Low Income Housing Tax Credit Revisions
Change the name to Georgia Affordable Housing Tax Credits, and make changes to the distribution of credits for certain project types.
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Secretary of state; division director to issue licences in certain instances; authorize
When licensing requirements have been met but the professional licensing board does not act within a certain amount of time, the Secretary of State can issue licenses.
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Revise Composition of Governing Council for Regional Commissions
Change the make up of governing councils for regional commissions, allow for training of the members, and outline specific requirements for terms, filling open positions, and appointing successors.
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Georgia Nicotine Vapor Products Delivery Act
Create and maintain a database for all nicotine vapor products that can be sold in the state of Georgia, and to ban the sale of anything not included in the database.
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Rehab for Healthcare Professionals
Create a professional health program to monitor and rehabilitate impaired healthcare workers.
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Change Staffing Requirements for Assisted Living Communities, Memory Care Centers, Etc.
Set the ratio of on-site staff for personal care homes to one direct care staff member for every 15 residents during waking hours and 20 for night time for personal care homes with 25 or more beds. Also set the minimum to 2 staff members on site at all times, and a staff member assigned to each occupied floor; however, if a medical alert system is in place, staff members are allowed to leave the floor and move about the grounds.
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Health; certificate of need; revise
Revise Certificate of Need for rural hospitals, and to create the Comprehensive Health Coverage Commission to investigate possible Medicaid Expansion in Georgia.
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Changes to the Behavioral Health Coordinating Council
Allow for certain Behavioral Health Coordinating Council members to be represented by a delegate or agent.
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Self-Administered Drugs and State Employee Health Insurance Plans
For employees with a state health insurance plans, drugs that are self-administered will be reimbursed at a set index price plus a dispersing fee.
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Mental Health Provider Liability
Limit the liability of mental health professionals in some circumstances when it comes to tort lawsuits.
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State Housing Trust Fund for the Homeless
Create a stable housing accountability program as well as allow for certain funds to be used on homelessness programs, and to provide for disbursements into the trust fund for the homeless.
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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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Protecting Victims and Dismantling Georgia Street Gangs Act
Define minimum prison terms for convicted felons and certain first offender probationers that have also been charged with possession of firearms. Also include the text from HB 1264, which created a rehabilitation system for healthcare professionals.
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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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Medicaid expansion
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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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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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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Settings Of Bonds and Schedule Of Bails
Allow release on bail for certain misdemeanor offenses and limit unsecured judicial releases. Limit the role of charitable bail funds, revise surety liability, and outline procedures for forfeiture of bonds and return of compensation to the principal. Adjusts fees for bail recovery agent education programs and updates procedures for execution hearings and judgments on forfeitures.
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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 Securities 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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Certificate of Need Requirements in rural counties
To create exemptions for acute care hospitals that are established in rural counties
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Nurses; provision relating to the administration of anesthesia by certified registered nurse anesthetists
To revise a provision regarding the administration of anesthesia by certified registered nurse anesthetists
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Healthy Babies Act
To create a three-year pilot program to provide coverage for remote maternal health clinical services under the Medicaid program
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Izzy’s Law
To have DPH create a model aquatic safety plan that is based off of national standards for private swim instructors that will be available for download on their public website
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DCH; include continuous glucose monitors as a pharmacy benefit for Medicaid recipients
To require DCH to include continuous glucose monitors as a pharmacy benefit for Medicaid recipients
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Anesthesiologist Assistant Act
To have anesthesiologist assistants to be appointed in an advisory capacity to the Georgia Composite Medical Board
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Georgia Work and Family Credit Act
To revise state income tax credit based on federal qualified child and dependt care tax credit (up to 25% of the federal child tax credit) and income tax credit of 20% of the federal earned income tax credit
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Juvenile Code; a uniform process to assume custody of children as a result of disposition orders;
To create a uniform process to assume custody of children from disposition orders
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Hospitals; the treatment of gender dysphoria in minors performed in hospitals and other licensed healthcare facilities
To prohibit certain surgical procedures for the treatment of gender dysphoria in minors
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Professions and Businesses; health care providers from performing specified practices on minors relating to altering a person’s appearance relating to gender
To prohibit health care providers from altering a person’s appearance relating to gender
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Health; functional automated external defibrillator on site
To require public schools, health clubs, and public sports facilities to have at least one functional automated external defibrillator on site
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General Assembly; cardiopulmonary training to be offered to members and staff of the General Assembly and members of Capitol Police Division
To provide cardiopulmonary training to the members and staff of the General Assembly and the Capitol Police Division
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Eliminate Certificate of Need requirements for all health care facilities except certain long-term care facilities and services
To eliminate the certificate of need requirements for all health care facilities except for long term care facilities and services
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Nurses; licensure of advanced practice registered nurses
To provide licensure requirements for advanced practice registered nurses
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Emergency Medical Services; hospital authorities may transfer its ambulance service license to its local governing body
To require hospital authorities may transfer its ambulance service license to its direct governing body
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Food Insecurity Eradication Act
To create the Georgia Food Security Advisory Council
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Health Care Practitioners Truth and Transparency Act
Prohibits licensed medical providers from using deceptive or misleading terms or false representations in advertisements and representations
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Creation of Georgians with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilties Innovation Commission
Creates the Georgians with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Innovation Commission for long-term strategic planning purposes around complex issues such as managed care, workforce wages and incentives, direct service provider career paths, transportation, housing, employment, systems management, innovation and technology processes, service delivery and technology innovations, planning list management, funds utilization, and other topics as needed
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State’s Employee Benefit Plan Council; council to establish health savings accounts
Requires the State Health Benefit Plan to include Health Savings Accounts
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Social Security Coverage for Employees of the State
To provide social security coverage for employees of the state and its political subdivision who are members of the Public School Employees Retirement System
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Children and Youth Services; respite care for foster parents
To authorize longer periods of respite care for foster parents
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Health; reimbursement of patient incurred expenses related to participation in a cancer clinical trial
To authorize the reimbursement of patient expenses that relate to participation in a cancer clinical trial
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Georgia Health Care Professionals Data System
To establish the Georgia Health Care Professionals Data System
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Georgia Board of Health Care Workforce; student loan repayment for certain nursing faculty
To provide student loan repayment for nursing faculty
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Georgia Child Advocate for the Protection of Children Act
To provide additional legal representation of children and parents
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Surgical or Diagnostic Procedures; certain examinations on an anesthetized or unconscious paient without prior informed consent
To prohibit examinations on an anesthetized or unconscious patient without prior informed consent
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Pregnancy Protection Act
To provide reasonable accommodations to job applicants and employees for circumstances related to pregnancy, childbirth, and related conditions
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County Boards of Health; operational policies and procedures of the Department of Public Health apply to local personnel
All policies and procedures of the Georgia Department of Public Health apply to the local personnel of county boards of health, as well as grant the Georgia Department of Public Health the ability to establish health districts.
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Sentencing and Imposition of Pubishment
To provide for time frames for HIV testing
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Drug Abuse Treatment and Education Programs
To provide for the certification of recovery residences
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Expedited Family and Marriage Therapist Licenses
Allow for marriage and family therapists that have an endorsement to have a faster licensing process.
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Add Member to Behavioral Health Coordinating Council
Add the commissioner of veterans’ services to the Behavioral Health Coordinating Council.
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Licensing of Qualified Residential Treatment Programs
Change the definition of “qualified residential treatment program” to match federal law, and to allow for the licensing of these programs.
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Narcan in Schools
Allow for the possession of opioid agonists, like Narcan, in schools, qualified public places, and courthouses. Allow for schools to have a supply of Narcan in the building.
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Exam Exemptions for Certain Medical Military Personnel
Allow medical military personnel to be exempt from trainings and competency programs for certain programs like certified nursing aids, emergency medical services, and licensed practical nurses.
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Medical Assistance and Step Therapy
Health benefit programs cannot impose a step therapy protocol, or require people to try alternative medications before the drug prescribed to them, for drugs prescribed to treat a serious mental illness. It also updates a law in Georgia about how insurance companies and other parties handle medical bills for people on government assistance, making sure they cooperate with the state, pay bills promptly, and share necessary information about patients.
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Add to Central Caregiver Registry
Add disabled persons to the Central Caregiver Registry.
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Loan Repayment for Mental Health and Substance Abuse Professionals
Create eligibility requirements for certain mental health and substance abuse professionals to have their student loans repaid.
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Publication of Financial Documents on Hospital Websites
To create uniform reporting requirements for hospital finances, and to require hospitals to publish certain financial documents onto their websites.
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Pilot Program for Additional Ambulances
Create a two-year pilot program to put extra ambulances in certain areas of the state.
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