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The 2021 Legislative Session began on January 11, 2021. 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 2021 policy priorities at our eleventh 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.Ā
Georgians for a Healthy Future Legislative Priorities
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Medical assistance; authorization of appropriations for the purposes of obtaining federal financial participation for medical assistance payments; provisions | HB 630 | House Second Readers |
Mental Health Parity Act; enact Versions | HB 1013 | House Sent to Governor |
Social services; treatment services under Medicaid to persons with HIV; provisions | HB 1192 | Senate Read and Referred |
Medicaid Continuity of Coverage Program; establish | HB 1273 | House Second Readers |
Medical Assistance; authorization of appropriations for the purposes of obtaining federal financial participation for medical assistance payments to providers of Medicaid expansion; provide | SB 172 | Senate Read and Referred |
Medicaid; postpartum coverage under Medicaid from six months to one year following birth; increase | SB 338 | Senate Sent to Governor |
Healthcare Services; guidelines for the prior authorization of a prescribed medication for chronic conditions requiring ongoing medication therapy; provide | SB 341 | Senate Sent to Governor |
Insurance; annual reporting regarding mental health parity in healthcare plans; provide | SB 342 | House Withdrawn, Recommitted |
Surprise Billing Consumer Protection Act; a medical or traumatic condition includes a mental health condition or substance use disorder; emergency medical services include post-stabilization services; clarify Versions | SB 566 | Senate Sent to Governor |
Education, Department of; develop guidelines for use of telehealth services in public schools
Date | Updates |
February 2, 2021 |
House Second Readers |
Support for Students Living in Poverty Act; enact
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 5 of Article 6 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to program weights and funding requirements under the “Quality Basic Education Act,” so as to provide for grants by the State Board of Education to local units of administration to support students living in poverty; to provide for definitions; to require the State Board of Education to develop rules and regulations; to provide for the calculation of grant amounts; to provide that a minimum required portion of grant funds must be used by local units of administration for direct program expenditures for the benefit of the students living in poverty; to provide for a short title; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Date | Updates |
February 9, 2021 |
House Second Readers |
Safe Patient Limits Act; enact
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 7 of Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to regulation and construction of hospitals and other health care facilities, so as to limit the number of patients that may be assigned to a registered professional nurse in specified situations in hospitals; to provide for definitions; to provide that nothing shall preclude a hospital from assigning fewer patients to a registered professional nurse than the established limits; to require the adoption of written policies and procedures for the training and orientation of nursing staff by hospitals; to provide for sanctions; to provide for rules and regulations; to provide for related matters; to provide for a short title; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Date | Updates |
February 9, 2021 |
House Second Readers |
Public buildings; indoor air quality assessments; require
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 8 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to buildings and housing, so as to require indoor air quality assessments of all public buildings; to provide for related matters; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
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Public schools; operational wheelchair onsite at all times; require
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 3 of Article 16 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to student health in elementary and secondary education, so as to require every public school in this state to have an operational wheelchair onsite at all times; to amend Article 2 of Chapter 7 of Title 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to imposition, rate, computation, and exemptions regarding income taxes, so as to provide a tax credit for donations of wheelchairs to public schools; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
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Individual Short-Term Health Insurance Consumer Protection Act
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 24 of Title 33 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions regarding insurance generally, so as to provide for certain consumer protections related to individual short-term health insurance plans; to provide for a short title; to provide for definitions; to provide for a 181 day coverage limit; to provide for the inclusion of most essential health benefits; to prohibit medical underwriting; to provide that preventive services shall be included at no additional cost to the insured; to provide that certain consumer disclosures are required; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
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Health Benefit Plan Network Access and Adequacy Act
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 33 of the O.C.G.A., relating to insurance, so as to increase consumer access to health care by improving network adequacy; to provide for the inclusion of a consumer “hold harmless” provision; to provide that under certain circumstances, health carriers shall charge for out-of-network services at in-network rates; to provide for a requirement that carriers file network adequacy plans with the department; to provide for a requirement that health carriers notify providers on an ongoing basis of the specific covered health care services for which the provider is responsible; to provide for a standard continuity of care authorization form proscribed by the Commissioner; to provide for an advisory committee for advising on standard continuity of care; to provide for effective dates; to provide for applicability; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
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Grant program to encourage certain physicians to practice in underserved areas
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 7 of Chapter 3 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to scholarships, loans, and grants, so as to create a grant program to encourage certain physicians to practice in underserved areas of the state; to provide for procedures, conditions, and limitations; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
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Date | Updates |
January 28, 2021 |
House Second Readers |
Mental Health Parity Act; enact
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 24 of Title 33 of the O.C.G.A., relating to insurance generally, so as to require that insurer treatment of claims concerning mental and substance use disorders are treated in parity with other health insurance claims; to amend Chapter 4 of Title 49 of the O.C.G.A., relating to public assistance, so as to require that care management organization treatment of claims concerning mental and substance use disorders are treated in parity with other Medicaid claims; to ensure that insurers and care management organizations comply with certain federal law; to provide for reporting; to provide for enforcement; to provide for definitions; to prohibit certain actions; to provide for applicability; to provide for legislative findings; to provide for a short title; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Date | Updates |
January 28, 2021 |
House Second Readers |
Penal institutions; policies for breast milk storage and breast feeding; provide “
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 1 of Title 42 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to inmate policies, so as to provide for policies for breast milk storage and the breast feeding of a delivered child; to provide for definitions; to require the provision of breast pumps by the Department of Public Health; to provide for requirements for prenatal and postpartum care; to require a notice; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Date | Updates |
January 27, 2021 |
House Second Readers |
Georgia Women’s Care Act
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 4 of Title 17 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to arrest by law enforcement officers generally, so as to revise provisions relating to the arrests of pregnant women; to provide that women who have been arrested are offered pregnancy testing upon detention; to enact a provision regarding delayed sentencing for postpartum female inmates; to amend Article 1 of Chapter 1 of Title 42 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to inmate policies, so as to revise provisions relating to the treatment of pregnant and postpartum female inmates; to provide for the reporting of certain information; to provide for a short title; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
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New Mothers Medicaid Expansion Act
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 49 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to social services, so as to require the Department of Community Health to allow mothers giving birth to newborns to retain Medicaid eligibility for one year following such birth; to provide for amendments to the state plan if necessary; to provide for a short title; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
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Date | Updates |
January 26, 2021 |
House Second Readers |
Insurance; out-of-pocket costs for consumers requiring insulin; reduce
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 24 of Title 33 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions regarding insurance, so as to reduce out-of-pocket costs for consumers requiring insulin; to amend Article 7 of Chapter 4 of Title 49 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to medical assistance generally, so as to reduce out-of-pocket costs for Medicaid and PeachCare for Kids recipients requiring insulin; to provide for definitions; to provide for reporting; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date and applicability; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Date | Updates |
January 26, 2021 |
House Second Readers |
Social services; temporary assistance for needy families; revise definition of cash assistance
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 9 of Chapter 4 of Title 49 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to temporary assistance for needy families, so as to revise the definition of “cash assistance”; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Date | Updates |
January 27, 2021 |
House Second Readers |
Income tax; refundable earned income tax credit; provide credit
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 7 of Title 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to imposition, rate, computation, and exemptions from income taxes, so as to provide for a refundable earned income tax credit; to provide for rules and regulations; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date and applicability; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Date | Updates |
January 27, 2021 |
House Second Readers |
Course of study in sex education and HIV/AIDS prevention instruction is medically accurate
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 6 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the “Quality Basic Education Act,” so as to require that any course of study in sex education and HIV/AIDS prevention instruction is medically accurate; to provide for a definition; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Date | Updates |
February 2, 2021 |
House Second Readers |
Public assistance; Medicaid Expansion Program; provide establishment Versions
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 4 of Title 49 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to public assistance, so as to provide for a Medicaid expansion program to provide health care coverage to uninsured individuals; to provide for definitions; to provide for the establishment of the Medicaid Expansion Program; to provide for requirements; to provide for submission of a federal waiver request; to provide for rules and regulations; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Date | Updates |
February 2, 2021 |
House Second Readers |
Health; order not to resuscitate; revise parental requirement for consent
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 31-39-4 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to persons authorized to issue order not to resuscitate, so as to revise parental requirement for consent; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Date | Updates |
February 22, 2021 |
Senate Read and Referred |
February 18, 2021 |
House Passed/Adopted By Substitute |
Full practice authority for advance practice registered nurses; provide
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 16-13-21, Part 3 of Article 16 of Chapter 2 of Title 20, Article 6 of Chapter 4 of Title 26, Title 31, Article 1 of Chapter 26 of Title 43, and Chapter 34 of Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to definitions relative to controlled substances; health of students; pharmacies; health; registered professional nurses; and physicians, acupuncture, physician assistants, and others, respectively, so as to provide full practice authority for advanced practice registered nurses; to authorize the Georgia Board of Nursing to enact rules and regulations; to provide for definitions; to provide for applicability; to provide for statutory construction under the Medical Practice Act; to repeal a provision on delegation of certain medical acts to advanced practice registered nurses by physicians; to provide for conforming changes; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Date | Updates |
February 3, 2021 |
House Second Readers |
Social services; individuals to buy-in to Medicaid coverage; allow
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 4 of Title 49 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to public assistance, so as to allow individuals to buy-in to Medicaid coverage; to provide for definitions; to provide for the establishment of the Medicaid Buy-In Program; to provide for the design and administration of the program; to provide for the establishment of premiums; to provide for rules and regulations; to provide for submission of a federal waiver if necessary; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Date | Updates |
February 3, 2021 |
House Second Readers |
Social services; use of telehealth options in the Medicaid program; expand
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 7 of Chapter 4 of Title 49 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to medical assistance generally, so as to expand the use of telehealth options in the Medicaid program; to extend the temporary use of telehealth options during the pandemic emergency to a permanent status; to provide for certification and training of providers of medical assistance via telehealth options; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
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Date | Updates |
February 3, 2021 |
House Second Readers |
Department of; annual quality and payment reporting for health care plans and programs administered; provide
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 2 of Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Department of Community Health, so as to provide for annual quality and payment reporting for health care plans and programs administered by the department; to amend Article 7 of Chapter 4 of Title 49 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to medical assistance generally, so as to include comprehensive dental and vision coverage under Medicaid for adults; to increase Medicaid reimbursement rates for primary care services; to provide for the submission of a state plan amendment or waiver, if necessary; to provide for related matters; to provide for contingent effectiveness; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Date | Updates |
February 3, 2021 |
House Second Readers |
General Assembly; pilot program to evaluate whether health notes to assess the potential health impact by proposed legislation should be required by the General Assembly; provide
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 1 of Title 28 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions applicable to the General Assembly, so as to provide for a pilot program to evaluate whether health notes to assess the potential health impact by proposed legislation should be required by the General Assembly; to provide for a definition; to provide for recommendations; to provide for automatic repeal; to provide for other related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Date | Updates |
February 3, 2021 |
House Second Readers |
Mental health; Department of Behavioral Health conduct or coordinate all audits of behavioral health providers; provide
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 1 of Title 37 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions relating to the governing and regulation of mental health, so as to provide that the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities conduct or coordinate all audits of behavioral health providers; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Date | Updates |
February 2, 2021 |
House Second Readers |
The Maternity Supportive Housing Act; enact
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 5 of Title 49 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to children and youth services, so as to provide for registration of maternity supportive housing residences to provide housing for pregnant women; to define a term; to provide for requirements; to prohibit additional rules and regulations; to prohibit constraints imposed by local governments; to provide for statutory construction; to provide for related matters; to provide a short title; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Date | Updates |
February 4, 2021 |
House Second Readers |
Health; establish pilot program to conduct a simulated exchange for health care facilities to purchase and sell charity care credits to meet their charity care requirements; provide
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 8 of Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the care and protection of indigent and elderly patients, so as to provide for the establishment of a pilot program to conduct a simulated exchange for health care facilities to purchase and sell charity care credits to meet their charity care requirements; to provide for definitions; to provide for the design of the simulated exchange; to provide for a report; to provide for penalties for nonparticipation; to provide for automatic repeal; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Date | Updates |
February 4, 2021 |
House Second Readers |
Hospitals and nursing homes; policy during a declared public health emergency that limits patients’ abilities to be visited by designated family members and friends; provisions
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 7 of Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to regulation of hospitals and related institutions, so as to prohibit hospitals and nursing homes from instituting any policy during a declared public health emergency that limits patients’ abilities to be visited by designated family members or friends as a condition precedent to obtaining or maintaining a permit to operate a hospital or nursing home; to provide for reasonable safety precautions; to provide for limited liability; to provide for related matters; to provide for a short title; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Date | Updates |
March 9, 2021 |
Senate Read and Referred |
March 3, 2021 |
House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute |
February 8, 2021 |
House Second Readers |
Insurance; health care insurers to offer group health benefit plans to state and local governments to insure inmates and certain other persons in police custody; require
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 24 of Title 33 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions regarding insurance, so as to require health care insurers to offer group health benefit plans to state and local governments to insure inmates and certain other persons in police custody; to provide for legislative findings; to provide for definitions; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Date | Updates |
February 9, 2021 |
House Second Readers |
Insurance; health care insurers to offer group health benefit plans to hospitals to provide health insurance coverage for uninsured hospital patients; require
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 24 of Title 33 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions regarding insurance, so as to require health care insurers to offer group health benefit plans to hospitals to provide health insurance coverage for uninsured hospital patients; to provide for legislative findings; to provide for definitions; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Date | Updates |
February 9, 2021 |
House Second Readers |
Physicians; job description submission to Georgia Composite Medical Board; provisions
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 34 of Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to physicians, assistants, and others, so as to provide that job descriptions entered into between physicians and physician assistants are not required to be submitted to or approved by the Georgia Composite Medical Board; to authorize physicians to delegate the authority to physician assistants and advanced practice registered nurses to prescribe Schedule II controlled substances under certain conditions; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Date | Updates |
March 8, 2021 |
Senate Read and Referred |
March 3, 2021 |
House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute |
February 11, 2021 |
House Second Readers |
Expanding Medicaid to Improve Health Outcomes for New Mothers Act; enact
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 49 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to social services, so as to require the Department of Community Health to allow mothers giving birth to newborns to retain Medicaid eligibility for one year following such birth; to provide for amendments to the state plan if necessary; to provide for a short title; to provide for legislative findings; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Date | Updates |
February 11, 2021 |
House Second Readers |
Positive Alternatives for Pregnancy and Parenting Grant Program; repeal Article
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to health, so as to repeal Article 2 of Chapter 2A, relating to the Positive Alternatives for Pregnancy and Parenting Grant Program; to provide for legislative findings; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Date | Updates |
February 11, 2021 |
House Second Readers |
Revenue and taxation; rate of taxation for tobacco and vapor products; revise
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Vulnerable Child Protection Act; enact
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to health, so as to prohibit certain licensed, certified, or registered professionals from engaging in certain acts upon minors; to provide for a short title; to provide for definitions; to provide for exceptions; to provide for a penalty and private cause of action; to explicitly waive sovereign immunity, qualified immunity, and official immunity for such a private cause of action; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date and applicability; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
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Date | Updates |
February 16, 2021 |
House Second Readers |
Health; prohibit state or local governments from requiring individuals to submit to vaccinations as a condition to certain actions if the vaccine does not meet certain conditions
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 12 of Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to control of hazardous conditions, preventable diseases, and metabolic disorders, so as to prohibit state or local governments from requiring individuals to submit to vaccinations as a condition to certain actions if the vaccine does not meet certain conditions; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Date | Updates |
February 17, 2021 |
House Second Readers |
Professions and businesses; licensure of advanced practice registered nurses; provide
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 26 of Title 43 of the O.C.G.A., relating to nurses, so as to provide for licensure of advanced practice registered nurses; to amend Code Section 16-13-72, Code Section 31-6-2, and Article 7 of Chapter 7 of Title 31 of the O.C.G.A., relating to the sale, distribution, or possession of dangerous drugs, definitions relative to state health planning and development, and home health agencies; to amend Article 3 of Chapter 2 of Title 40 and Article 2 of Chapter 34 of Title 43 of the O.C.G.A., relating to prestige license plates and special plates for certain persons and vehicles and medical practice; to amend Code Section 43-26-5 of the O.C.G.A., relating to general powers and responsibilities of the Board of Nursing, so as to authorize the collection of workforce data; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Date | Updates |
February 17, 2021 |
House Second Readers |
Local government; continue certain contracts for health insurance for spouses or dependents of deceased peace officers; require
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 60 of Title 36 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions applicable to counties and municipal corporations, so as to require counties and municipal corporations to continue, under certain circumstances, contracts for health insurance for spouses or dependents of peace officers who are killed or who otherwise die while acting within the scope of their employment; to provide for a definition; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Date | Updates |
February 17, 2021 |
House Second Readers |
State employees’ health insurance plan; all contracts contain provisions relating to disclosure of cost related data; require
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 1 of Article 1 of Chapter 18 of Title 45 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the state employees’ health insurance plan, so as to require that all contracts for health care coverage or services under the state health benefit plan contain provisions relating to disclosure of cost related data; to provide for a definition; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Date | Updates |
February 17, 2021 |
House Second Readers |
Social services; all contracts for health care coverage or services under Medicaid and PeachCare for Kids Program contain provisions relating to disclosure of cost related data; require
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 7 of Chapter 4 of Title 49 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to medical assistance generally, so as to require that all contracts for health care coverage or services under Medicaid and the PeachCare for Kids Program contain provisions relating to disclosure of cost related data; to provide for a definition; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Date | Updates |
February 17, 2021 |
House Second Readers |
Low THC Oil Patient Registry; authorize Department of Public Health to release deidentified data to government entities for research
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 31-2A-18 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Low THC Oil Patient Registry, so as to authorize the Department of Public Health to release deidentified data to government entities and other entities for research and other purposes; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Date | Updates |
March 8, 2021 |
Senate Read and Referred |
March 3, 2021 |
House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute |
February 17, 2021 |
House Second Readers |
Controlled substances; provide for concurrent prescribing of an opioid antagonist with opioids under certain circumstances
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 13 of Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the regulation of controlled substances, so as to provide for concurrent prescribing of an opioid antagonist with opioids under certain circumstances; to provide for definitions; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Date | Updates |
February 18, 2021 |
House Second Readers |
February 17, 2021 |
House First Readers |
Insurance; health care services; provide good faith estimates
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 1 of Title 31 and Article 1 of Chapter 24 of Title 33 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions relative to health and insurance, respectively, so as to provide good faith estimates regarding the cost of health care services; to provide for definitions; to require health care providers to provide good faith estimates of costs and fees available to consumers upon request; to require health insurers to provide good faith estimates of costs available to consumers upon request; to provide for time limits; to prohibit the limitation of disclosure by contract; to provide for construction; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Date | Updates |
February 22, 2021 |
House Second Readers |
February 18, 2021 |
House First Readers |
Medical Practice Act of the State of Georgia; institutional licenses; revise provisions
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 34 of Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the “Medical Practice Act of the State of Georgia,” so as to revise provisions relating to institutional licenses; to provide for a definition; to revise a provision relating to United States Drug Enforcement Administration registration; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Date | Updates |
March 3, 2021 |
Senate Read and Referred |
February 18, 2021 |
House Hopper |
Insurance; health care sharing ministries; change a definition
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 33 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to insurance, so as to change a definition regarding health care sharing ministries; to amend Article 2 of Chapter 7 of Title 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to imposition, rate, and computation of and exemptions from income taxes, so as to provide that a taxpayer may deduct the full amount paid for shares as a member of a health care sharing organization from Georgia taxable income; to provide a definition; to disallow related deductions; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Date | Updates |
February 23, 2021 |
House Second Readers |
February 18, 2021 |
House Hopper |
Youth Mental Health Protection Act; enact
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to professions and businesses, so as to prohibit the practice of conversion therapy by professional counselors, physicians, or psychologists; to define “conversion therapy”; to provide for related matters; to provide for a short title; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Date | Updates |
February 23, 2021 |
House Second Readers |
Law enforcement officers and agencies; mental health operatives; provide training requirements
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 8 of Title 35 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to employment and training of peace officers, so as to provide for training requirements for mental health operatives; to provide for a definition; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Date | Updates |
February 23, 2021 |
House Second Readers |
February 18, 2021 |
House Hopper |
Mental health; grant program to establish assisted outpatient treatment programs; provide
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 37 of the O.C.G.A., relating to mental health, so as to provide for a grant program to establish assisted outpatient treatment programs for persons with mental illness who struggle to maintain engagement with essential mental health treatment; to provide for related matters; to provide for effective dates; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Date | Updates |
February 26, 2021 |
House Second Readers |
Torts; gross negligence standard in actions involving COVID-19 liability claims against healthcare facilities, healthcare providers, entities, and individuals; clarify
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 16 of Title 51 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to COVID-19 pandemic business safety, so as to clarify the gross negligence standard in actions involving COVID-19 liability claims against healthcare facilities, healthcare providers, entities, and individuals; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Date | Updates |
February 24, 2021 |
House Second Readers |
Professions and businesses; athletic trainers; revise and update definitions
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 5 of Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to athletic trainers, so as to revise and update definitions; to eliminate obsolete provisions; to require athletic training students to be under the direct supervision of a physician or licensed athletic trainer; to revise and update certification requirements; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Date | Updates |
February 26, 2021 |
House Second Readers |
February 25, 2021 |
House First Readers |
Health; criminal background checks on individuals independently retained to provide personal care services for elderly persons who reside in a personal care home or assisted living facility; provide
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 14A of Chapter 7 of Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the central caregiver registry, so as to provide for criminal background checks on individuals independently retained to provide personal care services for elderly persons who reside in a personal care home or assisted living facility; to revise definitions; to provide for procedures and notification; to provide for limited liability; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Date | Updates |
February 26, 2021 |
House Second Readers |
February 25, 2021 |
House First Readers |
Health; sale and dispensing of contact lenses; eliminate certain restrictions
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 12 of Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the control of hazardous conditions, preventable diseases, and metabolic disorders, so as to eliminate certain restrictions on the sale and dispensing of contact lenses; to revise definitions; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Medical assistance; authorization of appropriations for the purposes of obtaining federal financial participation for medical assistance payments; provisions
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 7 of Chapter 4 of Title 49 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to medical assistance generally, so as to provide for the authorization of appropriations for the purposes of obtaining federal financial participation for medical assistance payments to providers of Medicaid expansion under the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and federal Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010; to require certain action; to provide for certain restrictions; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Health; persons to wear masks, hoods, or other devices to prevent the spread of a contagious or infectious disease during and for 12 months following the conclusion of a public health emergency; authorize
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 12 of Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to control of hazardous conditions, preventable diseases, and metabolic disorders, so as to authorize persons to wear masks, hoods, or other devices to prevent the spread of a contagious or infectious disease during and for 12 months following the conclusion of a public health emergency; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Commission for the Blind and Visually Impaired Act; enact
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 30 of the O.C.G.A., relating to handicapped persons, so as to create the Commission for the Blind and the Visually Impaired; to transfer the direction and supervision of Georgia Industries for the Blind from the Georgia Vocational Rehabilitation Agency to the commission; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Date | Updates |
March 1, 2021 |
House Second Readers |
Health; visitation by essential visitors to patients in hospitals and residents in long-term care facilities; provide
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 7 of Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to regulation of hospitals and related institutions, so as to provide for visitation by essential visitors to patients in hospitals and residents in long-term care facilities; to provide for definitions; to provide for rules and regulations by the Department of Community Health; to provide for conforming policies by hospitals and long-term care facilities; to provide for sanctions for noncompliance; to provide that the Governor is not authorized to waive the provisions in a declared public health emergency; to provide for statutory construction; to provide for an effective date; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Date | Updates |
March 1, 2021 |
House Second Readers |
Inmate Mental Health Act; enact
Date | Updates |
March 3, 2021 |
House Second Readers |
Narcotic treatment programs; licensing; revise composition of regions
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 26-5-48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to prerequisites to licensing narcotic treatment programs, waivers, and creation of regions, so as to revise the composition of the regions; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Date | Updates |
March 5, 2021 |
House Second Readers |
March 3, 2021 |
House First Readers |
Commission for the Blind and the Visually Impaired; create
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 30 of the O.C.G.A., relating to handicapped persons, so as to create the Commission for the Blind and the Visually Impaired; to transfer the direction and supervision of Georgia Industries for the Blind from the Georgia Vocational Rehabilitation Agency to the commission; to amend Chapter 9 of Title 49 of the O.C.G.A., relating to the transfer of the Division of Rehabilitation Services to the Department of Labor, so as to establish the role of the commission in facilitating the operation by blind persons and other persons with disabilities of vending facilities on state property; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Date | Updates |
March 5, 2021 |
House Second Readers |
March 3, 2021 |
House First Readers |
Community Health, Department of; notify the applicable local law enforcement agencies; require
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 5 of Title 26 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions relative to drug abuse treatment and education programs, so as to require the Department of Community Health to notify the applicable local law enforcement agencies, fire departments, licensing departments, and planning and zoning departments upon issuance of a license to operate a drug abuse treatment and education program that is a residential care center; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Date | Updates |
March 3, 2021 |
House Second Readers |
Health care data collection; hospitals maintain certain technology; provisions
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 12 of Chapter 7 of Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to health care data collection, so as to require hospitals to participate in a survey disclosing whether such hospitals maintain technology allowing the electronic sharing of certain patient information with other hospitals; to provide for definitions; to provide that the department shall collect the survey results and submit a report to the legislature; to provide for repeal; to require the use of certified electronic health technology by certain hospitals; to provide for rule and regulation; to provide for applicability; to provide for a short title; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Date | Updates |
March 9, 2021 |
Senate Read and Referred |
March 3, 2021 |
House Committee Favorably Reported |
Mental health; authorization of peace officers to take a person to a physician or emergency receiving facility for emergency examination under certain circumstances; provide
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 3 of Title 37 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to examination and treatment for mental illness, so as to provide for authorization of peace officers to take a person to a physician or emergency receiving facility for emergency examination under certain circumstances; to provide for immunity; to provide for reports; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Date | Updates |
March 8, 2021 |
House Second Readers |
March 3, 2021 |
House Hopper |
Georgia Dignity in Pregnancy and Childbirth Act; enact
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 2A of Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Department of Public Health, so as to enact the “Georgia Dignity in Pregnancy and Childbirth Act”; to provide for legislative findings and intent; to provide for definitions; to require perinatal facilities in this state to implement evidence based implicit bias programs for its health care professionals; to require certain components in such programs; to provide for initial and refresher training; to provide for the compilation and tracking of data on severe maternal morbidity and pregnancy related deaths; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Date | Updates |
March 8, 2021 |
House Second Readers |
March 3, 2021 |
House Hopper |
Medicaid; coverage for doula services provided to an expectant mother; provide
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 7 of Chapter 4 of Title 49 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to medical assistance generally, so as to provide for Medicaid coverage for doula services provided to an expectant mother; to provide for a definition; to provide that doulas are considered providers of medical assistance; to require the Department of Community Health to submit a state plan amendment for coverage of antepartum, intrapartum, and postpartum services; to provide for minimum reimbursement rates; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Date | Updates |
March 9, 2021 |
House Second Readers |
Health; hospitals and ambulatory surgical centers to utilize surgical smoke evacuation systems during surgical procedures; require
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 7 of Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to regulation and construction of hospitals and other health care facilities, so as to require hospitals and ambulatory surgical centers to utilize surgical smoke evacuation systems during surgical procedures to protect patients and health care workers from the hazards of surgical smoke; to provide for definitions; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Date | Updates |
March 9, 2021 |
House Second Readers |
Education; wraparound services in the multi-tiered system of supports to be provided prior to expelling or assigning a student in preschool through third grade to out-of-school suspension for more than five consecutive days during a school year; include
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Social services; temporary assistance for needy families; increase access to benefits
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 9 of Chapter 4 of Title 49 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to temporary assistance for needy families, so as to increase access to benefits; to increase the lifetime maximum for benefits; to provide that assets are disregarded in determining eligibility; to repeal the drug felony ban for eligibility; to repeal the family cap on benefits; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Date | Updates |
March 10, 2021 |
House Second Readers |
Psychiatric Advance Directive Act; enact
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 37 of the O.C.G.A., relating to mental health, so as to provide for a psychiatric advance directive; to provide for a competent adult to express his or her mental health care treatment preferences and desires directly through instructions written in advance and indirectly through appointing an agent to make mental health care decisions on behalf of that person; to amend Titles 16, 29, 31, 37, and 49 of the O.C.G.A., relating to crimes and offenses, guardian and ward, health, mental health, and social services, respectively, so as to provide for interaction and relationship with advance directives for health care; to provide for application; to provide for statutory construction; to provide for conforming references and consistent terminology; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Date | Updates |
March 10, 2021 |
House Hopper |
Insurance; life insurers to provide certain policy information to funeral homes within 24 hours of receipt of the funeral home’s notification of an insured’s death; require
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 1 of Title 33 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions regarding insurance, so as to require life insurers to provide certain policy information to funeral homes within 24 hours of receipt of the funeral home’s notification of an insured’s death; to provide for a definition; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
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Georgia Community Midwife Act; enact
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to health, so as to repeal in its entirety Chapter 26, relating to the practice of midwifery; to amend Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to professions and businesses, so as to provide for the licensure and regulation of community midwives; to provide for a short title; to provide for legislative findings; to provide for definitions; to amend Code Section 43-26-12 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to exceptions to the operation of the “Georgia Registered Professional Nurse Practice Act,” so as to provide for an exception relating to the practice of midwifery; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
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Evidence; voluntary open communications related to healthcare; allow
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 12 of Title 24 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to medical and other confidential information, so as to allow for voluntary open communications related to healthcare under rules of evidence; to provide for definitions; to provide that certain open communications shall not be subject to future disclosure; to provide for related matters; to provide for a short title; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
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Sales and use tax; certain menstrual products; create exemption
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 8 of Title 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to sales and use taxes, so as to create an exemption from state sales and use tax for certain menstrual products; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
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Prescription Drug Rebate Financial Protection Act; enact
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 24 of Title 33 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to insurance generally, so as to require all health insurers to pass along no less than 80 percent of all prescription drug rebates to enrollees that such insurer receives from third parties with regard to such enrollee’s prescription drugs; to provide for a short title; to provide for legislative findings; to provide for definitions; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date and applicability; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
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Medical assistance; Medicaid coverage for medically necessary donor human milk; provide
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 7 of Chapter 4 of Title 49 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to medical assistance generally, so as to provide for Medicaid coverage for medically necessary donor human milk; to provide for submittal of a state plan amendment or waiver request, if necessary; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
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Health; revise definitions; furnishing of copies of health records; provisions
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 33 of Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to health records, so as to revise definitions; to revise provisions relating to the furnishing of copies of health records; to provide for penalties for noncompliance; to revise provisions relating to the costs for copying health records; to revise provisions relating to electronic health records; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
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Health; increase access to disposable menstrual products in public schools, penal institutions, certain social service shelters, and housing facilities
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 3 of Article 16 of Chapter 2 of Title 20, Article 1 of Chapter 1 of Title 42, and Chapter 1 of Title 49 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to health, inmate policies, and general provisions regarding social services, respectively, so as to increase access to disposable menstrual products in public schools, penal institutions, certain social service shelters, and housing facilities; to provide for definitions; to require the provision of disposable menstrual products to certain persons at no cost; to authorize the Department of Education to promulgate model policies and guidance for local boards of education; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
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University System of Georgia; menstrual hygiene products available at no cost to students in certain facilities; require
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to education, so as to require the University System of Georgia and the Technical College System of Georgia to make menstrual hygiene products available at no cost to students in certain facilities or portions of facilities of institutions; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
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Public assistance; use certain benefits for purchasing diapers or menstrual products; provide for waiver request
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 4 of Title 49 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to public assistance, so as to provide for the submission of a waiver request by the Department of Human Services to permit the recipients of certain public assistance benefits to use such benefits for the purpose of purchasing diapers or menstrual hygiene products if the United States Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service makes such waiver available to states; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
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Truth in Prescription Pricing for Patients Act; enact
Requires pharmacies to disclose the true net cost and final net cost (if applicable) of prescription drugs to consumers and to calculate cost sharing requirements for consumers based on the true net cost of prescription drugs.
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Insurance; reduce out-of-pocket costs for consumers requiring insulin
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 24 of Title 33 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions regarding insurance, so as to reduce out-of-pocket costs for consumers requiring insulin; to provide for definitions; to provide for legislative findings; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date and applicability; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
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Georgia Rare Disease Advisory Council; provide establishment
Creates an advisory council to educate medical professionals, government agencies, legislators, and the public about rare diseases and encourages research and treatment of rare diseases.
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Medicaid; coverage for annual mammograms at no cost to recipient; provide
Provides free annual mammograms to Medicaid participants.
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Mental health; notice of admission and daily updates from facility to parent or legal guardian of an involuntary minor patient under 12; provide
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 1 of Article 6 of Chapter 3 of Title 37 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions relative to the rights and privileges of patients and their representatives regarding examination and treatment for mental illness, so as to provide for notice of admission and daily updates from a facility to the parent or legal guardian of an involuntary minor patient under 12 years of age; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
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Health insurance; teachers and state employees; prohibit Board of Community Health from entering into or renewing a contract with qualified entities under specific conditions
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 6 of Article 17 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to health insurance plans for public school teachers and other public school personnel, and Part 1 of Article 1 of Chapter 18 of Title 45 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the state employees’ health insurance plan and post-employment health benefit fund, so as to prohibit the Board of Community Health from entering into or renewing a contract for the state health benefit plan with qualified entities under specific conditions; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date and applicability; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
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Education; local school systems to conduct suicide screenings on all students age eight through eighteen; require
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 3 of Article 16 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to student health in elementary and secondary education, so as to require local school systems to conduct suicide screenings on all students age eight through 18; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
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Mental Health Parity Act; enact Versions
Directs recommendations from Georgia Behavioral Health Reform and Innovation Commission to be implemented to address concerns around access and treatment for mental health services.
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Income tax; tax credits for contributions to rural hospital organizations; increase aggregate limit
Tax credits offered for contributions to rural hospitals
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OneGeorgia Authority Act; grant program to establish primary care medical facilities in health professional shortage areas; provide
Creates a grant/funding program to establish primary care medical facilities in areas that have shortages of health professionals.
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Mental health; standard suite of services that community service boards are required to provide in their respective service areas; provide
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 2 of Title 37 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions regarding administration of mental health, developmental disabilities, addictive diseases, and other disability services, so as to provide for a standard suite of services that community service boards are required to provide in their respective service areas; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
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Mental health; emergency involuntary treatment; revise procedures
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 37 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to mental health, so as to revise procedures regarding emergency involuntary treatment for mental health and alcohol and drug dependency; to require that certain documents become part of the patient’s clinical record; to provide for redactions; to require examination for involuntary treatment for mental health or alcohol and drug dependency by a physician within eight hours of admission; to require physician review of certain information; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
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Mental health; adult mental health programs; provide licensure
Requires licensure of adult mental health programs
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Health; influenza vaccinations for discharged patients; lower age to 50
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Georgia Women’s CARE (Child Care Alternatives, Resources, and Education) Act, enact Versions
Requires every woman arrested to take a pregnancy test if not released on bond within 72 hours of arrest. Option to opt-out by woman.
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Social services; treatment services under Medicaid to persons with HIV; provisions
Requires DCH to submit a Section 1115 waiver to CMS (Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services) to request a demonstration project to provide treatment services under Medicaid to people in Georgia living with HIV.
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Quality Basic Education Act; course of study in sex education and HIV prevention is age appropriate; provide
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 2 of Article 6 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to competencies and core curriculum under the “Quality Basic Education Act,” so as to provide that the prescribed course of study in sex education and HIV prevention instruction is age appropriate; to include the subject of consent in such course of study; to provide for implementation; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
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Medicaid Continuity of Coverage Program; establish
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 4 of Title 49 of the O.C.G.A., relating to public assistance, so as to establish the Medicaid Continuity of Coverage Program; to provide for the transition of continuous enrollment Medicaid beneficiaries into traditional Medicaid; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
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Community Health, Department of; statistical reports data relating to state health plans be posted on department website; require
Requires DCH to post reports with state health plan data to their website
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Controlled substances; certain persons to carry prescription medications in a compartmentalized container; authorize
Allows people ages 65 and older to legally carry prescription medications in a compartmentalized medication container
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Georgia Caregivers Act; create
Requires hospitals to provide patients with the opportunity to identify lay caregivers, and that lay caregivers are not required to provide aftercare
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Insurance; basic coverage of mental wellness services; provide
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Social services; discrimination of healthcare services, including gender-affirming hormone therapy and gender-reassignment surgeries; prohibit
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 7 of Chapter 4 of Title 49 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to medical assistance generally provided as public assistance under social services, so as to prohibit the discrimination of healthcare services, including gender-affirming hormone therapy and gender-reassignment surgeries, to covered persons on the basis of their gender expression, gender identity, or transgender status; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
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Health; allow assisted living communities and personal care homes to enroll as Medicaid providers
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 7 of Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to regulation of hospitals and related institutions, so as to allow assisted living communities and personal care homes to enroll as Medicaid providers; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
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State employees’ health benefit plans; cover medically necessary care and treatment of head and neck conditions; mandate
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 18 of Title 45 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to state employees’ health insurance and benefit plans, so as to mandate that the state health benefit plan cover medically necessary care and treatment of head and neck conditions; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date and applicability; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
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Georgia Smoke-free Air Act; revise
Operators of early childhood care and education programs must post signs prohibiting vaping in designated smoke-free areas
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Community Health, Department of; pharmacy benefits management for Medicaid program; provide
Provides for pharmacy benefits management for the Medicaid program to be conducted by the Department of Community Health
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Childhood Lead Exposure Control Act; revise
Updates provisions regarding child lead poisoning and exposure to that of the national guidelines
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Rural Health Advancement Commission; create
Provides for the creation of the Rural Health Advancement Commission
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Health; certificate of need requirements; acute care hospitals established in rural counties that meet certain criteria; provide exemption
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 31-6-47 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to exemptions from certificate of need requirements, so as to provide an exemption for acute care hospitals established in rural counties that meet certain criteria; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
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Community Health, Department of; submit waiver request to the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to authorize private institutions for mental disease to qualify for Medicaid reimbursement
Directs DCH to submit a waiver request to the federal CMS to authorize private institutions for mental disease to qualify for Medicaid reimbursement
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Education, Department of; provide certain information to parents and guardians of students completing fifth and sixth grades regarding adolescent vaccinations
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 3 of Article 16 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to student health in elementary and secondary education, so as to require the Department of Education to provide certain information to parents and guardians of students completing the fifth and sixth grades regarding recommended adolescent vaccinations; to provide for rules and regulations; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
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Public officers and employees; contracts for healthcare coverage contain provisions that ensure laboratory services are available at in-network rates; require
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 1 of Article 1 of Chapter 18 of Title 45 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the state employees’ health insurance plan, so as to require that all contracts for healthcare coverage or services under the state health benefit plan contain provisions that ensure that laboratory services are available at in-network rates within 50 miles or one hour of a plan member’s place of business or residence; to provide for an effective date and applicability; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
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Community Health, Department of; contract with dental care administrators to cover dental service for recipients of medical assistance; provide
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 7 of Chapter 4 of Title 49 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to medical assistance generally provided as public assistance under social services, so as to provide for the Department of Community Health to contract directly with dental care administrators to cover dental services for recipients of medical assistance under Medicaid and PeachCare for Kids programs; to require the Department of Community Health to competitively bid out such contracts and limit such contracts to a minimum of two but no more than three dental care administrators; to provide for requirements, including disclosures and reports, for dental care administrators; to provide for an amendment or waiver to the state plan if necessary; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
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Social services; three-year pilot program to provide coverage for the diagnosis and treatment of PANDAS and PANS under Medicaid; provide
Three year pilot program for the diagnosis and treatment of PANDAS and PANS under Medicaid
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Professions and businesses; definition of physical therapy to include ordering diagnostic imaging and using ultrasound; revise
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 33 of Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to physical therapists, so as to revise the definition of “physical therapy” to include ordering diagnostic imaging and using ultrasound; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
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Health; repeal in its entirety Chapter 26 relating to midwifery; provide for licensure and regulation of community midwives; provide for an exception
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 31 of the O.C.G.A., relating to health, so as to repeal in its entirety Chapter 26, relating to the practice of midwifery; to amend Title 43 of the O.C.G.A., relating to professions and businesses, so as to provide for the licensure and regulation of community midwives; to amend Code Section 43-26-12 of the O.C.G.A., relating to exceptions to the operation of the “Georgia Registered Professional Nurse Practice Act,” so as to provide for an exception relating to the practice of midwifery; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
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Insurance; prohibit insurers from unilaterally changing network participation contracts impacting coverage, access to, or costs of ancillary services
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 24 of Title 33 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to insurance generally, so as to prohibit insurers from unilaterally changing network participation contracts impacting coverage, access to, or costs of ancillary services; to provide for definitions; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date and applicability; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
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Healthy Georgia Act; enact
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 4 of Title 49 of the O.C.G.A., relating to public assistance, so as to establish the Healthy Georgia Program, providing comprehensive universal single payer healthcare coverage and a healthcare cost control system for the benefit of all Georgia residents; to provide for related matters; to provide for a contingent effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
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Health; certificate of need requirements; revise various provisions
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 31 of the O.C.G.A., relating to health, so as to revise various provisions relating to certificate of need requirements; to amend Code Section 50-18-70 of the O.C.G.A., relating to legislative intent and definitions relative to open records laws, so as to provide that certain organizations or entities that lease or operate facilities of hospital authorities are considered agencies for purposes of open records; to provide for the delayed repeal of certificate of need requirements; to transfer charity and indigent care requirements from certificate of need requirements to licensure requirements; to provide for regulations and penalties; to amend other provisions in various titles of the O.C.G.A., to provide for related matters; to provide for effective dates; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
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Public Health, Department of; conduct surveys of children and youth on identified core measures to promote healthy living and for use in accessing applicable federal funds; require
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 2A of Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Department of Public Health, so as to require the department to conduct surveys of children and youth in this state on identified core measures to promote healthy living and for use in accessing applicable federal funds; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
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Pharmacists; dispense opioid antagonists to individuals who have been prescribed opioids; authorize
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 4 of Title 26 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to pharmacists and pharmacies, so as to authorize pharmacists to dispense opioid antagonists to individuals who have been prescribed opioids; to revise a definition; to provide for immunity; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
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Racism; public health crisis in Georgia; declare
A RESOLUTION declaring racism a public health crisis in Georgia; and for other purposes.
Date | Updates |
February 4, 2021 |
House Second Readers |
House Study Committee on Health in Georgia; create
A RESOLUTION creating the House Study Committee on Health in Georgia; and for other purposes.
Date | Updates |
March 4, 2021 |
House Second Readers |
House Study Committee on Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) to Improve the Health of Women and Children; create
A RESOLUTION creating the House Study Committee on Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) to Improve the Health of Women and Children; and for other purposes.
Date | Updates |
February 17, 2021 |
House Second Readers |
Joint Medicaid Sustainability Study Committee; create
A RESOLUTION creating the Joint Medicaid Sustainability Study Committee; and for other purposes.
Date | Updates |
February 23, 2021 |
House Second Readers |
Medicaid; expansion; urge
A RESOLUTION urging for the expansion of Medicaid; and for other purposes.
Date | Updates |
February 23, 2021 |
House Second Readers |
House Study Committee on the Safe Staffing of Nurses in Georgia; create
A RESOLUTION creating the House Study Committee on the Safe Staffing of Nurses in Georgia; and for other purposes.
Date | Updates |
March 1, 2021 |
House Second Readers |
Health; increased awareness, education, and research regarding rare diseases; recognize
A RESOLUTION recognizing the need for increased awareness, education, and research regarding rare diseases; maintaining that the unique needs of the rare disease community, including the needs of Black Americans living with rare diseases, should be addressed in collaboration with rare disease stakeholders; and supporting the establishment and continued support of Rare Disease Advisory Councils in all 50 states; and for other purposes.
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House State Health Benefit Plan Study Committee; create
A RESOLUTION creating the House State Health Benefit Plan Study Committee; and for other purposes.
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Community Health, Department of; apply for federal approval to allow institutions for mental diseases to qualify for Medicaid reimbursement; urge
A RESOLUTION urging the Georgia Department of Community Health to apply for federal approval to allow institutions for mental diseases (IMDs) in this state to qualify for Medicaid reimbursement; and for other purposes.
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House Study Committee on Evaluating, Simplifying, and Eliminating Duplication of Regulatory Requirements for Mental Health and Social Services Providers
A RESOLUTION creating the House Study Committee on Evaluating, Simplifying, and Eliminating Duplication of Regulatory Requirements for Mental Health and Social Services Providers; and for other purposes.
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Public Health, Department of; improve quality of care for those with HIV on the Medicaid program; urge
A RESOLUTION encouraging the Georgia Department of Public Health and the Georgia Department of Community Health to improve the quality of care for those with HIV on the State of Georgia’s Medicaid program; and for other purposes.
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House Study Committee on Expanding Long-Term Care Options; create
A RESOLUTION creating the House Study Committee on Expanding Long-Term Care Options; and for other purposes.
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Health, Department of; work with Department of Community Health to enhance HIV prevention for Medicaid beneficiaries
United States: 2022-2025 and encouraging the Georgia Department of Health to work with the Georgia Department of Community Health to enhance HIV prevention for Medicaid beneficiaries; and for other purposes.
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Georgia All-Payer Claims Database; entities that receive certain tax credits; self-funded, employer sponsored health insurance plans are submitting entities; provide
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 31-53-40 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to definitions relative to the Georgia All-Payer Claims Database, so as to provide that entities that receive certain tax credits and that provide self-funded, employer sponsored health insurance plans are submitting entities; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
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Date | Updates |
January 12, 2021 |
Senate Read and Referred |
January 12, 2021 |
Senate Read and Referred |
Hospitals and other Health Care Facilities; hospitals and ambulatory surgical centers to utilize surgical smoke evacuation systems during surgical procedures to protect patients and health care workers from the hazards of surgical smoke; require
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 7 of Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to regulation and construction of hospitals and other health care facilities, so as to require hospitals and ambulatory surgical centers to utilize surgical smoke evacuation systems during surgical procedures to protect patients and health care workers from the hazards of surgical smoke; to provide for definitions; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Date | Updates |
January 26, 2021 |
Senate Read and Referred |
Program of premium assistance to enable eligible individuals to obtain health care coverage
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 7 of Chapter 4 of Title 49 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to medical assistance generally, so as to provide for a program of premium assistance to enable eligible individuals to obtain health care coverage; to provide for definitions; to require personal responsibility premiums from eligible individuals; to provide for a compliance pool; to provide for any necessary state plan amendments or federal waivers; to provide for termination of the program under certain circumstances; to provide for the Legislative Oversight Committee for Health Care Premium Assistance; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Date | Updates |
February 1, 2021 |
Senate Read and Referred |
‘Georgia Family Medical Leave Act’; enact
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 34 of the O.C.G.A., relating to labor and industrial relations, so as to provide for the creation of a program to compensate in part for the wage loss sustained by any individual who is unable to work due to such individual’s own sickness or injury, the sickness or injury of a family member, or the birth, adoption, or foster care placement of a new child; to create the Family Medical Leave Fund; to provide for contributions to such fund; to provide for filing determination and payment of claims; to provide for the promulgation of rules and regulations by the Department of Labor; to provide for related matters; to provide a contingent effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Date | Updates |
February 1, 2021 |
Senate Read and Referred |
Emergency Medical Services; prudent layperson standard is not affected by the final diagnosis given; clarify
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 11 of Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to emergency medical services, so as to clarify that the prudent layperson standard is not affected by the final diagnosis given; to amend Title 33 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to insurance, so as to also clarify that the prudent layperson standard is not affected by the final diagnosis given; to provide for legislative findings; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Date | Updates |
March 5, 2021 |
House Second Readers |
February 18, 2021 |
Senate Read Second Time |
Public Assistance; Medicaid public option program to provide healthcare coverage to individuals not eligible for Medicare, Medicaid, or the PeachCare for Kids Program; provide
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 4 of Title 49 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to public assistance, so as to provide for a Medicaid public option program to provide healthcare coverage to individuals not eligible for Medicare, Medicaid, or the PeachCare for Kids Program; to provide for definitions; to provide for the establishment of the PeachCare Public Option Program; to provide requirements for the design of the program; to provide requirements for the administration and implementation of the program; to provide for rules and regulations; to provide for a design and actuarial study; to provide for contingent effectiveness and automatic repeal; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Date | Updates |
February 4, 2021 |
Senate Read and Referred |
Health; local boards of education to provide feminine hygiene products to students at no charge to the students; require
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 3 of Article 16 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to health, so as to require local boards of education to provide feminine hygiene products to students at no charge to the students; to authorize the Department of Education to promulgate model policies and guidance for local boards of education; to provide for a definition; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
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Date | Updates |
February 8, 2021 |
Senate Read and Referred |
Insurance; diagnostic examinations for breast cancer shall not be treated less favorably than screening examinations for breast cancer with respect to cost-sharing requirements and treatment limitations; provide
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 24 of Title 33 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to insurance generally, so as to provide that diagnostic examinations for breast cancer shall not be treated less favorably than screening examinations for breast cancer with respect to cost-sharing requirements and treatment limitations; to provide for definitions; to provide for applicability; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
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Date | Updates |
February 8, 2021 |
Senate Read and Referred |
Commission for the Blind and the Visually Impaired; create
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 30 of the O.C.G.A., relating to handicapped persons, so as to create the Commission for the Blind and the Visually Impaired; to transfer the direction and supervision of Georgia Industries for the Blind from the Georgia Vocational Rehabilitation Agency to the commission; to amend Chapter 9 of Title 49 of the O.C.G.A., relating to the transfer of the Division of Rehabilitation Services to the Department of Labor, so as to establish the role of the commission in facilitating the operation by blind persons and other persons with disabilities of vending facilities on state property; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Date | Updates |
March 5, 2021 |
Senate Read Second Time |
February 9, 2021 |
Senate Read and Referred |
Health; licensure and regulation of community midwives; ‘Georgia Community Midwife Act’
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 31 of the O.C.G.A., relating to health, so as to repeal in its entirety Chapter 26, relating to the practice of midwifery; to amend Title 43 of the O.C.G.A., relating to professions and businesses, so as to provide for the licensure and regulation of community midwives; to amend Code Section 43-26-12 of the O.C.G.A., relating to exceptions to the operation of the “Georgia Registered Professional Nurse Practice Act,” so as to provide for an exception relating to the practice of midwifery; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Date | Updates |
February 9, 2021 |
Senate Read and Referred |
Children and Youth Services; registration of maternity supportive house residences to provide housing for pregnant women; provide
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 5 of Title 49 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to children and youth services, so as to provide for registration of maternity supportive housing residences to provide housing for pregnant women; to define a term; to provide for requirements; to prohibit additional rules and regulations; to prohibit constraints imposed by local governments; to provide for statutory construction; to provide for related matters; to provide a short title; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Date | Updates |
March 3, 2021 |
House Second Readers |
February 18, 2021 |
Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute |
Insurance; health benefit policies to provide coverage for expenses incurred in home childbirth; require
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 24 of Title 33 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to insurance generally, so as to require health benefit policies to provide coverage for expenses incurred in home childbirth; to provide for definitions; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other matters.
Date | Updates |
February 16, 2021 |
Senate Read and Referred |
Insurance; health benefit policies to provide coverage for expenses incurred in home childbirth; require
Medical Assistance; authorization of appropriations for the purposes of obtaining federal financial participation for medical assistance payments to providers of Medicaid expansion; provide
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 7 of Chapter 4 of Title 49 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to medical assistance generally, so as to provide for the authorization of appropriations for the purposes of obtaining federal financial participation for medical assistance payments to providers of Medicaid expansion under the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010; to provide for certain restrictions; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Date | Updates |
February 16, 2021 |
Senate Read and Referred |
Medicaid Coverage for Lactation and Postpartum Care; Department of Community Health to allow mothers giving birth to retain Medicaid eligibility for one year; require
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 49-4-159 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to Medicaid coverage for lactation and postpartum care, so as to require the Department of Community Health to allow mothers giving birth to retain Medicaid eligibility for one year following such birth; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Insurance; out-of-pocket cost of consumers requiring insulin; reduce
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 24 of Title 33 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions regarding insurance, so as to reduce out-of-pocket cost of consumers requiring insulin; to provide for legislative findings; to provide for definitions; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date and applicability; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Date | Updates |
February 16, 2021 |
Senate Read and Referred |
Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities; fully funded services to individuals on the New Options Waiver (NOW) or Comprehensive Supports Waiver (COMP) waiting list; require
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 1 of Title 37 of the O.C.G.A., relating to the powers and duties of the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities regarding the governing and regulation of mental health, so as to require the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities to provide fully funded services over a five-year period to individuals with intellectual/developmental disabilities who are on the New Options Waiver (NOW) or Comprehensive Supports Waiver (COMP) waiting list; to prohibit the department from capping or limiting community living support services under the COMP waiver; to provide for related matters; to provide for legislative findings; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Date | Updates |
February 22, 2021 |
Senate Read and Referred |
County Boards of Health; comprehensive reorganization; provide
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 12, Code Section 16-12-4, Code Section 19-11-9, Chapter 2 of Title 26, Title 31, and Code Section 43-18-75 of the O.C.G.A., relating to conservation and natural resources, cruelty to animals, location of absent parents by department, standards, labeling, and adulteration of food, health, and inspections, suspension or revocation of license, and other disciplinary actions, respectively, so as to provide for the reorganization of county boards of health; to revise the powers of county boards of health; to authorize the Department of Public Health to select district health directors; to provide for qualifications of district health directors; to authorize the commissioner of public health to select chief medical officers; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Health; pilot program to fund rural birthing centers associated with hospitals with emergency departments; provide
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to health, so as to provide for a pilot program to fund rural birthing centers associated with hospitals with emergency departments; to define a term; to provide for the solicitation of grants of funding; to provide for rules and regulations; to provide for a report; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Racial Equity and Reconciliation Commission of Georgia; create
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 8 of Title 50 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Department of Community Affairs, so as to create the Racial Equity and Reconciliation Commission of Georgia; to provide for membership and operation; to provide for an executive director; to provide for an advisory committee; to provide for duties; to provide for reporting; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
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Education; testing of drinking water in child care learning centers and schools for lead contamination; require
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 1 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions relative to education, so as to require testing of drinking water in child care learning centers and schools for lead contamination; to provide for definitions; to provide for notice and reporting of test results and remediation plans; to provide for rules and regulations; to provide for an exemption; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
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COVID-19; include within the meaning of occupational disease for essential workers
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 8 of Chapter 9 of Title 34 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to compensation for occupational disease, so as to include COVID-19 within the meaning of occupational disease for essential workers; to provide for definitions; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
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“Giving the Gift of Life Act”; enact
Prohibits insurance companies from canceling or refusing to write health insurance policies because the applicant/insured person ā as a living person and organ donor ā donated all or part of a liver or all or part of a kidney. The bill also retroactively expands the state income tax deduction for actual donors and gives tax credits to companies that pay ādonation compensationā to organ donor employees.
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Medicaid; postpartum coverage under Medicaid from six months to one year following birth; increase
Extends postpartum coverage for mothers under Medicaid from six months to one year after giving birth.
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Healthcare Services; guidelines for the prior authorization of a prescribed medication for chronic conditions requiring ongoing medication therapy; provide
Provides guidelines for how to pre-authorize a prescription medication for people with chronic conditions that require ongoing medication for treatment.
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Insurance; annual reporting regarding mental health parity in healthcare plans; provide
Requires annual reporting regarding mental health parity in healthcare plans.
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State Government; state and local governments from mandating vaccine passports; prohibit
Prohibits state and local governments from mandating vaccine passports.
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“Women’s Health and Safety Act”; enact
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 31 of the O.C.G.A., relating health, so as to extensively revise informed consent requirements under the “Woman’s Right to Know Act”; to provide for an informed consent authorization form and its contents; to revise reporting requirements; to provide for civil penalties and a private right of action under the “Woman’s Right to Know Act”; to provide extensive requirements relating to the use of abortion-inducing drugs; to provide for definitions; to provide extensive reporting requirements; to prohibit abortion-inducing drugs in school facilities or on state property; to provide for criminal penalties; to provide for civil remedies and professional sanctions; to provide for related matters; to provide for legislative findings; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
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“Georgia Behavioral Health and Peace Officer Co-Responder Act”; enact
Enact the “Georgia Behavioral Health and Peace Officer Co-Responder Act” to repeal conflicting laws
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Health; requirements relating to the use of abortion-inducing drugs; provide
Bans the distribution of prescription abortion medication by mail (rewritten bill for SB 351); requires doctor’s Rx before abortion pill can be received.
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Insurance; diagnostic breast examinations shall not be treated less favorably than screening mammography for breast cancer with respect to cost-sharing requirements; provide
Diagnostic breast exams shall not be treated less favorably than screening mammography for breast cancer with respect to cost-sharing requirements
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“Prescription Drug Rebate Financial Protection Act”; enact
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 24 of Title 33 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to insurance generally, so as to require all health insurers to pass along no less than 80 percent of all prescription drug rebates to enrollees that such insurer receives from third parties with regard to such enrollee’s prescription drugs; to provide for a short title; to provide for legislative findings; to provide for definitions; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date and applicability; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
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“Georgia Food Insecurity Eradication Act”; enact
Enacts the “Food Insecurity Eradication Act” and create the Georgia Food Security Advisory Council
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Insurance; coverage of dental care provided by means of teledentistry; provide
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 24 of Title 33 of the O.C.G.A., relating to insurance generally, so as to provide for coverage of dental care provided by means of teledentistry; to amend Article 2 of Chapter 11 of Title 43 of the O.C.G.A., relating to licenses for the practice of dentistry, so as to authorize licensed dentists to provide oral healthcare by means of teledentistry; to provide for definitions; to provide for requirements and conditions; to provide for standard of care; to provide for legislative findings and intent; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
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Surprise Billing Consumer Protection Act; a medical or traumatic condition includes a mental health condition or substance use disorder; emergency medical services include post-stabilization services; clarify Versions
Clarifies under the Surprise Billing Consumer Protection Act that a medical or traumatic condition, sickness, or injury includes a mental health condition or substance use disorder and that emergency medical services can include post-stabilization services
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Controlled Substances; notification requirements for prescribers prescribing opioids; revise
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 13 of Title 16 of the O.C.G.A., relating to the regulation of controlled substances, so as to revise notification requirements for prescribers prescribing opioids; to require prescribers to discuss with patients, their parent, or guardian the risks of addiction, dependence, and fatal overdose associated with opioid use and all available alternative treatments; to require prescribers to document the notification in the patient’s file; to exclude prescribers for certain patient groups from this Code section; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
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Healthcare; use of proceeds for public health care; authorize
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 31-7-75.1 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to proceeds of sale of hospital held in trust to fund indigent health care, so as to authorize use of proceeds for public health care; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
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Insurance; health care sharing ministries; change a definition
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 33 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to insurance, so as to change a definition regarding health care sharing ministries; to amend Article 2 of Chapter 7 of Title 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to imposition, rate, and computation of and exemptions from income taxes, so as to provide that a taxpayer may deduct the full amount paid for shares as a member of a health care sharing organization from Georgia taxable income; to provide a definition; to disallow related deductions; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
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Medical Cannabis; the Georgia Access to Medical Cannabis Commission is subject to state procurement laws; provide
Provides that the Georgia Access to Medical Cannabis Commission is subject to state procurement laws
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Department of Community Health; conduct a comprehensive review of provider reimbursement rates for home and community based services covered by the waiver programs; require
DCH must conduct a comprehensive review of provider reimbursement rates for home and community based services by the waiver programs
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Family Medical Leave Fund; create
A RESOLUTION proposing an amendment to the Constitution so as to create the Family Medical Leave Fund; to authorize the dedication of certain revenues to be deposited into such fund; to provide for the submission of this amendment for ratification or rejection; and for other purposes.
Date | Updates |
February 1, 2021 |
Senate Read and Referred |
Joint PeaceCare Public Option Study Committee; create
A RESOLUTION creating the Joint PeachCare Public Option Study Committee; and for other purposes.
Date | Updates |
February 25, 2021 |
Senate Read and Referred |
Senate Costs and Effects of Smoking Study Committee; create
Creates the Senate Costs and Effects of Smoking Study Committee
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Education, Department of; develop guidelines for use of telehealth services in public schools | HB 9 | House Second Readers |
Support for Students Living in Poverty Act; enact | HB 10 | House Second Readers |
Safe Patient Limits Act; enact | HB 11 | House Second Readers |
Public buildings; indoor air quality assessments; require | HB 36 | House Prefiled |
Public schools; operational wheelchair onsite at all times; require | HB 37 | House Prefiled |
Individual Short-Term Health Insurance Consumer Protection Act | HB 39 | House Prefiled |
Health Benefit Plan Network Access and Adequacy Act | HB 41 | House Prefiled |
Grant program to encourage certain physicians to practice in underserved areas | HB 42 | House Prefiled |
Mental Health Parity Act; enact | HB 49 | House Second Readers |
Penal institutions; policies for breast milk storage and breast feeding; provide “ | HB 57 | House Second Readers |
Georgia Women’s Care Act | HB 58 | House Prefiled |
New Mothers Medicaid Expansion Act | HB 72 | House Second Readers |
Insurance; out-of-pocket costs for consumers requiring insulin; reduce | HB 73 | House Second Readers |
Social services; temporary assistance for needy families; revise definition of cash assistance | HB 91 | House Second Readers |
Income tax; refundable earned income tax credit; provide credit | HB 95 | House Second Readers |
Course of study in sex education and HIV/AIDS prevention instruction is medically accurate | HB 195 | House Second Readers |
Public assistance; Medicaid Expansion Program; provide establishment Versions | HB 209 | House Second Readers |
Health; order not to resuscitate; revise parental requirement for consent | HB 212 | Senate Read and Referred |
Full practice authority for advance practice registered nurses; provide | HB 213 | House Second Readers |
Social services; individuals to buy-in to Medicaid coverage; allow | HB 214 | House Second Readers |
Social services; use of telehealth options in the Medicaid program; expand | HB 215 | House Second Readers |
Department of; annual quality and payment reporting for health care plans and programs administered; provide | HB 217 | House Second Readers |
General Assembly; pilot program to evaluate whether health notes to assess the potential health impact by proposed legislation should be required by the General Assembly; provide | HB 219 | House Second Readers |
Mental health; Department of Behavioral Health conduct or coordinate all audits of behavioral health providers; provide | HB 239 | House Second Readers |
The Maternity Supportive Housing Act; enact | HB 257 | House Second Readers |
Health; establish pilot program to conduct a simulated exchange for health care facilities to purchase and sell charity care credits to meet their charity care requirements; provide | HB 261 | House Second Readers |
Hospitals and nursing homes; policy during a declared public health emergency that limits patients’ abilities to be visited by designated family members and friends; provisions | HB 290 | Senate Tabled |
Insurance; health care insurers to offer group health benefit plans to state and local governments to insure inmates and certain other persons in police custody; require | HB 320 | House Second Readers |
Insurance; health care insurers to offer group health benefit plans to hospitals to provide health insurance coverage for uninsured hospital patients; require | HB 321 | House Second Readers |
Physicians; job description submission to Georgia Composite Medical Board; provisions | HB 369 | Senate Tabled |
Expanding Medicaid to Improve Health Outcomes for New Mothers Act; enact | HB 381 | House Second Readers |
Positive Alternatives for Pregnancy and Parenting Grant Program; repeal Article | HB 382 | House Second Readers |
Revenue and taxation; rate of taxation for tobacco and vapor products; revise | HB 394 | House second readers |
Vulnerable Child Protection Act; enact | HB 401 | House Second Readers |
Health; prohibit state or local governments from requiring individuals to submit to vaccinations as a condition to certain actions if the vaccine does not meet certain conditions | HB 413 | House Second Readers |
Professions and businesses; licensure of advanced practice registered nurses; provide | HB 430 | House Second Readers |
Local government; continue certain contracts for health insurance for spouses or dependents of deceased peace officers; require | HB 434 | House Second Readers |
State employees’ health insurance plan; all contracts contain provisions relating to disclosure of cost related data; require | HB 447 | House Second Readers |
Social services; all contracts for health care coverage or services under Medicaid and PeachCare for Kids Program contain provisions relating to disclosure of cost related data; require | HB 448 | House Second Readers |
Low THC Oil Patient Registry; authorize Department of Public Health to release deidentified data to government entities for research | HB 450 | Senate Read and Referred |
Controlled substances; provide for concurrent prescribing of an opioid antagonist with opioids under certain circumstances | HB 474 | House Second Readers |
Insurance; health care services; provide good faith estimates | HB 523 | House Second Readers |
Medical Practice Act of the State of Georgia; institutional licenses; revise provisions | HB 539 | Senate Lost |
Insurance; health care sharing ministries; change a definition | HB 552 | House Second Readers |
Youth Mental Health Protection Act; enact | HB 569 | House Second Readers |
Law enforcement officers and agencies; mental health operatives; provide training requirements | HB 571 | House Second Readers |
Mental health; grant program to establish assisted outpatient treatment programs; provide | HB 590 | House Second Readers |
Torts; gross negligence standard in actions involving COVID-19 liability claims against healthcare facilities, healthcare providers, entities, and individuals; clarify | HB 592 | House Second Readers |
Professions and businesses; athletic trainers; revise and update definitions | HB 627 | House Second Readers |
Health; criminal background checks on individuals independently retained to provide personal care services for elderly persons who reside in a personal care home or assisted living facility; provide | HB 628 | House Second Readers |
Health; sale and dispensing of contact lenses; eliminate certain restrictions | HB 629 | House Second Readers |
Health; persons to wear masks, hoods, or other devices to prevent the spread of a contagious or infectious disease during and for 12 months following the conclusion of a public health emergency; authorize | HB 637 | House Second Readers |
Commission for the Blind and Visually Impaired Act; enact | HB 648 | House Second Readers |
Health; visitation by essential visitors to patients in hospitals and residents in long-term care facilities; provide | HB 649 | House Second Readers |
Inmate Mental Health Act; enact | HB 678 | House Second Readers |
Narcotic treatment programs; licensing; revise composition of regions | HB 690 | House Second Readers |
Commission for the Blind and the Visually Impaired; create | HB 692 | House Second Readers |
Community Health, Department of; notify the applicable local law enforcement agencies; require | HB 695 | House Second Readers |
Health care data collection; hospitals maintain certain technology; provisions | HB 697 | Senate Read and Referred |
Mental health; authorization of peace officers to take a person to a physician or emergency receiving facility for emergency examination under certain circumstances; provide | HB 717 | House Second Readers |
Georgia Dignity in Pregnancy and Childbirth Act; enact | HB 722 | House Second Readers |
Medicaid; coverage for doula services provided to an expectant mother; provide | HB 727 | House Second Readers |
Health; hospitals and ambulatory surgical centers to utilize surgical smoke evacuation systems during surgical procedures; require | HB 731 | House Second Readers |
Education; wraparound services in the multi-tiered system of supports to be provided prior to expelling or assigning a student in preschool through third grade to out-of-school suspension for more than five consecutive days during a school year; include | HB 735 | House Second Readers |
Social services; temporary assistance for needy families; increase access to benefits | HB 741 | House Second Readers |
Psychiatric Advance Directive Act; enact | HB 752 | House Second Readers |
Insurance; life insurers to provide certain policy information to funeral homes within 24 hours of receipt of the funeral home’s notification of an insured’s death; require | HB 779 | House Second Readers |
Georgia Community Midwife Act; enact | HB 806 | House Second Readers |
Evidence; voluntary open communications related to healthcare; allow | HB 807 | House Second Readers |
Sales and use tax; certain menstrual products; create exemption | HB 810 | House Second Readers |
Prescription Drug Rebate Financial Protection Act; enact | HB 823 | House Second Readers |
Medical assistance; Medicaid coverage for medically necessary donor human milk; provide | HB 825 | House Second Readers |
Health; revise definitions; furnishing of copies of health records; provisions | HB 832 | House Second Readers |
Health; increase access to disposable menstrual products in public schools, penal institutions, certain social service shelters, and housing facilities | HB 861 | House Second Readers |
University System of Georgia; menstrual hygiene products available at no cost to students in certain facilities; require | HB 863 | House Second Readers |
Public assistance; use certain benefits for purchasing diapers or menstrual products; provide for waiver request | HB 864 | House Second Readers |
Truth in Prescription Pricing for Patients Act; enact | HB 867 | Senate Read and Referred |
Insurance; reduce out-of-pocket costs for consumers requiring insulin | HB 902 | House Second Readers |
Georgia Rare Disease Advisory Council; provide establishment | HB 918 | House Sent to Governor |
Medicaid; coverage for annual mammograms at no cost to recipient; provide | HB 937 | House Sent to Governor |
Mental health; notice of admission and daily updates from facility to parent or legal guardian of an involuntary minor patient under 12; provide | HB 939 | House Second Readers |
Health insurance; teachers and state employees; prohibit Board of Community Health from entering into or renewing a contract with qualified entities under specific conditions | HB 1003 | House Second Readers |
Education; local school systems to conduct suicide screenings on all students age eight through eighteen; require | HB 1005 | House Second Readers |
Income tax; tax credits for contributions to rural hospital organizations; increase aggregate limit | HB 1041 | House Sent to Governor |
OneGeorgia Authority Act; grant program to establish primary care medical facilities in health professional shortage areas; provide | HB 1042 | House Sent to Governor |
Mental health; standard suite of services that community service boards are required to provide in their respective service areas; provide | HB 1057 | House Second Readers |
Mental health; emergency involuntary treatment; revise procedures | HB 1065 | House Second Readers |
Mental health; adult mental health programs; provide licensure | HB 1069 | House Sent to Governor |
Health; influenza vaccinations for discharged patients; lower age to 50 | HB 1086 | House Sent to Governor |
Georgia Women’s CARE (Child Care Alternatives, Resources, and Education) Act, enact Versions | HB 1092 | Senate Tabled |
Quality Basic Education Act; course of study in sex education and HIV prevention is age appropriate; provide | HB 1220 | House Second Readers |
Community Health, Department of; statistical reports data relating to state health plans be posted on department website; require | HB 1276 | House Sent to Governor |
Controlled substances; certain persons to carry prescription medications in a compartmentalized container; authorize | HB 1279 | Senate Read Second Time |
Georgia Caregivers Act; create | HB 1304 | House Sent to Governor |
Insurance; basic coverage of mental wellness services; provide | HB 1316 | House Second Readers |
Social services; discrimination of healthcare services, including gender-affirming hormone therapy and gender-reassignment surgeries; prohibit | HB 1332 | House Second Readers |
Health; allow assisted living communities and personal care homes to enroll as Medicaid providers | HB 1336 | House Second Readers |
State employees’ health benefit plans; cover medically necessary care and treatment of head and neck conditions; mandate | HB 1339 | House Second Readers |
Georgia Smoke-free Air Act; revise | HB 1348 | Senate Tabled |
Community Health, Department of; pharmacy benefits management for Medicaid program; provide | HB 1351 | Senate Read and Referred |
Childhood Lead Exposure Control Act; revise | HB 1355 | House Sent to Governor |
Rural Health Advancement Commission; create | HB 1371 | Senate Read and Referred |
Health; certificate of need requirements; acute care hospitals established in rural counties that meet certain criteria; provide exemption | HB 1403 | House Second Readers |
Community Health, Department of; submit waiver request to the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to authorize private institutions for mental disease to qualify for Medicaid reimbursement | HB 1404 | Senate Read and Referred |
Education, Department of; provide certain information to parents and guardians of students completing fifth and sixth grades regarding adolescent vaccinations | HB 1416 | House Second Readers |
Public officers and employees; contracts for healthcare coverage contain provisions that ensure laboratory services are available at in-network rates; require | HB 1442 | House Second Readers |
Community Health, Department of; contract with dental care administrators to cover dental service for recipients of medical assistance; provide | HB 1449 | House Second Readers |
Social services; three-year pilot program to provide coverage for the diagnosis and treatment of PANDAS and PANS under Medicaid; provide | HB 1484 | Senate Tabled |
Professions and businesses; definition of physical therapy to include ordering diagnostic imaging and using ultrasound; revise | HB 1514 | House Second Readers |
Health; repeal in its entirety Chapter 26 relating to midwifery; provide for licensure and regulation of community midwives; provide for an exception | HB 1518 | House Second Readers |
Insurance; prohibit insurers from unilaterally changing network participation contracts impacting coverage, access to, or costs of ancillary services | HB 1519 | House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute |
Healthy Georgia Act; enact | HB 1526 | House Second Readers |
Health; certificate of need requirements; revise various provisions | HB 1547 | House Committee Favorably Reported |
Public Health, Department of; conduct surveys of children and youth on identified core measures to promote healthy living and for use in accessing applicable federal funds; require | HB 1554 | House Second Readers |
Pharmacists; dispense opioid antagonists to individuals who have been prescribed opioids; authorize | HB 1559 | House Second Readers |
Racism; public health crisis in Georgia; declare | HR 78 | House Second Readers |
House Study Committee on Health in Georgia; create | HR 131 | House Second Readers |
House Study Committee on Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) to Improve the Health of Women and Children; create | HR 146 | House Second Readers |
Joint Medicaid Sustainability Study Committee; create | HR 186 | House Second Readers |
Medicaid; expansion; urge | HR 187 | House Second Readers |
House Study Committee on the Safe Staffing of Nurses in Georgia; create | HR 236 | House Second Readers |
Health; increased awareness, education, and research regarding rare diseases; recognize | HR 577 | House Second Readers |
House State Health Benefit Plan Study Committee; create | HR 629 | House Committee Favorably Reported |
Community Health, Department of; apply for federal approval to allow institutions for mental diseases to qualify for Medicaid reimbursement; urge | HR 647 | House Second Readers |
House Study Committee on Evaluating, Simplifying, and Eliminating Duplication of Regulatory Requirements for Mental Health and Social Services Providers | HR 651 | House Second Readers |
Public Health, Department of; improve quality of care for those with HIV on the Medicaid program; urge | HR 652 | House Second Readers |
House Study Committee on Expanding Long-Term Care Options; create | HR 768 | House Committee Favorably Reported |
Health, Department of; work with Department of Community Health to enhance HIV prevention for Medicaid beneficiaries | HR 843 | House Second Readers |
Georgia All-Payer Claims Database; entities that receive certain tax credits; self-funded, employer sponsored health insurance plans are submitting entities; provide | SB 1 | Senate Read and Referred |
Hospitals and other Health Care Facilities; hospitals and ambulatory surgical centers to utilize surgical smoke evacuation systems during surgical procedures to protect patients and health care workers from the hazards of surgical smoke; require | SB 19 | Senate Read and Referred |
Program of premium assistance to enable eligible individuals to obtain health care coverage | SB 50 | Senate Read and Referred |
‘Georgia Family Medical Leave Act’; enact | SB 55 | Senate Read and Referred |
Emergency Medical Services; prudent layperson standard is not affected by the final diagnosis given; clarify | SB 82 | House Withdrawn, Recommitted |
Public Assistance; Medicaid public option program to provide healthcare coverage to individuals not eligible for Medicare, Medicaid, or the PeachCare for Kids Program; provide | SB 83 | Senate Read and Referred |
Health; local boards of education to provide feminine hygiene products to students at no charge to the students; require | SB 91 | Senate Read and Referred |
Insurance; diagnostic examinations for breast cancer shall not be treated less favorably than screening examinations for breast cancer with respect to cost-sharing requirements and treatment limitations; provide | SB 103 | Senate Read and Referred |
Commission for the Blind and the Visually Impaired; create | SB 108 | Senate Read Second Time |
Health; licensure and regulation of community midwives; ‘Georgia Community Midwife Act’ | SB 111 | Senate Read and Referred |
Children and Youth Services; registration of maternity supportive house residences to provide housing for pregnant women; provide | SB 116 | House Second Readers |
Insurance; health benefit policies to provide coverage for expenses incurred in home childbirth; require | SB 170 | Senate Read and Referred |
Insurance; health benefit policies to provide coverage for expenses incurred in home childbirth; require | SB 172 | Senate Read and Referred |
Medicaid Coverage for Lactation and Postpartum Care; Department of Community Health to allow mothers giving birth to retain Medicaid eligibility for one year; require | SB 173 | Senate Read and Referred |
Insurance; out-of-pocket cost of consumers requiring insulin; reduce | SB 181 | Senate Read and Referred |
Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities; fully funded services to individuals on the New Options Waiver (NOW) or Comprehensive Supports Waiver (COMP) waiting list; require | SB 208 | Senate Read and Referred |
County Boards of Health; comprehensive reorganization; provide | SB 256 | House Reconsidered |
Health; pilot program to fund rural birthing centers associated with hospitals with emergency departments; provide | SB 270 | Senate Read and Referred |
Racial Equity and Reconciliation Commission of Georgia; create | SB 272 | Senate Read and Referred |
Education; testing of drinking water in child care learning centers and schools for lead contamination; require | SB 288 | Senate Read and Referred |
COVID-19; include within the meaning of occupational disease for essential workers | SB 291 | Senate Read and Referred |
“Giving the Gift of Life Act”; enact | SB 330 | Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub As Amended |
State Government; state and local governments from mandating vaccine passports; prohibit | SB 345 | Senate Sent to Governor |
“Women’s Health and Safety Act”; enact | SB 351 | Senate Read and Referred |
“Georgia Behavioral Health and Peace Officer Co-Responder Act”; enact | SB 403 | Senate Sent to Governor |
Health; requirements relating to the use of abortion-inducing drugs; provide | SB 456 | House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute |
Insurance; diagnostic breast examinations shall not be treated less favorably than screening mammography for breast cancer with respect to cost-sharing requirements; provide | SB 487 | House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute |
“Prescription Drug Rebate Financial Protection Act”; enact | SB 518 | Senate Read and Referred |
“Georgia Food Insecurity Eradication Act”; enact | SB 537 | House Second Readers |
Insurance; coverage of dental care provided by means of teledentistry; provide | SB 540 | Senate Read and Referred |
Controlled Substances; notification requirements for prescribers prescribing opioids; revise | SB 571 | Senate Read and Referred |
Healthcare; use of proceeds for public health care; authorize | SB 574 | Senate Read and Referred |
Insurance; health care sharing ministries; change a definition | SB 592 | Senate Read and Referred |
Medical Cannabis; the Georgia Access to Medical Cannabis Commission is subject to state procurement laws; provide | SB 609 | House Second Readers |
Department of Community Health; conduct a comprehensive review of provider reimbursement rates for home and community based services covered by the waiver programs; require | SB 610 | Senate Sent to Governor |
Family Medical Leave Fund; create | SR 42 | Senate Read and Referred |
Joint PeaceCare Public Option Study Committee; create | SR 153 | Senate Read and Referred |
Senate Costs and Effects of Smoking Study Committee; create | SR 364 | Senate Read Second Time |
Education, Department of; develop guidelines for use of telehealth services in public schools
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 3 of Article 16 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the health of students generally, so as to require the Department of Education, in consultation with the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities and others, to develop guidelines for the use of telehealth services in public schools to provide mental health and behavioral health services to students at school or during any school related function; to define the term “telehealth”; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Date | Updates |
February 2, 2021 |
House Second Readers |
Support for Students Living in Poverty Act; enact
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 5 of Article 6 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to program weights and funding requirements under the “Quality Basic Education Act,” so as to provide for grants by the State Board of Education to local units of administration to support students living in poverty; to provide for definitions; to require the State Board of Education to develop rules and regulations; to provide for the calculation of grant amounts; to provide that a minimum required portion of grant funds must be used by local units of administration for direct program expenditures for the benefit of the students living in poverty; to provide for a short title; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Date | Updates |
February 9, 2021 |
House Second Readers |
Safe Patient Limits Act; enact
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 7 of Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to regulation and construction of hospitals and other health care facilities, so as to limit the number of patients that may be assigned to a registered professional nurse in specified situations in hospitals; to provide for definitions; to provide that nothing shall preclude a hospital from assigning fewer patients to a registered professional nurse than the established limits; to require the adoption of written policies and procedures for the training and orientation of nursing staff by hospitals; to provide for sanctions; to provide for rules and regulations; to provide for related matters; to provide for a short title; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Date | Updates |
February 9, 2021 |
House Second Readers |
Public buildings; indoor air quality assessments; require
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 8 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to buildings and housing, so as to require indoor air quality assessments of all public buildings; to provide for related matters; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
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Public schools; operational wheelchair onsite at all times; require
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 3 of Article 16 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to student health in elementary and secondary education, so as to require every public school in this state to have an operational wheelchair onsite at all times; to amend Article 2 of Chapter 7 of Title 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to imposition, rate, computation, and exemptions regarding income taxes, so as to provide a tax credit for donations of wheelchairs to public schools; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
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Individual Short-Term Health Insurance Consumer Protection Act
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 24 of Title 33 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions regarding insurance generally, so as to provide for certain consumer protections related to individual short-term health insurance plans; to provide for a short title; to provide for definitions; to provide for a 181 day coverage limit; to provide for the inclusion of most essential health benefits; to prohibit medical underwriting; to provide that preventive services shall be included at no additional cost to the insured; to provide that certain consumer disclosures are required; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
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Health Benefit Plan Network Access and Adequacy Act
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 33 of the O.C.G.A., relating to insurance, so as to increase consumer access to health care by improving network adequacy; to provide for the inclusion of a consumer “hold harmless” provision; to provide that under certain circumstances, health carriers shall charge for out-of-network services at in-network rates; to provide for a requirement that carriers file network adequacy plans with the department; to provide for a requirement that health carriers notify providers on an ongoing basis of the specific covered health care services for which the provider is responsible; to provide for a standard continuity of care authorization form proscribed by the Commissioner; to provide for an advisory committee for advising on standard continuity of care; to provide for effective dates; to provide for applicability; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
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Grant program to encourage certain physicians to practice in underserved areas
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 7 of Chapter 3 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to scholarships, loans, and grants, so as to create a grant program to encourage certain physicians to practice in underserved areas of the state; to provide for procedures, conditions, and limitations; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
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Date | Updates |
January 28, 2021 |
House Second Readers |
Mental Health Parity Act; enact
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 24 of Title 33 of the O.C.G.A., relating to insurance generally, so as to require that insurer treatment of claims concerning mental and substance use disorders are treated in parity with other health insurance claims; to amend Chapter 4 of Title 49 of the O.C.G.A., relating to public assistance, so as to require that care management organization treatment of claims concerning mental and substance use disorders are treated in parity with other Medicaid claims; to ensure that insurers and care management organizations comply with certain federal law; to provide for reporting; to provide for enforcement; to provide for definitions; to prohibit certain actions; to provide for applicability; to provide for legislative findings; to provide for a short title; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Date | Updates |
January 28, 2021 |
House Second Readers |
Penal institutions; policies for breast milk storage and breast feeding; provide “
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 1 of Title 42 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to inmate policies, so as to provide for policies for breast milk storage and the breast feeding of a delivered child; to provide for definitions; to require the provision of breast pumps by the Department of Public Health; to provide for requirements for prenatal and postpartum care; to require a notice; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Date | Updates |
January 27, 2021 |
House Second Readers |
Georgia Women’s Care Act
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 4 of Title 17 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to arrest by law enforcement officers generally, so as to revise provisions relating to the arrests of pregnant women; to provide that women who have been arrested are offered pregnancy testing upon detention; to enact a provision regarding delayed sentencing for postpartum female inmates; to amend Article 1 of Chapter 1 of Title 42 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to inmate policies, so as to revise provisions relating to the treatment of pregnant and postpartum female inmates; to provide for the reporting of certain information; to provide for a short title; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
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New Mothers Medicaid Expansion Act
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 49 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to social services, so as to require the Department of Community Health to allow mothers giving birth to newborns to retain Medicaid eligibility for one year following such birth; to provide for amendments to the state plan if necessary; to provide for a short title; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
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Date | Updates |
January 26, 2021 |
House Second Readers |
Insurance; out-of-pocket costs for consumers requiring insulin; reduce
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 24 of Title 33 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions regarding insurance, so as to reduce out-of-pocket costs for consumers requiring insulin; to amend Article 7 of Chapter 4 of Title 49 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to medical assistance generally, so as to reduce out-of-pocket costs for Medicaid and PeachCare for Kids recipients requiring insulin; to provide for definitions; to provide for reporting; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date and applicability; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Date | Updates |
January 26, 2021 |
House Second Readers |
Social services; temporary assistance for needy families; revise definition of cash assistance
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 9 of Chapter 4 of Title 49 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to temporary assistance for needy families, so as to revise the definition of “cash assistance”; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Date | Updates |
January 27, 2021 |
House Second Readers |
Income tax; refundable earned income tax credit; provide credit
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 7 of Title 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to imposition, rate, computation, and exemptions from income taxes, so as to provide for a refundable earned income tax credit; to provide for rules and regulations; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date and applicability; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Date | Updates |
January 27, 2021 |
House Second Readers |
Course of study in sex education and HIV/AIDS prevention instruction is medically accurate
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 6 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the “Quality Basic Education Act,” so as to require that any course of study in sex education and HIV/AIDS prevention instruction is medically accurate; to provide for a definition; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Date | Updates |
February 2, 2021 |
House Second Readers |
Public assistance; Medicaid Expansion Program; provide establishment Versions
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 4 of Title 49 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to public assistance, so as to provide for a Medicaid expansion program to provide health care coverage to uninsured individuals; to provide for definitions; to provide for the establishment of the Medicaid Expansion Program; to provide for requirements; to provide for submission of a federal waiver request; to provide for rules and regulations; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Date | Updates |
February 2, 2021 |
House Second Readers |
Health; order not to resuscitate; revise parental requirement for consent
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 31-39-4 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to persons authorized to issue order not to resuscitate, so as to revise parental requirement for consent; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Date | Updates |
February 22, 2021 |
Senate Read and Referred |
February 18, 2021 |
House Passed/Adopted By Substitute |
Full practice authority for advance practice registered nurses; provide
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 16-13-21, Part 3 of Article 16 of Chapter 2 of Title 20, Article 6 of Chapter 4 of Title 26, Title 31, Article 1 of Chapter 26 of Title 43, and Chapter 34 of Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to definitions relative to controlled substances; health of students; pharmacies; health; registered professional nurses; and physicians, acupuncture, physician assistants, and others, respectively, so as to provide full practice authority for advanced practice registered nurses; to authorize the Georgia Board of Nursing to enact rules and regulations; to provide for definitions; to provide for applicability; to provide for statutory construction under the Medical Practice Act; to repeal a provision on delegation of certain medical acts to advanced practice registered nurses by physicians; to provide for conforming changes; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Date | Updates |
February 3, 2021 |
House Second Readers |
Social services; individuals to buy-in to Medicaid coverage; allow
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 4 of Title 49 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to public assistance, so as to allow individuals to buy-in to Medicaid coverage; to provide for definitions; to provide for the establishment of the Medicaid Buy-In Program; to provide for the design and administration of the program; to provide for the establishment of premiums; to provide for rules and regulations; to provide for submission of a federal waiver if necessary; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Date | Updates |
February 3, 2021 |
House Second Readers |
Social services; use of telehealth options in the Medicaid program; expand
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 7 of Chapter 4 of Title 49 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to medical assistance generally, so as to expand the use of telehealth options in the Medicaid program; to extend the temporary use of telehealth options during the pandemic emergency to a permanent status; to provide for certification and training of providers of medical assistance via telehealth options; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
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Date | Updates |
February 3, 2021 |
House Second Readers |
Department of; annual quality and payment reporting for health care plans and programs administered; provide
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 2 of Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Department of Community Health, so as to provide for annual quality and payment reporting for health care plans and programs administered by the department; to amend Article 7 of Chapter 4 of Title 49 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to medical assistance generally, so as to include comprehensive dental and vision coverage under Medicaid for adults; to increase Medicaid reimbursement rates for primary care services; to provide for the submission of a state plan amendment or waiver, if necessary; to provide for related matters; to provide for contingent effectiveness; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Date | Updates |
February 3, 2021 |
House Second Readers |
General Assembly; pilot program to evaluate whether health notes to assess the potential health impact by proposed legislation should be required by the General Assembly; provide
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 1 of Title 28 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions applicable to the General Assembly, so as to provide for a pilot program to evaluate whether health notes to assess the potential health impact by proposed legislation should be required by the General Assembly; to provide for a definition; to provide for recommendations; to provide for automatic repeal; to provide for other related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Date | Updates |
February 3, 2021 |
House Second Readers |
Mental health; Department of Behavioral Health conduct or coordinate all audits of behavioral health providers; provide
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 1 of Title 37 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions relating to the governing and regulation of mental health, so as to provide that the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities conduct or coordinate all audits of behavioral health providers; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Date | Updates |
February 2, 2021 |
House Second Readers |
The Maternity Supportive Housing Act; enact
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 5 of Title 49 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to children and youth services, so as to provide for registration of maternity supportive housing residences to provide housing for pregnant women; to define a term; to provide for requirements; to prohibit additional rules and regulations; to prohibit constraints imposed by local governments; to provide for statutory construction; to provide for related matters; to provide a short title; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Date | Updates |
February 4, 2021 |
House Second Readers |
Health; establish pilot program to conduct a simulated exchange for health care facilities to purchase and sell charity care credits to meet their charity care requirements; provide
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 8 of Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the care and protection of indigent and elderly patients, so as to provide for the establishment of a pilot program to conduct a simulated exchange for health care facilities to purchase and sell charity care credits to meet their charity care requirements; to provide for definitions; to provide for the design of the simulated exchange; to provide for a report; to provide for penalties for nonparticipation; to provide for automatic repeal; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Date | Updates |
February 4, 2021 |
House Second Readers |
Hospitals and nursing homes; policy during a declared public health emergency that limits patients’ abilities to be visited by designated family members and friends; provisions
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 7 of Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to regulation of hospitals and related institutions, so as to prohibit hospitals and nursing homes from instituting any policy during a declared public health emergency that limits patients’ abilities to be visited by designated family members or friends as a condition precedent to obtaining or maintaining a permit to operate a hospital or nursing home; to provide for reasonable safety precautions; to provide for limited liability; to provide for related matters; to provide for a short title; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Date | Updates |
March 9, 2021 |
Senate Read and Referred |
March 3, 2021 |
House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute |
February 8, 2021 |
House Second Readers |
Insurance; health care insurers to offer group health benefit plans to state and local governments to insure inmates and certain other persons in police custody; require
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 24 of Title 33 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions regarding insurance, so as to require health care insurers to offer group health benefit plans to state and local governments to insure inmates and certain other persons in police custody; to provide for legislative findings; to provide for definitions; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Date | Updates |
February 9, 2021 |
House Second Readers |
Insurance; health care insurers to offer group health benefit plans to hospitals to provide health insurance coverage for uninsured hospital patients; require
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 24 of Title 33 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions regarding insurance, so as to require health care insurers to offer group health benefit plans to hospitals to provide health insurance coverage for uninsured hospital patients; to provide for legislative findings; to provide for definitions; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Date | Updates |
February 9, 2021 |
House Second Readers |
Physicians; job description submission to Georgia Composite Medical Board; provisions
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 34 of Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to physicians, assistants, and others, so as to provide that job descriptions entered into between physicians and physician assistants are not required to be submitted to or approved by the Georgia Composite Medical Board; to authorize physicians to delegate the authority to physician assistants and advanced practice registered nurses to prescribe Schedule II controlled substances under certain conditions; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Date | Updates |
March 8, 2021 |
Senate Read and Referred |
March 3, 2021 |
House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute |
February 11, 2021 |
House Second Readers |
Expanding Medicaid to Improve Health Outcomes for New Mothers Act; enact
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 49 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to social services, so as to require the Department of Community Health to allow mothers giving birth to newborns to retain Medicaid eligibility for one year following such birth; to provide for amendments to the state plan if necessary; to provide for a short title; to provide for legislative findings; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Date | Updates |
February 11, 2021 |
House Second Readers |
Positive Alternatives for Pregnancy and Parenting Grant Program; repeal Article
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to health, so as to repeal Article 2 of Chapter 2A, relating to the Positive Alternatives for Pregnancy and Parenting Grant Program; to provide for legislative findings; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Date | Updates |
February 11, 2021 |
House Second Readers |
Revenue and taxation; rate of taxation for tobacco and vapor products; revise
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Vulnerable Child Protection Act; enact
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to health, so as to prohibit certain licensed, certified, or registered professionals from engaging in certain acts upon minors; to provide for a short title; to provide for definitions; to provide for exceptions; to provide for a penalty and private cause of action; to explicitly waive sovereign immunity, qualified immunity, and official immunity for such a private cause of action; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date and applicability; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
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Date | Updates |
February 16, 2021 |
House Second Readers |
Health; prohibit state or local governments from requiring individuals to submit to vaccinations as a condition to certain actions if the vaccine does not meet certain conditions
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 12 of Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to control of hazardous conditions, preventable diseases, and metabolic disorders, so as to prohibit state or local governments from requiring individuals to submit to vaccinations as a condition to certain actions if the vaccine does not meet certain conditions; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Date | Updates |
February 17, 2021 |
House Second Readers |
Professions and businesses; licensure of advanced practice registered nurses; provide
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 26 of Title 43 of the O.C.G.A., relating to nurses, so as to provide for licensure of advanced practice registered nurses; to amend Code Section 16-13-72, Code Section 31-6-2, and Article 7 of Chapter 7 of Title 31 of the O.C.G.A., relating to the sale, distribution, or possession of dangerous drugs, definitions relative to state health planning and development, and home health agencies; to amend Article 3 of Chapter 2 of Title 40 and Article 2 of Chapter 34 of Title 43 of the O.C.G.A., relating to prestige license plates and special plates for certain persons and vehicles and medical practice; to amend Code Section 43-26-5 of the O.C.G.A., relating to general powers and responsibilities of the Board of Nursing, so as to authorize the collection of workforce data; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Date | Updates |
February 17, 2021 |
House Second Readers |
Local government; continue certain contracts for health insurance for spouses or dependents of deceased peace officers; require
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 60 of Title 36 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions applicable to counties and municipal corporations, so as to require counties and municipal corporations to continue, under certain circumstances, contracts for health insurance for spouses or dependents of peace officers who are killed or who otherwise die while acting within the scope of their employment; to provide for a definition; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
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February 17, 2021 |
House Second Readers |
State employees’ health insurance plan; all contracts contain provisions relating to disclosure of cost related data; require
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 1 of Article 1 of Chapter 18 of Title 45 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the state employees’ health insurance plan, so as to require that all contracts for health care coverage or services under the state health benefit plan contain provisions relating to disclosure of cost related data; to provide for a definition; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Date | Updates |
February 17, 2021 |
House Second Readers |
Social services; all contracts for health care coverage or services under Medicaid and PeachCare for Kids Program contain provisions relating to disclosure of cost related data; require
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 7 of Chapter 4 of Title 49 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to medical assistance generally, so as to require that all contracts for health care coverage or services under Medicaid and the PeachCare for Kids Program contain provisions relating to disclosure of cost related data; to provide for a definition; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Date | Updates |
February 17, 2021 |
House Second Readers |
Low THC Oil Patient Registry; authorize Department of Public Health to release deidentified data to government entities for research
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 31-2A-18 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Low THC Oil Patient Registry, so as to authorize the Department of Public Health to release deidentified data to government entities and other entities for research and other purposes; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Date | Updates |
March 8, 2021 |
Senate Read and Referred |
March 3, 2021 |
House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute |
February 17, 2021 |
House Second Readers |
Controlled substances; provide for concurrent prescribing of an opioid antagonist with opioids under certain circumstances
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 13 of Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the regulation of controlled substances, so as to provide for concurrent prescribing of an opioid antagonist with opioids under certain circumstances; to provide for definitions; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Date | Updates |
February 18, 2021 |
House Second Readers |
February 17, 2021 |
House First Readers |
Insurance; health care services; provide good faith estimates
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 1 of Title 31 and Article 1 of Chapter 24 of Title 33 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions relative to health and insurance, respectively, so as to provide good faith estimates regarding the cost of health care services; to provide for definitions; to require health care providers to provide good faith estimates of costs and fees available to consumers upon request; to require health insurers to provide good faith estimates of costs available to consumers upon request; to provide for time limits; to prohibit the limitation of disclosure by contract; to provide for construction; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Date | Updates |
February 22, 2021 |
House Second Readers |
February 18, 2021 |
House First Readers |
Medical Practice Act of the State of Georgia; institutional licenses; revise provisions
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 34 of Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the “Medical Practice Act of the State of Georgia,” so as to revise provisions relating to institutional licenses; to provide for a definition; to revise a provision relating to United States Drug Enforcement Administration registration; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Date | Updates |
March 3, 2021 |
Senate Read and Referred |
February 18, 2021 |
House Hopper |
Insurance; health care sharing ministries; change a definition
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 33 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to insurance, so as to change a definition regarding health care sharing ministries; to amend Article 2 of Chapter 7 of Title 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to imposition, rate, and computation of and exemptions from income taxes, so as to provide that a taxpayer may deduct the full amount paid for shares as a member of a health care sharing organization from Georgia taxable income; to provide a definition; to disallow related deductions; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Date | Updates |
February 23, 2021 |
House Second Readers |
February 18, 2021 |
House Hopper |
Youth Mental Health Protection Act; enact
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to professions and businesses, so as to prohibit the practice of conversion therapy by professional counselors, physicians, or psychologists; to define “conversion therapy”; to provide for related matters; to provide for a short title; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Date | Updates |
February 23, 2021 |
House Second Readers |
Law enforcement officers and agencies; mental health operatives; provide training requirements
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 8 of Title 35 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to employment and training of peace officers, so as to provide for training requirements for mental health operatives; to provide for a definition; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Date | Updates |
February 23, 2021 |
House Second Readers |
February 18, 2021 |
House Hopper |
Mental health; grant program to establish assisted outpatient treatment programs; provide
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 37 of the O.C.G.A., relating to mental health, so as to provide for a grant program to establish assisted outpatient treatment programs for persons with mental illness who struggle to maintain engagement with essential mental health treatment; to provide for related matters; to provide for effective dates; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Date | Updates |
February 26, 2021 |
House Second Readers |
Torts; gross negligence standard in actions involving COVID-19 liability claims against healthcare facilities, healthcare providers, entities, and individuals; clarify
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 16 of Title 51 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to COVID-19 pandemic business safety, so as to clarify the gross negligence standard in actions involving COVID-19 liability claims against healthcare facilities, healthcare providers, entities, and individuals; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Date | Updates |
February 24, 2021 |
House Second Readers |
Professions and businesses; athletic trainers; revise and update definitions
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 5 of Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to athletic trainers, so as to revise and update definitions; to eliminate obsolete provisions; to require athletic training students to be under the direct supervision of a physician or licensed athletic trainer; to revise and update certification requirements; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Date | Updates |
February 26, 2021 |
House Second Readers |
February 25, 2021 |
House First Readers |
Health; criminal background checks on individuals independently retained to provide personal care services for elderly persons who reside in a personal care home or assisted living facility; provide
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 14A of Chapter 7 of Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the central caregiver registry, so as to provide for criminal background checks on individuals independently retained to provide personal care services for elderly persons who reside in a personal care home or assisted living facility; to revise definitions; to provide for procedures and notification; to provide for limited liability; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Date | Updates |
February 26, 2021 |
House Second Readers |
February 25, 2021 |
House First Readers |
Health; sale and dispensing of contact lenses; eliminate certain restrictions
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 12 of Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the control of hazardous conditions, preventable diseases, and metabolic disorders, so as to eliminate certain restrictions on the sale and dispensing of contact lenses; to revise definitions; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Medical assistance; authorization of appropriations for the purposes of obtaining federal financial participation for medical assistance payments; provisions
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 7 of Chapter 4 of Title 49 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to medical assistance generally, so as to provide for the authorization of appropriations for the purposes of obtaining federal financial participation for medical assistance payments to providers of Medicaid expansion under the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and federal Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010; to require certain action; to provide for certain restrictions; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Health; persons to wear masks, hoods, or other devices to prevent the spread of a contagious or infectious disease during and for 12 months following the conclusion of a public health emergency; authorize
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 12 of Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to control of hazardous conditions, preventable diseases, and metabolic disorders, so as to authorize persons to wear masks, hoods, or other devices to prevent the spread of a contagious or infectious disease during and for 12 months following the conclusion of a public health emergency; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Commission for the Blind and Visually Impaired Act; enact
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 30 of the O.C.G.A., relating to handicapped persons, so as to create the Commission for the Blind and the Visually Impaired; to transfer the direction and supervision of Georgia Industries for the Blind from the Georgia Vocational Rehabilitation Agency to the commission; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Date | Updates |
March 1, 2021 |
House Second Readers |
Health; visitation by essential visitors to patients in hospitals and residents in long-term care facilities; provide
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 7 of Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to regulation of hospitals and related institutions, so as to provide for visitation by essential visitors to patients in hospitals and residents in long-term care facilities; to provide for definitions; to provide for rules and regulations by the Department of Community Health; to provide for conforming policies by hospitals and long-term care facilities; to provide for sanctions for noncompliance; to provide that the Governor is not authorized to waive the provisions in a declared public health emergency; to provide for statutory construction; to provide for an effective date; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Date | Updates |
March 1, 2021 |
House Second Readers |
Inmate Mental Health Act; enact
Date | Updates |
March 3, 2021 |
House Second Readers |
Narcotic treatment programs; licensing; revise composition of regions
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 26-5-48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to prerequisites to licensing narcotic treatment programs, waivers, and creation of regions, so as to revise the composition of the regions; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Date | Updates |
March 5, 2021 |
House Second Readers |
March 3, 2021 |
House First Readers |
Commission for the Blind and the Visually Impaired; create
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 30 of the O.C.G.A., relating to handicapped persons, so as to create the Commission for the Blind and the Visually Impaired; to transfer the direction and supervision of Georgia Industries for the Blind from the Georgia Vocational Rehabilitation Agency to the commission; to amend Chapter 9 of Title 49 of the O.C.G.A., relating to the transfer of the Division of Rehabilitation Services to the Department of Labor, so as to establish the role of the commission in facilitating the operation by blind persons and other persons with disabilities of vending facilities on state property; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Date | Updates |
March 5, 2021 |
House Second Readers |
March 3, 2021 |
House First Readers |
Community Health, Department of; notify the applicable local law enforcement agencies; require
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 5 of Title 26 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions relative to drug abuse treatment and education programs, so as to require the Department of Community Health to notify the applicable local law enforcement agencies, fire departments, licensing departments, and planning and zoning departments upon issuance of a license to operate a drug abuse treatment and education program that is a residential care center; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Date | Updates |
March 3, 2021 |
House Second Readers |
Health care data collection; hospitals maintain certain technology; provisions
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 12 of Chapter 7 of Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to health care data collection, so as to require hospitals to participate in a survey disclosing whether such hospitals maintain technology allowing the electronic sharing of certain patient information with other hospitals; to provide for definitions; to provide that the department shall collect the survey results and submit a report to the legislature; to provide for repeal; to require the use of certified electronic health technology by certain hospitals; to provide for rule and regulation; to provide for applicability; to provide for a short title; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Date | Updates |
March 9, 2021 |
Senate Read and Referred |
March 3, 2021 |
House Committee Favorably Reported |
Mental health; authorization of peace officers to take a person to a physician or emergency receiving facility for emergency examination under certain circumstances; provide
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 3 of Title 37 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to examination and treatment for mental illness, so as to provide for authorization of peace officers to take a person to a physician or emergency receiving facility for emergency examination under certain circumstances; to provide for immunity; to provide for reports; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Date | Updates |
March 8, 2021 |
House Second Readers |
March 3, 2021 |
House Hopper |
Georgia Dignity in Pregnancy and Childbirth Act; enact
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 2A of Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Department of Public Health, so as to enact the “Georgia Dignity in Pregnancy and Childbirth Act”; to provide for legislative findings and intent; to provide for definitions; to require perinatal facilities in this state to implement evidence based implicit bias programs for its health care professionals; to require certain components in such programs; to provide for initial and refresher training; to provide for the compilation and tracking of data on severe maternal morbidity and pregnancy related deaths; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Date | Updates |
March 8, 2021 |
House Second Readers |
March 3, 2021 |
House Hopper |
Medicaid; coverage for doula services provided to an expectant mother; provide
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 7 of Chapter 4 of Title 49 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to medical assistance generally, so as to provide for Medicaid coverage for doula services provided to an expectant mother; to provide for a definition; to provide that doulas are considered providers of medical assistance; to require the Department of Community Health to submit a state plan amendment for coverage of antepartum, intrapartum, and postpartum services; to provide for minimum reimbursement rates; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Date | Updates |
March 9, 2021 |
House Second Readers |
Health; hospitals and ambulatory surgical centers to utilize surgical smoke evacuation systems during surgical procedures; require
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 7 of Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to regulation and construction of hospitals and other health care facilities, so as to require hospitals and ambulatory surgical centers to utilize surgical smoke evacuation systems during surgical procedures to protect patients and health care workers from the hazards of surgical smoke; to provide for definitions; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Date | Updates |
March 9, 2021 |
House Second Readers |
Education; wraparound services in the multi-tiered system of supports to be provided prior to expelling or assigning a student in preschool through third grade to out-of-school suspension for more than five consecutive days during a school year; include
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Social services; temporary assistance for needy families; increase access to benefits
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 9 of Chapter 4 of Title 49 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to temporary assistance for needy families, so as to increase access to benefits; to increase the lifetime maximum for benefits; to provide that assets are disregarded in determining eligibility; to repeal the drug felony ban for eligibility; to repeal the family cap on benefits; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Date | Updates |
March 10, 2021 |
House Second Readers |
Psychiatric Advance Directive Act; enact
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 37 of the O.C.G.A., relating to mental health, so as to provide for a psychiatric advance directive; to provide for a competent adult to express his or her mental health care treatment preferences and desires directly through instructions written in advance and indirectly through appointing an agent to make mental health care decisions on behalf of that person; to amend Titles 16, 29, 31, 37, and 49 of the O.C.G.A., relating to crimes and offenses, guardian and ward, health, mental health, and social services, respectively, so as to provide for interaction and relationship with advance directives for health care; to provide for application; to provide for statutory construction; to provide for conforming references and consistent terminology; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Date | Updates |
March 10, 2021 |
House Hopper |
Insurance; life insurers to provide certain policy information to funeral homes within 24 hours of receipt of the funeral home’s notification of an insured’s death; require
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 1 of Title 33 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions regarding insurance, so as to require life insurers to provide certain policy information to funeral homes within 24 hours of receipt of the funeral home’s notification of an insured’s death; to provide for a definition; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
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Georgia Community Midwife Act; enact
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to health, so as to repeal in its entirety Chapter 26, relating to the practice of midwifery; to amend Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to professions and businesses, so as to provide for the licensure and regulation of community midwives; to provide for a short title; to provide for legislative findings; to provide for definitions; to amend Code Section 43-26-12 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to exceptions to the operation of the “Georgia Registered Professional Nurse Practice Act,” so as to provide for an exception relating to the practice of midwifery; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
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Evidence; voluntary open communications related to healthcare; allow
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 12 of Title 24 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to medical and other confidential information, so as to allow for voluntary open communications related to healthcare under rules of evidence; to provide for definitions; to provide that certain open communications shall not be subject to future disclosure; to provide for related matters; to provide for a short title; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
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Sales and use tax; certain menstrual products; create exemption
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 8 of Title 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to sales and use taxes, so as to create an exemption from state sales and use tax for certain menstrual products; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
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Prescription Drug Rebate Financial Protection Act; enact
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 24 of Title 33 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to insurance generally, so as to require all health insurers to pass along no less than 80 percent of all prescription drug rebates to enrollees that such insurer receives from third parties with regard to such enrollee’s prescription drugs; to provide for a short title; to provide for legislative findings; to provide for definitions; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date and applicability; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
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Medical assistance; Medicaid coverage for medically necessary donor human milk; provide
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 7 of Chapter 4 of Title 49 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to medical assistance generally, so as to provide for Medicaid coverage for medically necessary donor human milk; to provide for submittal of a state plan amendment or waiver request, if necessary; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
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Health; revise definitions; furnishing of copies of health records; provisions
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 33 of Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to health records, so as to revise definitions; to revise provisions relating to the furnishing of copies of health records; to provide for penalties for noncompliance; to revise provisions relating to the costs for copying health records; to revise provisions relating to electronic health records; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
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Health; increase access to disposable menstrual products in public schools, penal institutions, certain social service shelters, and housing facilities
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 3 of Article 16 of Chapter 2 of Title 20, Article 1 of Chapter 1 of Title 42, and Chapter 1 of Title 49 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to health, inmate policies, and general provisions regarding social services, respectively, so as to increase access to disposable menstrual products in public schools, penal institutions, certain social service shelters, and housing facilities; to provide for definitions; to require the provision of disposable menstrual products to certain persons at no cost; to authorize the Department of Education to promulgate model policies and guidance for local boards of education; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
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University System of Georgia; menstrual hygiene products available at no cost to students in certain facilities; require
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to education, so as to require the University System of Georgia and the Technical College System of Georgia to make menstrual hygiene products available at no cost to students in certain facilities or portions of facilities of institutions; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
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Public assistance; use certain benefits for purchasing diapers or menstrual products; provide for waiver request
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 4 of Title 49 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to public assistance, so as to provide for the submission of a waiver request by the Department of Human Services to permit the recipients of certain public assistance benefits to use such benefits for the purpose of purchasing diapers or menstrual hygiene products if the United States Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service makes such waiver available to states; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
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Truth in Prescription Pricing for Patients Act; enact
Requires pharmacies to disclose the true net cost and final net cost (if applicable) of prescription drugs to consumers and to calculate cost sharing requirements for consumers based on the true net cost of prescription drugs.
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Insurance; reduce out-of-pocket costs for consumers requiring insulin
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 24 of Title 33 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions regarding insurance, so as to reduce out-of-pocket costs for consumers requiring insulin; to provide for definitions; to provide for legislative findings; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date and applicability; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
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Georgia Rare Disease Advisory Council; provide establishment
Creates an advisory council to educate medical professionals, government agencies, legislators, and the public about rare diseases and encourages research and treatment of rare diseases.
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Medicaid; coverage for annual mammograms at no cost to recipient; provide
Provides free annual mammograms to Medicaid participants.
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Mental health; notice of admission and daily updates from facility to parent or legal guardian of an involuntary minor patient under 12; provide
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 1 of Article 6 of Chapter 3 of Title 37 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions relative to the rights and privileges of patients and their representatives regarding examination and treatment for mental illness, so as to provide for notice of admission and daily updates from a facility to the parent or legal guardian of an involuntary minor patient under 12 years of age; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
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Health insurance; teachers and state employees; prohibit Board of Community Health from entering into or renewing a contract with qualified entities under specific conditions
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 6 of Article 17 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to health insurance plans for public school teachers and other public school personnel, and Part 1 of Article 1 of Chapter 18 of Title 45 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the state employees’ health insurance plan and post-employment health benefit fund, so as to prohibit the Board of Community Health from entering into or renewing a contract for the state health benefit plan with qualified entities under specific conditions; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date and applicability; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
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Education; local school systems to conduct suicide screenings on all students age eight through eighteen; require
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 3 of Article 16 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to student health in elementary and secondary education, so as to require local school systems to conduct suicide screenings on all students age eight through 18; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
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Mental Health Parity Act; enact Versions
Directs recommendations from Georgia Behavioral Health Reform and Innovation Commission to be implemented to address concerns around access and treatment for mental health services.
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Income tax; tax credits for contributions to rural hospital organizations; increase aggregate limit
Tax credits offered for contributions to rural hospitals
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OneGeorgia Authority Act; grant program to establish primary care medical facilities in health professional shortage areas; provide
Creates a grant/funding program to establish primary care medical facilities in areas that have shortages of health professionals.
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Mental health; standard suite of services that community service boards are required to provide in their respective service areas; provide
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 2 of Title 37 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions regarding administration of mental health, developmental disabilities, addictive diseases, and other disability services, so as to provide for a standard suite of services that community service boards are required to provide in their respective service areas; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
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Mental health; emergency involuntary treatment; revise procedures
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 37 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to mental health, so as to revise procedures regarding emergency involuntary treatment for mental health and alcohol and drug dependency; to require that certain documents become part of the patient’s clinical record; to provide for redactions; to require examination for involuntary treatment for mental health or alcohol and drug dependency by a physician within eight hours of admission; to require physician review of certain information; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
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Mental health; adult mental health programs; provide licensure
Requires licensure of adult mental health programs
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Health; influenza vaccinations for discharged patients; lower age to 50
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Georgia Women’s CARE (Child Care Alternatives, Resources, and Education) Act, enact Versions
Requires every woman arrested to take a pregnancy test if not released on bond within 72 hours of arrest. Option to opt-out by woman.
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Social services; treatment services under Medicaid to persons with HIV; provisions
Requires DCH to submit a Section 1115 waiver to CMS (Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services) to request a demonstration project to provide treatment services under Medicaid to people in Georgia living with HIV.
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Quality Basic Education Act; course of study in sex education and HIV prevention is age appropriate; provide
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 2 of Article 6 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to competencies and core curriculum under the “Quality Basic Education Act,” so as to provide that the prescribed course of study in sex education and HIV prevention instruction is age appropriate; to include the subject of consent in such course of study; to provide for implementation; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
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Medicaid Continuity of Coverage Program; establish
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 4 of Title 49 of the O.C.G.A., relating to public assistance, so as to establish the Medicaid Continuity of Coverage Program; to provide for the transition of continuous enrollment Medicaid beneficiaries into traditional Medicaid; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
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Community Health, Department of; statistical reports data relating to state health plans be posted on department website; require
Requires DCH to post reports with state health plan data to their website
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Controlled substances; certain persons to carry prescription medications in a compartmentalized container; authorize
Allows people ages 65 and older to legally carry prescription medications in a compartmentalized medication container
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Georgia Caregivers Act; create
Requires hospitals to provide patients with the opportunity to identify lay caregivers, and that lay caregivers are not required to provide aftercare
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Insurance; basic coverage of mental wellness services; provide
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Social services; discrimination of healthcare services, including gender-affirming hormone therapy and gender-reassignment surgeries; prohibit
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 7 of Chapter 4 of Title 49 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to medical assistance generally provided as public assistance under social services, so as to prohibit the discrimination of healthcare services, including gender-affirming hormone therapy and gender-reassignment surgeries, to covered persons on the basis of their gender expression, gender identity, or transgender status; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
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Health; allow assisted living communities and personal care homes to enroll as Medicaid providers
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 7 of Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to regulation of hospitals and related institutions, so as to allow assisted living communities and personal care homes to enroll as Medicaid providers; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
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State employees’ health benefit plans; cover medically necessary care and treatment of head and neck conditions; mandate
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 18 of Title 45 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to state employees’ health insurance and benefit plans, so as to mandate that the state health benefit plan cover medically necessary care and treatment of head and neck conditions; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date and applicability; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
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Georgia Smoke-free Air Act; revise
Operators of early childhood care and education programs must post signs prohibiting vaping in designated smoke-free areas
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Community Health, Department of; pharmacy benefits management for Medicaid program; provide
Provides for pharmacy benefits management for the Medicaid program to be conducted by the Department of Community Health
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Childhood Lead Exposure Control Act; revise
Updates provisions regarding child lead poisoning and exposure to that of the national guidelines
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Rural Health Advancement Commission; create
Provides for the creation of the Rural Health Advancement Commission
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Health; certificate of need requirements; acute care hospitals established in rural counties that meet certain criteria; provide exemption
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 31-6-47 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to exemptions from certificate of need requirements, so as to provide an exemption for acute care hospitals established in rural counties that meet certain criteria; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
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Community Health, Department of; submit waiver request to the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to authorize private institutions for mental disease to qualify for Medicaid reimbursement
Directs DCH to submit a waiver request to the federal CMS to authorize private institutions for mental disease to qualify for Medicaid reimbursement
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Education, Department of; provide certain information to parents and guardians of students completing fifth and sixth grades regarding adolescent vaccinations
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 3 of Article 16 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to student health in elementary and secondary education, so as to require the Department of Education to provide certain information to parents and guardians of students completing the fifth and sixth grades regarding recommended adolescent vaccinations; to provide for rules and regulations; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
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Public officers and employees; contracts for healthcare coverage contain provisions that ensure laboratory services are available at in-network rates; require
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 1 of Article 1 of Chapter 18 of Title 45 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the state employees’ health insurance plan, so as to require that all contracts for healthcare coverage or services under the state health benefit plan contain provisions that ensure that laboratory services are available at in-network rates within 50 miles or one hour of a plan member’s place of business or residence; to provide for an effective date and applicability; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
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Community Health, Department of; contract with dental care administrators to cover dental service for recipients of medical assistance; provide
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 7 of Chapter 4 of Title 49 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to medical assistance generally provided as public assistance under social services, so as to provide for the Department of Community Health to contract directly with dental care administrators to cover dental services for recipients of medical assistance under Medicaid and PeachCare for Kids programs; to require the Department of Community Health to competitively bid out such contracts and limit such contracts to a minimum of two but no more than three dental care administrators; to provide for requirements, including disclosures and reports, for dental care administrators; to provide for an amendment or waiver to the state plan if necessary; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
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Social services; three-year pilot program to provide coverage for the diagnosis and treatment of PANDAS and PANS under Medicaid; provide
Three year pilot program for the diagnosis and treatment of PANDAS and PANS under Medicaid
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Professions and businesses; definition of physical therapy to include ordering diagnostic imaging and using ultrasound; revise
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 33 of Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to physical therapists, so as to revise the definition of “physical therapy” to include ordering diagnostic imaging and using ultrasound; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
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Health; repeal in its entirety Chapter 26 relating to midwifery; provide for licensure and regulation of community midwives; provide for an exception
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 31 of the O.C.G.A., relating to health, so as to repeal in its entirety Chapter 26, relating to the practice of midwifery; to amend Title 43 of the O.C.G.A., relating to professions and businesses, so as to provide for the licensure and regulation of community midwives; to amend Code Section 43-26-12 of the O.C.G.A., relating to exceptions to the operation of the “Georgia Registered Professional Nurse Practice Act,” so as to provide for an exception relating to the practice of midwifery; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
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Insurance; prohibit insurers from unilaterally changing network participation contracts impacting coverage, access to, or costs of ancillary services
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 24 of Title 33 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to insurance generally, so as to prohibit insurers from unilaterally changing network participation contracts impacting coverage, access to, or costs of ancillary services; to provide for definitions; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date and applicability; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
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Healthy Georgia Act; enact
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 4 of Title 49 of the O.C.G.A., relating to public assistance, so as to establish the Healthy Georgia Program, providing comprehensive universal single payer healthcare coverage and a healthcare cost control system for the benefit of all Georgia residents; to provide for related matters; to provide for a contingent effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
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Health; certificate of need requirements; revise various provisions
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 31 of the O.C.G.A., relating to health, so as to revise various provisions relating to certificate of need requirements; to amend Code Section 50-18-70 of the O.C.G.A., relating to legislative intent and definitions relative to open records laws, so as to provide that certain organizations or entities that lease or operate facilities of hospital authorities are considered agencies for purposes of open records; to provide for the delayed repeal of certificate of need requirements; to transfer charity and indigent care requirements from certificate of need requirements to licensure requirements; to provide for regulations and penalties; to amend other provisions in various titles of the O.C.G.A., to provide for related matters; to provide for effective dates; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.