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The 2023 Legislative Session began on January 9, 2023. Below please find a listing of bills that Georgians for a Healthy Future is tracking during this session. New bills will be added as they are introduced. For email updates on how to stay involved sign up for action alerts.
GHF released its 2023 policy priorities at our thirteenth annual Health Care Unscrambled event. These annual priorities outline the issues that GHF believes are most pressing for Georgia consumers and are best addressed by the state legislature.
Georgians for a Healthy Future Legislative Priorities
| Sort By: Bill Title Bill Status | Bill | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Income Tax; limit eligibility for rural physician tax credit to physicians who qualify on or before December 31, 2023 | HB 82 | Senate Tabled (03/27/23) |
| Safe at Home Act | HB 404 | Senate Tabled (03/27/23) |
| Health; certificate of need requirements for all health care facilities except certain long-term care facilities and services | SB 162 | Senate Read Second Time (02/23/23) |
| Medical Assistance; program of premium assistance to enable eligible individuals to obtain health care coverage | SB 17 | Senate Read and Referred (1/26/23) |
| Private Review Agents | SB 307 | Senate Read and Referred (03/16/23) |
| Lowering Prescription Drug Costs for Patients Act | HB 343 | Senate Read and Referred (03/07/23) |
| Mental Health bill | HB 520 | Senate Read and Referred (03/06/23) |
| Medical Assistance; authorization of appropriations for the purposes of obtaining federal financial participation for medical assistance payments to providers of Medicaid expansion | SB 24 | Senate Read and Referred |
| Insurance; consumer protections against surprise billing | HB 295 | Senate Passed/Adopted as Amended (03/29/23) |
| Insurance; require health benefit policy coverage for bio marker testing if supported by medical and scientific evidence | HB 85 | Senate Passed/Adopted (03/14/23) |
| Georgians with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilties Innovation Commission, create | SB 198 | Senate Hopper (2/15/23) |
| Social services; treatment services under Medicaid to persons with HIV | HB 226 | House Withdrawn, Recommitted (03/29/23) |
| Certificate of Need Requirements; exemption for acute care hospitals established in rural counties that meet certain criteria | SB 99 | House Second Readers (03/01/23) |
| Department of Community Health; 12 months of continuous eligibility for Medicaid and PeachCare for Kids Program; provide | HB 428 | House Second Readers (02/21/23) |
| Equity Impact Act | HB 433 | House Second Readers (02/21/23) |
| Revenue and taxation; consumable vapor products; increase rate of tax | HB 192 | House Second Readers (02/06/23) |
| Revenue and taxation; pack of cigarettes; increase rate of tax | HB 191 | House Second Readers (02/06/23) |
| Georgia Work and Family Credit Act | HB 79 | House Second Readers |
| Cost and effects of smoking joint study committee | HR 43 | House Second Readers |
| Community Health, Department of; mitigate potential loss of Medicaid coverage caused by discontinuation of Families First Coronavirus Response Act; provide | HB 37 | House Second Readers |
| Community Health, Department of; utilize appropriations for purposes of obtaining federal financial participation for medical assistance payments; provisions | HB 38 | House Second Readers |
| Surprise Billing Consumer Protection Act | SB 20 | House Passed/Adopted (03/27/23) |
| Commissioner of Insurance; general provisions; establishing an advisory committee | SB 65 | House Passed/Adopted (03/23/23) |
| Offenses Against Public Health and Morals; vaping in restricted areas is a misdemeanor punishable by fine | SB 47 | House Passed/Adopted (03/21/23) |
| Georgia Work and Family Credit Act | HB 79 | House First Readers |
Insurance; insurers providing policies for groups of 20 or more to furnish claims experience at the request of a group policyholder; require
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Income Tax; limit eligibility for rural physician tax credit to physicians who qualify on or before December 31, 2023
To limit the eligibility for rural physicians tax credits and create a new tax credit for rural physicians, dentists, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants
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Community Health, Department of; include continuous glucose monitors as a pharmacy benefit for Medicaid recipients
To provide continuous glucose monitors for Medicaid recipients as a pharmacy benefit
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Insurance; benefit provider to disclose certain payments to a treating healthcare provider
For benefit providers to disclose payments to treating healthcare providers
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Insurance, annual notification by insurers to male insured for coverage of prostate specific-antigen tests
Requires DOI regulated plans to notify each insured male of the coverage of annual prostate cancer screening when they turn 40
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Safe at Home Act
Requires a landlord to have a duty of habitability in rental agreements
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Anesthesiologist Assistant Act
To have anesthesiologist assistants to be appointed in an advisory capacity to the Georgia Composite Medical Board
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Georgia Alzheimer’s and Related Dementias State Plan
To ensure that the Georgia Alzheimer’s and Related Dementias State Plan be updated every four years
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Professions and businesses; professional programs to address career fatigue and wellness in healthcare professionals
To enforce professional programs to address career fatigue and wellness in healthcare professionals
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Health; certificate of need requirements for all health care facilities except certain long-term care facilities and services
To eliminate the certificate of need requirements for all health care facilities except for long term care facilities and services
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Workers’ Compensation; the time period for the dissolution of the Subsequent Injury Trust Fund
To extend the time period for the dissolution of the Subsequent Injury Trust Fund
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Sales and Use Taxes; sale or use of certain menstrual products;
To exempt menstrual products from sales taxes
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Georgia EMS Reform Act
To amend the current Emergency Medical Systems Communications Program in specified territories
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Medical Assistance; program of premium assistance to enable eligible individuals to obtain health care coverage
To provide premium assistance to eligible individuals to get health care coverage and create necessary state plan amendments or federal waivers
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Drug Abuse Treatment and Education Programs
To provide for the certification of recovery residences
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Sentencing and Imposition of Pubishment
To provide for time frames for HIV testing
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Private Review Agents
To provide for health insurers to implement and maintain a program that allows for the selective application of reduction in prior authorization requirements under certain circumstances
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Lowering Prescription Drug Costs for Patients Act
To regulate and license pharmacy benefits managers and require calculations of defined cost sharing for insurers at the point of sale
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Mental Health bill
Aims to address those with BH issues that frequently interact with justice system and law enforcement, increase BH workforce, increase state capacity for in-patient BH care, and increase Medicaid spending on BH
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Lowering Prescription Drug Costs for Patients Act
To require pharmacy benefits managers to calculate cost sharing for pharmaceutical medications at the point of sale
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Pregnancy Protection Act
To provide reasonable accommodations to job applicants and employees for circumstances related to pregnancy, childbirth, and related conditions
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Surgical or Diagnostic Procedures; certain examinations on an anesthetized or unconscious paient without prior informed consent
To prohibit examinations on an anesthetized or unconscious patient without prior informed consent
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Georgia Health Care Professionals Data System
To establish the Georgia Health Care Professionals Data System
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Professions and businesses; licensure of advanced practice registered nurses
To assist in licensure of advanced practice RNs, to assist in licensure requirements, to create a misdemeanor to practice advanced nursing practice without a license
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Social Security Coverage for Employees of the State
To provide social security coverage for employees of the state and its political subdivision who are members of the Public School Employees Retirement System
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Emergency Medical Services; hospital authorities may transfer its ambulance service license to its local governing body
To require hospital authorities may transfer its ambulance service license to its direct governing body
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General Assembly; cardiopulmonary training to be offered to members and staff of the General Assembly and members of Capitol Police Division
To provide cardiopulmonary training to the members and staff of the General Assembly and the Capitol Police Division
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Professions and Businesses; health care providers from performing specified practices on minors relating to altering a person’s appearance relating to gender
To prohibit health care providers from altering a person’s appearance relating to gender
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Health; functional automated external defibrillator on site
To require public schools, health clubs, and public sports facilities to have at least one functional automated external defibrillator on site
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Georgia Work and Family Credit Act
To revise state income tax credit based on federal qualified child and dependt care tax credit (up to 25% of the federal child tax credit) and income tax credit of 20% of the federal earned income tax credit
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Nurses; provision relating to the administration of anesthesia by certified registered nurse anesthetists
To revise a provision regarding the administration of anesthesia by certified registered nurse anesthetists
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Georgia Community Midwife Act
To regulate and provide licensure of community midwives
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Parents and Children Protection Act of 2023
To prohibit certain actions of adults acting in loco parentis (in place of a parent) between parent and child relationships
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Kathleen Cominski Act
To require state office buildings to have at least one automated external defibrillator on site for all times, in case of emergencies
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Kathleen Cominski Act
To require state office buildings to have at least one automated external defibrillator on site for all times, in case of emergencies
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Reproductive Freedom Act; enact
To remove the criminalizing of abortion, to create exceptions to the requirement of notifying parents of minors receiving aboritons, to have certain abortions covered by certain health insurance plans
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Medical Assistance; authorization of appropriations for the purposes of obtaining federal financial participation for medical assistance payments to providers of Medicaid expansion
To get federal financial help for medical assistance payments for healthcare providers of Medicaid expansion (under the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010)
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Torts; certain immunities from liability claims regarding COVID-19; provisions; revise
To provide immunity from liability claims as they relate to COVID-19
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Insurance; consumer protections against surprise billing
Revise surprise billing law
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Health; financial stability requirements for applicants and licensees of personal care homes and assisted living communities
To revise financial stability requirements for applicants and licensees of personal care homes and assisted living communities
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State Employees’ Assurance Department; assignment of certain group term life insurance benefits
To assign certain group term life insurance benefits to pay for funeral services of a deceased indivudal who was a member of the Employees’ Retirement System of Georgia, Georgia Legislative Retirement System, or Georgia Judicial Retirement System
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Pharmacies; authorize qualified pharmacy technicians to administer certain vaccines
Allows pharmacy technicians, under the supervision of a licensed pharmacist, to administer COVID-19 and other vaccines included in the CDC’s adult immunization schedule to adults 18 and older
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Health; use of certified medication aides in penal institutions
To authorize the use of certified medication aides in penal institutions
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Commissioner of Insurance; promulgate rules and regulations regarding cost-sharing requirements for diagnostic and supplemental breast screening examinations
Require MRI and ultrasound breast exams to be covered with same cost-sharing as mammograms
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Safer Hospitals Act
Enhanced penalties for aggravated assault against hospital employees
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Health; restrictions on sale and dispensing of contact lenses with respect to physicians
To restrict both the sale or dispensing of contact lenses from physicians to aid in controlling hazardous conditions, preventable diseases, and metabolic disorders
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Insurance; require health benefit policy coverage for bio marker testing if supported by medical and scientific evidence
To require bio marker testing to be covered by health insurance policies if supported by medical and scientific evidence
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Controlled Substances; Schedules I, IV, and V
To create provisions about Schedule I controlled substances, Schedule IV controlled substances, and Schedule V controlled substances
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Public assistance; expand temporary assistance for needy families eligibility criteria to pregnant women
To expand temporary assistance for a wide variety of populations such as families in need to pregnant women for public assistance payments
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Georgians with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilties Innovation Commission, create
Creates the Georgians with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Innovation Commission for long-term strategic planning purposes around complex issues such as managed care, workforce wages and incentives, direct service provider career paths, transportation, housing, employment, systems management, innovation and technology processes, service delivery and technology innovations, planning list management, funds utilization, and other topics as needed
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Georgia Child Advocate for the Protection of Children Act
To provide additional legal representation of children and parents
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Reproductive Freedom Act; enact
To remove the criminalizing of abortion, to create exceptions to the requirement of notifying parents of minors receiving aboritons, to have certain abortions covered by certain health insurance plans
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Georgia Access to Medical Cannabis Commission; subject to Administrative Procedure Act and laws governing open meetings and records
To have the Georgia Access to Medical Cannabis Commision to enforce the Administrative Procedure Act and to have open records about medical cannabis use
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Hospitals; the treatment of gender dysphoria in minors performed in hospitals and other licensed healthcare facilities
To prohibit certain surgical procedures for the treatment of gender dysphoria in minors
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Izzy’s Law
To have DPH create a model aquatic safety plan that is based off of national standards for private swim instructors that will be available for download on their public website
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Juvenile Code; a uniform process to assume custody of children as a result of disposition orders;
To create a uniform process to assume custody of children from disposition orders
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Healthy Babies Act
To create a three-year pilot program to provide coverage for remote maternal health clinical services under the Medicaid program
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Nurses; licensure of advanced practice registered nurses
To provide licensure requirements for advanced practice registered nurses
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Health Care Practitioners Truth and Transparency Act
Prohibits licensed medical providers from using deceptive or misleading terms or false representations in advertisements and representations
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State’s Employee Benefit Plan Council; council to establish health savings accounts
Requires the State Health Benefit Plan to include Health Savings Accounts
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Evidence; sexual assault hearsay for disabled adults and 17 year olds
To provide sexual assault hearsay for disabled adults and 17 year olds
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Social services; treatment services under Medicaid to persons with HIV
To require DCH to submit a section 1115 waiver request to CMS for a demo project to provide treatment services to individuals with HIV under Medicaid
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Birth Certificate; issuance of a copy of the original birth certificate to certain adult persons who were adopted
To either provide a copy of an original birth certificate to adults who were adopted or to issue a new birth certificate following adoption or the results of a paternity test
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Insurance; prohibits insurers from discriminating against certain healthcare facilities and providers in connection with provider administered drugs
Prohibits insurers for not reimbursing contracted providers for medications administered by the provider
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Domestic relations; authorize child support and insurance policies for certain disabled children
To authorize child support and insurance policies for disabled children that are of legal age but are unable to support themselves independently
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Education; required information to parents of students regarding meningococcal meningitis and influenza and their vaccines
To require educating parents of students of elementary and secondary schools about meningococcal meningitis and influenza vaccines
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Insurance; health care sharing ministry
To allow taxpayers to deduct theh full amount paid for shares as a member of a health care sharing organization out of their taxable income
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Food Insecurity Eradication Act
To create the Georgia Food Security Advisory Council
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Professions; authorize and regulate teledentistry by licensed dentists pusuant to permits
To authorize and regulate teledentistry in Georgia by licensed dentists pursuant to permits issued by the Georgia Board of Dentistry
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Public officers and employees; supplemental, illness specific insurance for certain first responders with occupatoinal post traumatic stress disorder
To require supplemental, illness-specific insurance to first responders diagnosed with occupational post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
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Crimes and offenses; aggravated assault and battery of healthcare workers
To increase punishment for aggravated assault and aggravated battery committed upon all health workers in a hospital or healthcare facility
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Georgia Pharmacy Practice Act – revise definition
Revises definition of “pharmacy care”
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Social Services; temporary assistance for needy families
To increase access to social benefits for needy families
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State employees; three-year pilot program to provide coverage for the diagnosis and treatment of certain pediatric disorders
To create a three-year pilot program to provide coverage for the diagnosis and treatment of two diseases under the state health benefit plan: Pediatric Autoimmune Neuropsychiatric Disorders associated with streptococcal infection (PANDAS) and Pediatric Acute Onset Neuropsychiatric Syndrome (PANS)
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Revenue and taxation; repeal certain income tax credits
To repeal certain income tax credits and to revise certain sales tax exemptions
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Insurance; revise certain tax credits
To eliminate a certain income tax deduction
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Quality Basic Education Act
To provide that the prescribed course of study in sex education and HIV prevention instruction is age appropriate and medically accurate
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Crimes and offense; criminal abortion; immaculate conception clause
To enact the immaculate conception clause and provide for equal application and penalties
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Crimes and offenses; restrictions on performance of abortions; medical oath protection clause
To enact the medical oath protection clause, to provide for review of alleged medical professional misconduct prior to adjudication
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Safer States Act
To prohibit the use of certain flame retardants
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Health; provide requirements for nurse staffing in hospitals
To provide nurse staffing requirements in hospitals
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State Employees’ Health Insurance Plan; state health benefit plans to cover insulin medication at a reduced rate
To provide a state health benefit plan to cover insulin medication at a cheaper rate
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No Patient Left Alone Act
To protect visitors with proper PPE and authorize hospitals and long-term care facilities to limit or restrict visitation in certain circumstances
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Johnny Tolbert III Heat Stroke Youth Protection Act
To require local operating parks and recreation facilities to ensure they are equipped with materials to protect youth athletic organizations from heat related injuries
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Disadvantaged Community Drinking Water Assistance Program
To establish the Disadvantaged Community Drinking Water Assistance Program
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Professions and businesses; prohibit health care providers from performing practices on minors to alter their appearance relating to gender
To prohibit heath care providers from performing practices that alter a person’s appearance relating to gender on minors
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Insurance; tax credits to be used by insurance companies against state insurance premium tax liability for contributing money to a nonlapsing flood disaster fund
To provide tax credits to be used by insurance companies against state insurance premium tax liability to contribute money to flood disaster funds
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Insurance; health benefit policy coverage for biomarker testing if supported by medical and scientific evidence
To require health benefit policy coverage for biomarker testing if supported by both medical and scientific evidence
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Expanding Medicaid to Improve Health Outcomes for New Mothers Act
To expand Medicaid eligibility for mothers for one year following birth
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Social services; reimbursement rates for services provided to Medicaid recipients are equal to Medicare maximum allowable rates
To provide reimbursement rates for services provided to Medicaid recipients are equal to the applicable Medicare maximum allowable reimbursement rates
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Certificate of Need Requirements; exemption for acute care hospitals established in rural counties that meet certain criteria
To create exemptions for acute care hospitals that are established in rural counties
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Juvenile Code; termination of parental rights involving parental incapacity and child maltreatment
To expedite and prioritize processes for the termination of parental rights in certain cases of incapacity of parents and child maltreatment
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Persons and their rights; life from the moment of conception is accorded same rights and protections guaranteed to all persons
States that life is valued and protected from the moment of conception and that each life is accorded to the same rights and protections guaranteed to all persons
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State health planning and development
To update definitions of certificate of need and requirements
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Health; prohibit certain health care providers and facilities from discriminating against potential organ transplant recipients
To prohibit health care providers and facilities from discriminating against potential organ transplant receipients due to the vaccine status of the potential recipient
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Health; permit assisted living communities and personal care homes to enroll as Medicaid providers
To permit assisted living communities and personal care homes to enroll as Medicaid providers
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Establishment of a pilot program for hospitals to purchase and sell charity care credits
Creates a pilot program for hospitals to purchase and sell charity care credits to meet their charity care requirements
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Georgia Prenatal Equal Protection Act
To provide exceptions for mothers of unborn children as a legal defendant
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Social services; Medicaid coverage of rapid whole genome sequencing
For Medicaid to cover rapid whole genome sequencing
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Medication and Patient Safety Act
To ensure that covered individuals have safe and affordable access to physician-administered medication
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Department of Community Health; 12 months of continuous eligibility for Medicaid and PeachCare for Kids Program; provide
Requires DCH to provide 12 months of continuous eligibility for kids enrolled in Medicaid or PeachCare for Kids
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Equity Impact Act
Requires OPB to work with the Department of Audits and the Department of Community Affairs to produce equity impact statements on all legislation that impacts health, housing, primary or secondary education, and tax policy.
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Eurie Lee Martin Act
To create a state-wide data base by the Criminal Justice Coordinating Council to identify individuals who suffer from addictive diseases, developmental disabilities, or mental illness
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Health, eligibility to receive tax credits
To increase the tax credit limit that are contributed by corporate donors to rural hospital organizations
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Sexual Assault Reform Act of 2023
To authorize the Criminal Justice Coordinating Council to both create and operate a state-wide sexual assault tracking system
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Insurance; autism; Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders
To update the reference to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders to cover autism
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Behavioral health; conduct or coordinate all audits of behavioral health providers
Relating to the governing and regulation of mental health, coordinate or conduct audits of all behavioral health providers
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Blind Persons’ Braille Literacy Rights and Education Act
To require an evaluation of a blind or visually impaired student to determine student’s need for Braille instruction in indivdiualized education programs
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Sales and use tax; sale or use of certain oral hygiene products
To exempt the sale or use of certain oral hygiene products from sales tax
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Healthy Food Development Program Act
To provide for the establishment of the Healthy Food Development Program
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Medical Freedom Act
To repeal DPH’s authority and all county boards of health’s authority to require the submission of vaccinations
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Surprise Billing Consumer Protection Act
To provide certain consumer protects against surprise billing for ambulance services and require health care plans to reimburse for ambuance services for non-participating ambulance providers
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Health; feminine hygiene products containing restricted substances
To prohibit feminine hygiene products that containe restricted or harmful substances from being distributed, sold, or offered for sale
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Menstrual Product Transparency Act
To require specific labeling on menstrual product packaging regarding ingredients
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Sales and use tax; certain absorbent diapers, undergarments, and pads
To have diapers, undergarments, and pads exempt from sales taxes
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Professions and businesses; authorize registered nurses and physician assistants to certify an individual is disabled for purposes of obtaining special vehicle decals
To have special license plates for vehicles of physicians, physisican assistants, and to empower physicians to delegate the authority to prescribe Schedule II controlled substances to physician assistants and RNs
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Criminal procedure; award made from Georgia Crime Victims Emergency Fund to sexual assault survivors for medical treatment or counseling
To provide compensation from the Georgia Crime Victimes Emergency Fund for sexual assault survivors for medical treatment or counseling
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Penal institutions; require public disclosure of certain data pertaining to health, safety, or other conditions of detention of inmates
To require the public disclosure of the health, safety, or other conditions of inmates
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Penal institutions; require certain mental illness evaluations of persons detained in a penal institution
To require that certain mental illness evaluations of inmates in a penal institutions are performed
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Penal institutions; policies for breast milk storage and breast feeding of a delivered child
To provide means for breast milk storage and for breast feeding of a delivered child, require DPH to provide breast pumps, and both prenatal and postpartum care for inmates
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Behavioral Health and Development Disabilities, Department of; create and maintain electronic inpatient psychiatric bed registry; require
To create an electroninc inpatient psychiatric bed registry through Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities
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Public assistance; use certain benefits for purchasing diapers or menstrual products; provide for waiver request
To provide assistance for purchasing diapers or menstrual hygiene products to individuals who are recipients of certain public assistance benefits, like WIC and SNAP through Department of Human Services
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Behavioral Health and Development Disabilities, Department of; establish school-linked behavioral health grant program; provide
To establish a behavioral health program in schools through Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities
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Education; attendance policies consider mental and behavioral health; provide
To provide excused absences for mental and behavioral health in school.
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Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities, Department of; create and maintain Georgia Crisis and Access Line; statutorily require
To create, operate, and maintain the Georgia Crisis and Access Line through Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities
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Insurance; mental health parity requirements
To enforce specific federal regulations for mental health parity (to ensure that mental health and substance abuse treatments be as easy to access as other health care treatments)
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Revenue and taxation; consumable vapor products; increase rate of tax
Increase the rate of tax on vaping and tobacco products and have the proceeds of the tax to be utilized for healthcare purposes
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Undocumented Persons Family Violence Protection Act
Any undocumented victim of family violence that seeks assistance with law enforcement would not be arrested, charged, or prosecuted for being undocumented
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Public Health, Department of; carry out projects to increase education, awareness, or diagnosis of valvular heart disease
To have the DPH increase education, awareness, or diagnosis of valvular heart disease and to reduce the incidence of sudden cardiac death that might be caused by valvular heart disease
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Revenue and taxation; pack of cigarettes; increase rate of tax
Increase the rate of tax on each pack of cigarettes and have the proceeds of the tax to be utilized for healthcare purposes
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Professions and businesses; definition of physical therapy to include ordering diagnostic imaging and using ultrasound
To change the definition of physical therapy to also include ordering diagnostic imaging and the use of ultrasounds
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Mental health; notice of admission and daily updates to the parent or legal guardian of an involuntary minor patient under 12 years of age
To create notices of admission and provide daily updates from facilities to parental or legal guardians for involuntary minor patients under 12 years of age
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Right to Breathe Act
Requires the Department of Community affairs to include certain indoor air quality provisions in applicable state minimum standard codes, to require the installation of indoor air quality equipment and utilization of best practices in new construction permitted on or after July 1, 2024.
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Surprise Billing Consumer Protection Act; require provider to notify a covered person if services require $100.00 or more in out-of-pocket costs
Requires out-of-network providers to give notice if the patient will have to pay $100 or more out-of-pocket
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Social services; Medicaid coverage for prevention and treatment of lymphedema; provide
To provide Medicaid coverage for the prevention and treatment of lymphedema
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Reproductive Freedom Act; enact
To remove the criminalizing of abortion, to create exceptions to the requirement of notifying parents of minors receiving aboritons, to have certain abortions covered by certain health insurance plans
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Paid Sick Leave Act
To require employers to provide paid sick leave for employees
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Georgia Work and Family Credit Act
Creates a state earned income tax credit
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Cost and effects of smoking joint study committee
To create the costs and effects of smoking joint study committee
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Health; first responders of municipal fire departments may engage in emergency medical transportation of patients; provide
To have first responders from fire departments help in the emergency medical transportation of patients
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Education; require local school systems to conduct suicide screenings on all students age eight through eighteen
To require school systems to conduct suicide screenings on students aged 8-18
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Georgia Pro-Birth Accountability Act
Requires state to compensate pregnant women that are forced to continue pregnancy due to fetal heartbeat bill
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Labor and industrial relations; use of sick leave for care of immediate family members; extend sunset provision
To enable employees to use their sick leave to take of their immediate family members
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Georgia Remember My Life Act; enact
To provide a digital memorial monument within the state capitol building for Georgians who have died from COVID-19
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Community Health, Department of; mitigate potential loss of Medicaid coverage caused by discontinuation of Families First Coronavirus Response Act; provide
To reduce the potential loss of Medicaid coverage that is caused by the discontinuation of the federal Families First Coronavirus Response Act
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Community Health, Department of; utilize appropriations for purposes of obtaining federal financial participation for medical assistance payments; provisions
To use appropriations for the purposes of receiving federal funding for medical assistance payments and to help in funding Medicaid expansion
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DCH; include continuous glucose monitors as a pharmacy benefit for Medicaid recipients
To require DCH to include continuous glucose monitors as a pharmacy benefit for Medicaid recipients
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Surprise Billing Consumer Protection Act
To set standards for health insurance plans offered to ensure quality healthcare for consumers
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Children and Youth Services; respite care for foster parents
To authorize longer periods of respite care for foster parents
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Commissioner of Insurance; general provisions; establishing an advisory committee
To authorize the Commissioner of Insurance to promulgate rulles, apply for federal money, and establish an advisory committee
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State Government; automatic repealer on the prohibition on state and local governments from requiring proof of COVID vaccination for government services; remove
To remove the requirement of providing proof of COVID-19 vaccination for government services
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Offenses Against Public Health and Morals; vaping in restricted areas is a misdemeanor punishable by fine
To make vaping in restricted areas a misdemeanor to be punished by a fine
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Human Trafficking Hotline Information; model notice requirements; increase the fine for failure to comply
To create a model of human trafficking hotline information for local businesses and the internet and to increase the fine for failure to follow the model
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Sick Leave for Care of Immediate Family Members; sunset provision relating to such sick leave requirements
To require employers to enable employees to use sick leave for the care of immediate family members
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Health; reimbursement of patient incurred expenses related to participation in a cancer clinical trial
To authorize the reimbursement of patient expenses that relate to participation in a cancer clinical trial
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Georgia Uniform Securities Act of 2008
To provide financial protections for elder and disabled adults who might be victims of financial exploitation by providing more reporting or notice requirements
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Unfair Trade Practices; health care insurer from requiring an opthalmonologist or optometrist to extend any discounts on services that are not covered eye care services
To prevent health care insurers from requiring ophthalmologists or optometrists from using discounts on eye care services that aren’t covered to get higher reimbursements
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Georgia Board of Health Care Workforce; student loan repayment for certain nursing faculty
To provide student loan repayment for nursing faculty
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Georgia Health and Economic Livelihood Partnership (HELP) Act; enact
Creates the Georgia Health and Economic Livelihood Partnership (HELP), which is a program that requires DCH to contract with a third party administrator to provide basic health care serivces to Medicaid members (unless they are on disability Medicaid) and creates a work readiness program for erollees.
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Public Health, Department of; establish grant program for physicians and nurse practitioners; provisions
To create a grant program for physicians and nurse practitioners to help fund for liability insurance premiums
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Insurance; affordable healthcare coverage for individuals diagnosed with cardiovascular disease; provide
To provide affordable health insurance for individuals diagnosed with cardiovascular disease
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Georgia Work and Family Credit Act
Creates a state earned income tax credit
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Mental health; emergency involuntary treatment for mental health and alcohol and drug dependency; revise procedures
Amends the procedure for involuntary medical treatment for mental health and substance use to require court orders for treatment to include an unexpired physicians certificate or sworn affidavits from at least two people that they have seen the person in the last 48 hours and believe their behavior requires involuntary treatment. The bill requires these documents be included in the patients medical record.
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Crimes and offenses; aggravated assault and battery of healthcare workers; expand enhanced punishment
To enhance punishment for aggravated assault or aggravated battery against health care workers in hospitals or health care facilities
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Control of Sexually Transmitted Disease; physicians and healthcare providers to test all pregnant women for HIV and syphilis at the first prenatal visit
To require healthcare providers to test all pregnant women for HIV and syphilis at least three times: the first prenatal visit, at 28-32 weeks gestation, and at delivery
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Georgia Dangerous Sexual Predator Prevention Act
To revise the name of the Sexual Offender Registration Review Board
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Mental health; grant program to aid service members, veterans, and their families
Requires DBHDD to set-up a grant program to provide behavioral health services to military service members, veterans, and their families.
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Health; ambulance services pay annual license fee
To repeal the requirement that every ambulance service annual license fees be deposited into the Indigent Care Trust Fund
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Legislation we’re watching
| Sort By: Bill Title Bill Status | Bill | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Insurance; insurers providing policies for groups of 20 or more to furnish claims experience at the request of a group policyholder; require | HB 63 | Senate Tabled (03/27/23) |
| Community Health, Department of; include continuous glucose monitors as a pharmacy benefit for Medicaid recipients | HB 143 | Senate Tabled (03/27/23) |
| Insurance; benefit provider to disclose certain payments to a treating healthcare provider | HB 362 | Senate Tabled (03/27/23) |
| Insurance, annual notification by insurers to male insured for coverage of prostate specific-antigen tests | HB 384 | Senate Tabled (03/27/23) |
| Anesthesiologist Assistant Act | SB 111 | Senate Tabled (03/06/2023) |
| Georgia Alzheimer’s and Related Dementias State Plan | HB 571 | Senate Read Second Time (3/20/23) |
| Professions and businesses; professional programs to address career fatigue and wellness in healthcare professionals | HB 455 | Senate Read Second Time (03/16/23) |
| Workers’ Compensation; the time period for the dissolution of the Subsequent Injury Trust Fund | SB 91 | Senate Read Second Time (02/21/23) |
| Sales and Use Taxes; sale or use of certain menstrual products; | SB 51 | Senate Read and Referrred (01/31/23) |
| Georgia EMS Reform Act | SB 16 | Senate Read and Referred (1/26/23) |
| Drug Abuse Treatment and Education Programs | SB 331 | Senate Read and Referred (03/27/23) |
| Sentencing and Imposition of Pubishment | SB 320 | Senate Read and Referred (03/21/23) |
| Lowering Prescription Drug Costs for Patients Act | SB 286 | Senate Read and Referred (03/06/23) |
| Pregnancy Protection Act | SB 283 | Senate Read and Referred (03/02/23) |
| Surgical or Diagnostic Procedures; certain examinations on an anesthetized or unconscious paient without prior informed consent | SB 267 | Senate Read and Referred (02/28/23) |
| Georgia Health Care Professionals Data System | SB 238 | Senate Read and Referred (02/23/23) |
| Professions and businesses; licensure of advanced practice registered nurses | HB 215 | Senate Read and Referred (02/21/23) |
| Social Security Coverage for Employees of the State | SB 206 | Senate Read and Referred (02/21/23) |
| Emergency Medical Services; hospital authorities may transfer its ambulance service license to its local governing body | SB 173 | Senate Read and Referred (02/15/23) |
| General Assembly; cardiopulmonary training to be offered to members and staff of the General Assembly and members of Capitol Police Division | SB 152 | Senate Read and Referred (02/14/2023) |
| Professions and Businesses; health care providers from performing specified practices on minors relating to altering a person’s appearance relating to gender | SB 141 | Senate Read and Referred (02/13/2023) |
| Health; functional automated external defibrillator on site | SB 150 | Senate Read and Referred (02/13/2023) |
| Georgia Work and Family Credit Act | SB 118 | Senate Read and Referred (02/09/2023) |
| Nurses; provision relating to the administration of anesthesia by certified registered nurse anesthetists | SB 102 | Senate Read and Referred (02/07/23) |
| Georgia Community Midwife Act | SB 81 | Senate Read and Referred (02/06/23) |
| Parents and Children Protection Act of 2023 | SB 88 | Senate Read and Referred (02/06/23) |
| Kathleen Cominski Act | SB 9 | Senate Read and Referred |
| Kathleen Cominski Act | SB 9 | Senate Read and Referred |
| Reproductive Freedom Act; enact | SB 15 | Senate Read and Referred |
| Torts; certain immunities from liability claims regarding COVID-19; provisions; revise | SB 2 | Senate Read and Referred |
| Health; financial stability requirements for applicants and licensees of personal care homes and assisted living communities | HB 309 | Senate Passed/Adopted (03/29/23) |
| State Employees’ Assurance Department; assignment of certain group term life insurance benefits | HB 317 | Senate Passed/Adopted (03/29/23) |
| Pharmacies; authorize qualified pharmacy technicians to administer certain vaccines | HB 416 | Senate Passed/Adopted (03/29/23) |
| Health; use of certified medication aides in penal institutions | HB 497 | Senate Passed/Adopted (03/29/23) |
| Commissioner of Insurance; promulgate rules and regulations regarding cost-sharing requirements for diagnostic and supplemental breast screening examinations | HB 315 | Senate Passed/Adopted (03/27/23) |
| Safer Hospitals Act | HB 383 | Senate Passed/Adopted (03/23/23) |
| Health; restrictions on sale and dispensing of contact lenses with respect to physicians | HB 203 | Senate Passed/Adopted (03/15/23) |
| Controlled Substances; Schedules I, IV, and V | HB 332 | Senate Passed/Adopted (03/13/23) |
| Public assistance; expand temporary assistance for needy families eligibility criteria to pregnant women | HB 129 | Senate Passed/Adopted (03/07/23) |
| Georgia Child Advocate for the Protection of Children Act | SB 258 | Senate Hopper (02/27/23) |
| Reproductive Freedom Act; enact | SB 15 | Senate Hopper |
| Georgia Access to Medical Cannabis Commission; subject to Administrative Procedure Act and laws governing open meetings and records | HB 196 | Senate Disagreed House Amend or Sub (03/29/23) |
| Hospitals; the treatment of gender dysphoria in minors performed in hospitals and other licensed healthcare facilities | SB 140 | Senate Date Signed by Governor (03/23/23) |
| Izzy’s Law | SB 107 | Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub (03/29/23) |
| Juvenile Code; a uniform process to assume custody of children as a result of disposition orders; | SB 133 | Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub (03/29/23) |
| Healthy Babies Act | SB 106 | Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub (03/27/23) |
| Nurses; licensure of advanced practice registered nurses | SB 164 | Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub (03/23/23) |
| Health Care Practitioners Truth and Transparency Act | SB 197 | Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub (03/23/23) |
| State’s Employee Benefit Plan Council; council to establish health savings accounts | SB 199 | Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub (03/23/23) |
| Evidence; sexual assault hearsay for disabled adults and 17 year olds | HB 218 | House Withdrawn, Recommitted (03/29/23) |
| Birth Certificate; issuance of a copy of the original birth certificate to certain adult persons who were adopted | SB 64 | House Withdrawn, Recommitted (03/29/23) |
| Insurance; prohibits insurers from discriminating against certain healthcare facilities and providers in connection with provider administered drugs | HB 417 | House Withdrawn, Recommitted (03/29/23) |
| Domestic relations; authorize child support and insurance policies for certain disabled children | HB 499 | House Withdrawn, Recommitted (02/28/2023) |
| Education; required information to parents of students regarding meningococcal meningitis and influenza and their vaccines | HB 213 | House Withdrawn, Recommitted (02/22/23) |
| Insurance; health care sharing ministry | HB 284 | House Withdrawn, Recommitted (02/13/2023) |
| Food Insecurity Eradication Act | SB 177 | House Withdrawn Recommitted (03/29/23) |
| Professions; authorize and regulate teledentistry by licensed dentists pusuant to permits | HB 441 | House Withdrawn Recommitted (03/29/23) |
| Public officers and employees; supplemental, illness specific insurance for certain first responders with occupatoinal post traumatic stress disorder | HB 451 | House Withdrawn Recommitted (03/29/23) |
| Crimes and offenses; aggravated assault and battery of healthcare workers | HB 487 | House Withdrawn Recommitted (03/29/23) |
| Georgia Pharmacy Practice Act – revise definition | HB 546 | House Withdrawn Recommitted (03/29/23) |
| Social Services; temporary assistance for needy families | HB 565 | House Withdrawn Recommitted (03/29/23) |
| State employees; three-year pilot program to provide coverage for the diagnosis and treatment of certain pediatric disorders | HB 140 | House Second Readers (2/01/23) |
| Revenue and taxation; repeal certain income tax credits | HB 818 | House Second Readers (03/29/23) |
| Insurance; revise certain tax credits | HB 819 | House Second Readers (03/29/23) |
| Quality Basic Education Act | HB 822 | House Second Readers (03/29/23) |
| Crimes and offense; criminal abortion; immaculate conception clause | HB 795 | House Second Readers (03/23/23) |
| Crimes and offenses; restrictions on performance of abortions; medical oath protection clause | HB 796 | House Second Readers (03/23/23) |
| Safer States Act | HB 803 | House Second Readers (03/23/23) |
| Health; provide requirements for nurse staffing in hospitals | HB 745 | House Second Readers (03/21/23) |
| State Employees’ Health Insurance Plan; state health benefit plans to cover insulin medication at a reduced rate | SB 76 | House Second Readers (03/08/23) |
| No Patient Left Alone Act | HB 663 | House Second Readers (03/07/23) |
| Johnny Tolbert III Heat Stroke Youth Protection Act | HB 665 | House Second Readers (03/07/23) |
| Disadvantaged Community Drinking Water Assistance Program | HB 667 | House Second Readers (03/07/23) |
| Professions and businesses; prohibit health care providers from performing practices on minors to alter their appearance relating to gender | HB 653 | House Second Readers (03/06/23) |
| Insurance; tax credits to be used by insurance companies against state insurance premium tax liability for contributing money to a nonlapsing flood disaster fund | HB 655 | House Second Readers (03/06/23) |
| Insurance; health benefit policy coverage for biomarker testing if supported by medical and scientific evidence | HB 659 | House Second Readers (03/06/23) |
| Expanding Medicaid to Improve Health Outcomes for New Mothers Act | HB 661 | House Second Readers (03/06/23) |
| Social services; reimbursement rates for services provided to Medicaid recipients are equal to Medicare maximum allowable rates | HB 629 | House Second Readers (03/02/2023) |
| Juvenile Code; termination of parental rights involving parental incapacity and child maltreatment | HB 603 | House Second Readers (03/01/23) |
| Persons and their rights; life from the moment of conception is accorded same rights and protections guaranteed to all persons | HB 604 | House Second Readers (03/01/23) |
| State health planning and development | HB 606 | House Second Readers (03/01/23) |
| Health; prohibit certain health care providers and facilities from discriminating against potential organ transplant recipients | HB 576 | House Second Readers (02/28/23) |
| Health; permit assisted living communities and personal care homes to enroll as Medicaid providers | HB 582 | House Second Readers (02/28/23) |
| Establishment of a pilot program for hospitals to purchase and sell charity care credits | HB 558 | House Second Readers (02/27/23) |
| Georgia Prenatal Equal Protection Act | HB 496 | House Second Readers (02/23/23) |
| Social services; Medicaid coverage of rapid whole genome sequencing | HB 521 | House Second Readers (02/23/23) |
| Medication and Patient Safety Act | HB 448 | House Second Readers (02/22/23) |
| Eurie Lee Martin Act | HB 361 | House Second Readers (02/15/2023) |
| Health, eligibility to receive tax credits | HB 363 | House Second Readers (02/15/2023) |
| Sexual Assault Reform Act of 2023 | HB 365 | House Second Readers (02/15/2023) |
| Insurance; autism; Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders | HB 378 | House Second Readers (02/15/2023) |
| Behavioral health; conduct or coordinate all audits of behavioral health providers | HB 339 | House Second Readers (02/14/2023) |
| Blind Persons’ Braille Literacy Rights and Education Act | HB 341 | House Second Readers (02/14/2023) |
| Sales and use tax; sale or use of certain oral hygiene products | HB 345 | House Second Readers (02/14/2023) |
| Healthy Food Development Program Act | HB 321 | House Second Readers (02/13/2023) |
| Medical Freedom Act | HB 266 | House Second Readers (02/09/2023) |
| Surprise Billing Consumer Protection Act | HB 286 | House Second Readers (02/09/2023) |
| Health; feminine hygiene products containing restricted substances | HB 257 | House Second Readers (02/08/2023) |
| Menstrual Product Transparency Act | HB 258 | House Second Readers (02/08/2023) |
| Sales and use tax; certain absorbent diapers, undergarments, and pads | HB 211 | House Second Readers (02/07/23) |
| Professions and businesses; authorize registered nurses and physician assistants to certify an individual is disabled for purposes of obtaining special vehicle decals | HB 214 | House Second Readers (02/07/23) |
| Criminal procedure; award made from Georgia Crime Victims Emergency Fund to sexual assault survivors for medical treatment or counseling | HB 216 | House Second Readers (02/07/23) |
| Penal institutions; require public disclosure of certain data pertaining to health, safety, or other conditions of detention of inmates | HB 232 | House Second Readers (02/07/23) |
| Penal institutions; require certain mental illness evaluations of persons detained in a penal institution | HB 234 | House Second Readers (02/07/23) |
| Penal institutions; policies for breast milk storage and breast feeding of a delivered child | HB 235 | House Second Readers (02/07/23) |
| Behavioral Health and Development Disabilities, Department of; create and maintain electronic inpatient psychiatric bed registry; require | HB 4 | House Second Readers (02/07/23) |
| Public assistance; use certain benefits for purchasing diapers or menstrual products; provide for waiver request | HB 6 | House Second Readers (02/07/23) |
| Behavioral Health and Development Disabilities, Department of; establish school-linked behavioral health grant program; provide | HB 7 | House Second Readers (02/07/23) |
| Education; attendance policies consider mental and behavioral health; provide | HB 8 | House Second Readers (02/07/23) |
| Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities, Department of; create and maintain Georgia Crisis and Access Line; statutorily require | HB 9 | House Second Readers (02/07/23) |
| Insurance; mental health parity requirements | HB 184 | House Second Readers (02/06/23) |
| Undocumented Persons Family Violence Protection Act | HB 194 | House Second Readers (02/06/23) |
| Public Health, Department of; carry out projects to increase education, awareness, or diagnosis of valvular heart disease | HB 201 | House Second Readers (02/06/23) |
| Professions and businesses; definition of physical therapy to include ordering diagnostic imaging and using ultrasound | HB 150 | House Second Readers (02/02/23) |
| Mental health; notice of admission and daily updates to the parent or legal guardian of an involuntary minor patient under 12 years of age | HB 172 | House Second Readers (02/02/23) |
| Right to Breathe Act | HB 26 | House Second Readers |
| Surprise Billing Consumer Protection Act; require provider to notify a covered person if services require $100.00 or more in out-of-pocket costs | HB 70 | House Second Readers |
| Social services; Medicaid coverage for prevention and treatment of lymphedema; provide | HB 74 | House Second Readers |
| Reproductive Freedom Act; enact | HB 75 | House Second Readers |
| Paid Sick Leave Act | HB 78 | House Second Readers |
| Health; first responders of municipal fire departments may engage in emergency medical transportation of patients; provide | HB 124 | House Second Readers |
| Education; require local school systems to conduct suicide screenings on all students age eight through eighteen | HB 141 | House Second Readers |
| Georgia Pro-Birth Accountability Act | HB 1 | House Second Readers |
| Labor and industrial relations; use of sick leave for care of immediate family members; extend sunset provision | HB 16 | House Second Readers |
| Georgia Remember My Life Act; enact | HB 24 | House Second Readers |
| DCH; include continuous glucose monitors as a pharmacy benefit for Medicaid recipients | SB 109 | House Passed/Adopted by Susbititute (03/27/23) |
| Children and Youth Services; respite care for foster parents | SB 216 | House Passed/Adopted (03/27/23) |
| State Government; automatic repealer on the prohibition on state and local governments from requiring proof of COVID vaccination for government services; remove | SB 1 | House Passed/Adopted (03/23/23) |
| Human Trafficking Hotline Information; model notice requirements; increase the fine for failure to comply | SB 42 | House Passed/Adopted (03/20/23) |
| Sick Leave for Care of Immediate Family Members; sunset provision relating to such sick leave requirements | SB 61 | House Passed/Adopted (03/20/23) |
| Health; reimbursement of patient incurred expenses related to participation in a cancer clinical trial | SB 223 | House Passed/Adopted (03/20/23) |
| Georgia Uniform Securities Act of 2008 | SB 84 | House Passed/Adopted (03/15/23) |
| Unfair Trade Practices; health care insurer from requiring an opthalmonologist or optometrist to extend any discounts on services that are not covered eye care services | SB 27 | House Passed/Adopted (03/14/23) |
| Georgia Board of Health Care Workforce; student loan repayment for certain nursing faculty | SB 246 | House Insisted (03/29/23) |
| Georgia Health and Economic Livelihood Partnership (HELP) Act; enact | HB 62 | House Hopper |
| Public Health, Department of; establish grant program for physicians and nurse practitioners; provisions | HB 66 | House Hopper |
| Insurance; affordable healthcare coverage for individuals diagnosed with cardiovascular disease; provide | HB 67 | House Hopper |
| Mental health; emergency involuntary treatment for mental health and alcohol and drug dependency; revise procedures | HB 41 | House First Readers |
| Crimes and offenses; aggravated assault and battery of healthcare workers; expand enhanced punishment | HB 46 | House First Readers |
| Control of Sexually Transmitted Disease; physicians and healthcare providers to test all pregnant women for HIV and syphilis at the first prenatal visit | SB 46 | House Committee Favorably Reported (03/15/23) |
| Georgia Dangerous Sexual Predator Prevention Act | HB 188 | House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub (03/29/23) |
| Mental health; grant program to aid service members, veterans, and their families | HB 414 | House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub (03/29/23) |
| Health; ambulance services pay annual license fee | HB 453 | House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub (03/29/23) |
Insurance; insurers providing policies for groups of 20 or more to furnish claims experience at the request of a group policyholder; require
Requires insurers providing policies for groups of 20 or more to timely furnish claims experience at the request of a group policyholder
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Income Tax; limit eligibility for rural physician tax credit to physicians who qualify on or before December 31, 2023
To limit the eligibility for rural physicians tax credits and create a new tax credit for rural physicians, dentists, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants
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Community Health, Department of; include continuous glucose monitors as a pharmacy benefit for Medicaid recipients
To provide continuous glucose monitors for Medicaid recipients as a pharmacy benefit
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Insurance; benefit provider to disclose certain payments to a treating healthcare provider
For benefit providers to disclose payments to treating healthcare providers
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Insurance, annual notification by insurers to male insured for coverage of prostate specific-antigen tests
Requires DOI regulated plans to notify each insured male of the coverage of annual prostate cancer screening when they turn 40
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Safe at Home Act
Requires a landlord to have a duty of habitability in rental agreements
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Anesthesiologist Assistant Act
To have anesthesiologist assistants to be appointed in an advisory capacity to the Georgia Composite Medical Board
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Georgia Alzheimer’s and Related Dementias State Plan
To ensure that the Georgia Alzheimer’s and Related Dementias State Plan be updated every four years
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Professions and businesses; professional programs to address career fatigue and wellness in healthcare professionals
To enforce professional programs to address career fatigue and wellness in healthcare professionals
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Health; certificate of need requirements for all health care facilities except certain long-term care facilities and services
To eliminate the certificate of need requirements for all health care facilities except for long term care facilities and services
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Workers’ Compensation; the time period for the dissolution of the Subsequent Injury Trust Fund
To extend the time period for the dissolution of the Subsequent Injury Trust Fund
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Sales and Use Taxes; sale or use of certain menstrual products;
To exempt menstrual products from sales taxes
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Georgia EMS Reform Act
To amend the current Emergency Medical Systems Communications Program in specified territories
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Medical Assistance; program of premium assistance to enable eligible individuals to obtain health care coverage
To provide premium assistance to eligible individuals to get health care coverage and create necessary state plan amendments or federal waivers
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Drug Abuse Treatment and Education Programs
To provide for the certification of recovery residences
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Sentencing and Imposition of Pubishment
To provide for time frames for HIV testing
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Private Review Agents
To provide for health insurers to implement and maintain a program that allows for the selective application of reduction in prior authorization requirements under certain circumstances
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Lowering Prescription Drug Costs for Patients Act
To regulate and license pharmacy benefits managers and require calculations of defined cost sharing for insurers at the point of sale
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Mental Health bill
Aims to address those with BH issues that frequently interact with justice system and law enforcement, increase BH workforce, increase state capacity for in-patient BH care, and increase Medicaid spending on BH
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Lowering Prescription Drug Costs for Patients Act
To require pharmacy benefits managers to calculate cost sharing for pharmaceutical medications at the point of sale
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Pregnancy Protection Act
To provide reasonable accommodations to job applicants and employees for circumstances related to pregnancy, childbirth, and related conditions
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Surgical or Diagnostic Procedures; certain examinations on an anesthetized or unconscious paient without prior informed consent
To prohibit examinations on an anesthetized or unconscious patient without prior informed consent
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Georgia Health Care Professionals Data System
To establish the Georgia Health Care Professionals Data System
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Professions and businesses; licensure of advanced practice registered nurses
To assist in licensure of advanced practice RNs, to assist in licensure requirements, to create a misdemeanor to practice advanced nursing practice without a license
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Social Security Coverage for Employees of the State
To provide social security coverage for employees of the state and its political subdivision who are members of the Public School Employees Retirement System
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Emergency Medical Services; hospital authorities may transfer its ambulance service license to its local governing body
To require hospital authorities may transfer its ambulance service license to its direct governing body
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General Assembly; cardiopulmonary training to be offered to members and staff of the General Assembly and members of Capitol Police Division
To provide cardiopulmonary training to the members and staff of the General Assembly and the Capitol Police Division
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Professions and Businesses; health care providers from performing specified practices on minors relating to altering a person’s appearance relating to gender
To prohibit health care providers from altering a person’s appearance relating to gender
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Health; functional automated external defibrillator on site
To require public schools, health clubs, and public sports facilities to have at least one functional automated external defibrillator on site
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Georgia Work and Family Credit Act
To revise state income tax credit based on federal qualified child and dependt care tax credit (up to 25% of the federal child tax credit) and income tax credit of 20% of the federal earned income tax credit
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Nurses; provision relating to the administration of anesthesia by certified registered nurse anesthetists
To revise a provision regarding the administration of anesthesia by certified registered nurse anesthetists
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Georgia Community Midwife Act
To regulate and provide licensure of community midwives
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Parents and Children Protection Act of 2023
To prohibit certain actions of adults acting in loco parentis (in place of a parent) between parent and child relationships
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Kathleen Cominski Act
To require state office buildings to have at least one automated external defibrillator on site for all times, in case of emergencies
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Kathleen Cominski Act
To require state office buildings to have at least one automated external defibrillator on site for all times, in case of emergencies
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Reproductive Freedom Act; enact
To remove the criminalizing of abortion, to create exceptions to the requirement of notifying parents of minors receiving aboritons, to have certain abortions covered by certain health insurance plans
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Medical Assistance; authorization of appropriations for the purposes of obtaining federal financial participation for medical assistance payments to providers of Medicaid expansion
To get federal financial help for medical assistance payments for healthcare providers of Medicaid expansion (under the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010)
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Torts; certain immunities from liability claims regarding COVID-19; provisions; revise
To provide immunity from liability claims as they relate to COVID-19
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Insurance; consumer protections against surprise billing
Revise surprise billing law
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Health; financial stability requirements for applicants and licensees of personal care homes and assisted living communities
To revise financial stability requirements for applicants and licensees of personal care homes and assisted living communities
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State Employees’ Assurance Department; assignment of certain group term life insurance benefits
To assign certain group term life insurance benefits to pay for funeral services of a deceased indivudal who was a member of the Employees’ Retirement System of Georgia, Georgia Legislative Retirement System, or Georgia Judicial Retirement System
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Pharmacies; authorize qualified pharmacy technicians to administer certain vaccines
Allows pharmacy technicians, under the supervision of a licensed pharmacist, to administer COVID-19 and other vaccines included in the CDC’s adult immunization schedule to adults 18 and older
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Health; use of certified medication aides in penal institutions
To authorize the use of certified medication aides in penal institutions
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Commissioner of Insurance; promulgate rules and regulations regarding cost-sharing requirements for diagnostic and supplemental breast screening examinations
Require MRI and ultrasound breast exams to be covered with same cost-sharing as mammograms
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Safer Hospitals Act
Enhanced penalties for aggravated assault against hospital employees
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Health; restrictions on sale and dispensing of contact lenses with respect to physicians
To restrict both the sale or dispensing of contact lenses from physicians to aid in controlling hazardous conditions, preventable diseases, and metabolic disorders
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Insurance; require health benefit policy coverage for bio marker testing if supported by medical and scientific evidence
To require bio marker testing to be covered by health insurance policies if supported by medical and scientific evidence
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Controlled Substances; Schedules I, IV, and V
To create provisions about Schedule I controlled substances, Schedule IV controlled substances, and Schedule V controlled substances
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Public assistance; expand temporary assistance for needy families eligibility criteria to pregnant women
To expand temporary assistance for a wide variety of populations such as families in need to pregnant women for public assistance payments
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Georgians with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilties Innovation Commission, create
Creates the Georgians with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Innovation Commission for long-term strategic planning purposes around complex issues such as managed care, workforce wages and incentives, direct service provider career paths, transportation, housing, employment, systems management, innovation and technology processes, service delivery and technology innovations, planning list management, funds utilization, and other topics as needed
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Georgia Child Advocate for the Protection of Children Act
To provide additional legal representation of children and parents
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Reproductive Freedom Act; enact
To remove the criminalizing of abortion, to create exceptions to the requirement of notifying parents of minors receiving aboritons, to have certain abortions covered by certain health insurance plans
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Georgia Access to Medical Cannabis Commission; subject to Administrative Procedure Act and laws governing open meetings and records
To have the Georgia Access to Medical Cannabis Commision to enforce the Administrative Procedure Act and to have open records about medical cannabis use
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Hospitals; the treatment of gender dysphoria in minors performed in hospitals and other licensed healthcare facilities
To prohibit certain surgical procedures for the treatment of gender dysphoria in minors
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Izzy’s Law
To have DPH create a model aquatic safety plan that is based off of national standards for private swim instructors that will be available for download on their public website
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Juvenile Code; a uniform process to assume custody of children as a result of disposition orders;
To create a uniform process to assume custody of children from disposition orders
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Healthy Babies Act
To create a three-year pilot program to provide coverage for remote maternal health clinical services under the Medicaid program
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Nurses; licensure of advanced practice registered nurses
To provide licensure requirements for advanced practice registered nurses
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Health Care Practitioners Truth and Transparency Act
Prohibits licensed medical providers from using deceptive or misleading terms or false representations in advertisements and representations
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State’s Employee Benefit Plan Council; council to establish health savings accounts
Requires the State Health Benefit Plan to include Health Savings Accounts
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Evidence; sexual assault hearsay for disabled adults and 17 year olds
To provide sexual assault hearsay for disabled adults and 17 year olds
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Social services; treatment services under Medicaid to persons with HIV
To require DCH to submit a section 1115 waiver request to CMS for a demo project to provide treatment services to individuals with HIV under Medicaid
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Birth Certificate; issuance of a copy of the original birth certificate to certain adult persons who were adopted
To either provide a copy of an original birth certificate to adults who were adopted or to issue a new birth certificate following adoption or the results of a paternity test
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Insurance; prohibits insurers from discriminating against certain healthcare facilities and providers in connection with provider administered drugs
Prohibits insurers for not reimbursing contracted providers for medications administered by the provider
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Domestic relations; authorize child support and insurance policies for certain disabled children
To authorize child support and insurance policies for disabled children that are of legal age but are unable to support themselves independently
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Education; required information to parents of students regarding meningococcal meningitis and influenza and their vaccines
To require educating parents of students of elementary and secondary schools about meningococcal meningitis and influenza vaccines
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Insurance; health care sharing ministry
To allow taxpayers to deduct theh full amount paid for shares as a member of a health care sharing organization out of their taxable income
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Food Insecurity Eradication Act
To create the Georgia Food Security Advisory Council
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Professions; authorize and regulate teledentistry by licensed dentists pusuant to permits
To authorize and regulate teledentistry in Georgia by licensed dentists pursuant to permits issued by the Georgia Board of Dentistry
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Public officers and employees; supplemental, illness specific insurance for certain first responders with occupatoinal post traumatic stress disorder
To require supplemental, illness-specific insurance to first responders diagnosed with occupational post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
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Crimes and offenses; aggravated assault and battery of healthcare workers
To increase punishment for aggravated assault and aggravated battery committed upon all health workers in a hospital or healthcare facility
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Georgia Pharmacy Practice Act – revise definition
Revises definition of “pharmacy care”
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Social Services; temporary assistance for needy families
To increase access to social benefits for needy families
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State employees; three-year pilot program to provide coverage for the diagnosis and treatment of certain pediatric disorders
To create a three-year pilot program to provide coverage for the diagnosis and treatment of two diseases under the state health benefit plan: Pediatric Autoimmune Neuropsychiatric Disorders associated with streptococcal infection (PANDAS) and Pediatric Acute Onset Neuropsychiatric Syndrome (PANS)
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Revenue and taxation; repeal certain income tax credits
To repeal certain income tax credits and to revise certain sales tax exemptions
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Insurance; revise certain tax credits
To eliminate a certain income tax deduction
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Quality Basic Education Act
To provide that the prescribed course of study in sex education and HIV prevention instruction is age appropriate and medically accurate
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Crimes and offense; criminal abortion; immaculate conception clause
To enact the immaculate conception clause and provide for equal application and penalties
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Crimes and offenses; restrictions on performance of abortions; medical oath protection clause
To enact the medical oath protection clause, to provide for review of alleged medical professional misconduct prior to adjudication
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Safer States Act
To prohibit the use of certain flame retardants
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Health; provide requirements for nurse staffing in hospitals
To provide nurse staffing requirements in hospitals
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State Employees’ Health Insurance Plan; state health benefit plans to cover insulin medication at a reduced rate
To provide a state health benefit plan to cover insulin medication at a cheaper rate
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No Patient Left Alone Act
To protect visitors with proper PPE and authorize hospitals and long-term care facilities to limit or restrict visitation in certain circumstances
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Johnny Tolbert III Heat Stroke Youth Protection Act
To require local operating parks and recreation facilities to ensure they are equipped with materials to protect youth athletic organizations from heat related injuries
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Disadvantaged Community Drinking Water Assistance Program
To establish the Disadvantaged Community Drinking Water Assistance Program
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Professions and businesses; prohibit health care providers from performing practices on minors to alter their appearance relating to gender
To prohibit heath care providers from performing practices that alter a person’s appearance relating to gender on minors
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Insurance; tax credits to be used by insurance companies against state insurance premium tax liability for contributing money to a nonlapsing flood disaster fund
To provide tax credits to be used by insurance companies against state insurance premium tax liability to contribute money to flood disaster funds
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Insurance; health benefit policy coverage for biomarker testing if supported by medical and scientific evidence
To require health benefit policy coverage for biomarker testing if supported by both medical and scientific evidence
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Expanding Medicaid to Improve Health Outcomes for New Mothers Act
To expand Medicaid eligibility for mothers for one year following birth
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Social services; reimbursement rates for services provided to Medicaid recipients are equal to Medicare maximum allowable rates
To provide reimbursement rates for services provided to Medicaid recipients are equal to the applicable Medicare maximum allowable reimbursement rates
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Certificate of Need Requirements; exemption for acute care hospitals established in rural counties that meet certain criteria
To create exemptions for acute care hospitals that are established in rural counties
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Juvenile Code; termination of parental rights involving parental incapacity and child maltreatment
To expedite and prioritize processes for the termination of parental rights in certain cases of incapacity of parents and child maltreatment
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Persons and their rights; life from the moment of conception is accorded same rights and protections guaranteed to all persons
States that life is valued and protected from the moment of conception and that each life is accorded to the same rights and protections guaranteed to all persons
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State health planning and development
To update definitions of certificate of need and requirements
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Health; prohibit certain health care providers and facilities from discriminating against potential organ transplant recipients
To prohibit health care providers and facilities from discriminating against potential organ transplant receipients due to the vaccine status of the potential recipient
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Health; permit assisted living communities and personal care homes to enroll as Medicaid providers
To permit assisted living communities and personal care homes to enroll as Medicaid providers
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Establishment of a pilot program for hospitals to purchase and sell charity care credits
Creates a pilot program for hospitals to purchase and sell charity care credits to meet their charity care requirements
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Georgia Prenatal Equal Protection Act
To provide exceptions for mothers of unborn children as a legal defendant
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Social services; Medicaid coverage of rapid whole genome sequencing
For Medicaid to cover rapid whole genome sequencing
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Medication and Patient Safety Act
To ensure that covered individuals have safe and affordable access to physician-administered medication
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Department of Community Health; 12 months of continuous eligibility for Medicaid and PeachCare for Kids Program; provide
Requires DCH to provide 12 months of continuous eligibility for kids enrolled in Medicaid or PeachCare for Kids
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Equity Impact Act
Requires OPB to work with the Department of Audits and the Department of Community Affairs to produce equity impact statements on all legislation that impacts health, housing, primary or secondary education, and tax policy.
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Eurie Lee Martin Act
To create a state-wide data base by the Criminal Justice Coordinating Council to identify individuals who suffer from addictive diseases, developmental disabilities, or mental illness
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Health, eligibility to receive tax credits
To increase the tax credit limit that are contributed by corporate donors to rural hospital organizations
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Sexual Assault Reform Act of 2023
To authorize the Criminal Justice Coordinating Council to both create and operate a state-wide sexual assault tracking system
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Insurance; autism; Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders
To update the reference to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders to cover autism
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Behavioral health; conduct or coordinate all audits of behavioral health providers
Relating to the governing and regulation of mental health, coordinate or conduct audits of all behavioral health providers
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Blind Persons’ Braille Literacy Rights and Education Act
To require an evaluation of a blind or visually impaired student to determine student’s need for Braille instruction in indivdiualized education programs
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Sales and use tax; sale or use of certain oral hygiene products
To exempt the sale or use of certain oral hygiene products from sales tax
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Healthy Food Development Program Act
To provide for the establishment of the Healthy Food Development Program
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Medical Freedom Act
To repeal DPH’s authority and all county boards of health’s authority to require the submission of vaccinations
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Surprise Billing Consumer Protection Act
To provide certain consumer protects against surprise billing for ambulance services and require health care plans to reimburse for ambuance services for non-participating ambulance providers
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Health; feminine hygiene products containing restricted substances
To prohibit feminine hygiene products that containe restricted or harmful substances from being distributed, sold, or offered for sale
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Menstrual Product Transparency Act
To require specific labeling on menstrual product packaging regarding ingredients
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Sales and use tax; certain absorbent diapers, undergarments, and pads
To have diapers, undergarments, and pads exempt from sales taxes
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Professions and businesses; authorize registered nurses and physician assistants to certify an individual is disabled for purposes of obtaining special vehicle decals
To have special license plates for vehicles of physicians, physisican assistants, and to empower physicians to delegate the authority to prescribe Schedule II controlled substances to physician assistants and RNs
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Criminal procedure; award made from Georgia Crime Victims Emergency Fund to sexual assault survivors for medical treatment or counseling
To provide compensation from the Georgia Crime Victimes Emergency Fund for sexual assault survivors for medical treatment or counseling
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Penal institutions; require public disclosure of certain data pertaining to health, safety, or other conditions of detention of inmates
To require the public disclosure of the health, safety, or other conditions of inmates
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Penal institutions; require certain mental illness evaluations of persons detained in a penal institution
To require that certain mental illness evaluations of inmates in a penal institutions are performed
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Penal institutions; policies for breast milk storage and breast feeding of a delivered child
To provide means for breast milk storage and for breast feeding of a delivered child, require DPH to provide breast pumps, and both prenatal and postpartum care for inmates
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Behavioral Health and Development Disabilities, Department of; create and maintain electronic inpatient psychiatric bed registry; require
To create an electroninc inpatient psychiatric bed registry through Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities
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Public assistance; use certain benefits for purchasing diapers or menstrual products; provide for waiver request
To provide assistance for purchasing diapers or menstrual hygiene products to individuals who are recipients of certain public assistance benefits, like WIC and SNAP through Department of Human Services
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Behavioral Health and Development Disabilities, Department of; establish school-linked behavioral health grant program; provide
To establish a behavioral health program in schools through Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities
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Education; attendance policies consider mental and behavioral health; provide
To provide excused absences for mental and behavioral health in school.
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Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities, Department of; create and maintain Georgia Crisis and Access Line; statutorily require
To create, operate, and maintain the Georgia Crisis and Access Line through Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities
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Insurance; mental health parity requirements
To enforce specific federal regulations for mental health parity (to ensure that mental health and substance abuse treatments be as easy to access as other health care treatments)
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Revenue and taxation; consumable vapor products; increase rate of tax
Increase the rate of tax on vaping and tobacco products and have the proceeds of the tax to be utilized for healthcare purposes
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Undocumented Persons Family Violence Protection Act
Any undocumented victim of family violence that seeks assistance with law enforcement would not be arrested, charged, or prosecuted for being undocumented
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Public Health, Department of; carry out projects to increase education, awareness, or diagnosis of valvular heart disease
To have the DPH increase education, awareness, or diagnosis of valvular heart disease and to reduce the incidence of sudden cardiac death that might be caused by valvular heart disease
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Revenue and taxation; pack of cigarettes; increase rate of tax
Increase the rate of tax on each pack of cigarettes and have the proceeds of the tax to be utilized for healthcare purposes
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Professions and businesses; definition of physical therapy to include ordering diagnostic imaging and using ultrasound
To change the definition of physical therapy to also include ordering diagnostic imaging and the use of ultrasounds
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Mental health; notice of admission and daily updates to the parent or legal guardian of an involuntary minor patient under 12 years of age
To create notices of admission and provide daily updates from facilities to parental or legal guardians for involuntary minor patients under 12 years of age
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Right to Breathe Act
Requires the Department of Community affairs to include certain indoor air quality provisions in applicable state minimum standard codes, to require the installation of indoor air quality equipment and utilization of best practices in new construction permitted on or after July 1, 2024.
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Surprise Billing Consumer Protection Act; require provider to notify a covered person if services require $100.00 or more in out-of-pocket costs
Requires out-of-network providers to give notice if the patient will have to pay $100 or more out-of-pocket
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Social services; Medicaid coverage for prevention and treatment of lymphedema; provide
To provide Medicaid coverage for the prevention and treatment of lymphedema
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Reproductive Freedom Act; enact
To remove the criminalizing of abortion, to create exceptions to the requirement of notifying parents of minors receiving aboritons, to have certain abortions covered by certain health insurance plans
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Paid Sick Leave Act
To require employers to provide paid sick leave for employees
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Georgia Work and Family Credit Act
Creates a state earned income tax credit
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Cost and effects of smoking joint study committee
To create the costs and effects of smoking joint study committee
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Health; first responders of municipal fire departments may engage in emergency medical transportation of patients; provide
To have first responders from fire departments help in the emergency medical transportation of patients
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Education; require local school systems to conduct suicide screenings on all students age eight through eighteen
To require school systems to conduct suicide screenings on students aged 8-18
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Georgia Pro-Birth Accountability Act
Requires state to compensate pregnant women that are forced to continue pregnancy due to fetal heartbeat bill
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Labor and industrial relations; use of sick leave for care of immediate family members; extend sunset provision
To enable employees to use their sick leave to take of their immediate family members
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Georgia Remember My Life Act; enact
To provide a digital memorial monument within the state capitol building for Georgians who have died from COVID-19
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Community Health, Department of; mitigate potential loss of Medicaid coverage caused by discontinuation of Families First Coronavirus Response Act; provide
To reduce the potential loss of Medicaid coverage that is caused by the discontinuation of the federal Families First Coronavirus Response Act
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Community Health, Department of; utilize appropriations for purposes of obtaining federal financial participation for medical assistance payments; provisions
To use appropriations for the purposes of receiving federal funding for medical assistance payments and to help in funding Medicaid expansion
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DCH; include continuous glucose monitors as a pharmacy benefit for Medicaid recipients
To require DCH to include continuous glucose monitors as a pharmacy benefit for Medicaid recipients
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