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Require continuous glucose monitors as a pharmacy benefit for those who receive Medicaid.

Outline the licensing and renewal requirements and processes for advanced practice registered nurses.

Require illness-specific insurance for first responders with post-traumatic stress disorder, as well as change some insurance benefits for eligible first responders.

This Act adds mental health screening to the physical exams required for sports in schools, as well as add in other provisions to address mental health risks for student athletes.

Orders must be served within 24 hours of the court issuing that order.

Allow medical military personnel to be exempt from trainings and competency programs for certain programs like certified nursing aids, emergency medical services, and licensed practical nurses.

Health benefit programs cannot impose a step therapy protocol, or require people to try alternative medications before the drug prescribed to them, for drugs prescribed to treat a serious mental illness. It also updates a law in Georgia about how insurance companies and other parties handle medical bills for people on government assistance, making sure they cooperate with the state, pay bills promptly, and share necessary information about patients.

Define minimum prison terms for convicted felons and certain first offender probationers that have also been charged with possession of firearms. Also include the text from HB 1264, which created a rehabilitation system for healthcare professionals.

Create a professional health program to monitor and rehabilitate impaired healthcare workers.

Create a two-year pilot program to put extra ambulances in certain areas of the state.