Archives: Bills

To provide exceptions for mothers of unborn children as a legal defendant

To increase punishment for aggravated assault and aggravated battery committed upon all health workers in a hospital or healthcare facility

To enforce professional programs to address career fatigue and wellness in healthcare professionals

To repeal the requirement that every ambulance service annual license fees be deposited into the Indigent Care Trust Fund

To require supplemental, illness-specific insurance to first responders diagnosed with occupational post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)

To ensure that covered individuals have safe and affordable access to physician-administered medication

To authorize and regulate teledentistry in Georgia by licensed dentists pursuant to permits issued by the Georgia Board of Dentistry

To authorize longer periods of respite care for foster parents

To provide social security coverage for employees of the state and its political subdivision who are members of the Public School Employees Retirement System

The following protections will be provided to Georgia renters:

• Residential rental properties are fit for human habitation;
• Cooling as a utility cannot be shut off after an order for eviction has been issued by the court;
• Allows a tenant three (3) business days following a written eviction notice to pay money that is due prior to a lawsuit seeking to evict them may be filed with the court; and
• Limiting landlords from requiring a security deposit that exceeds two months’ rent.