Archives: Bills

Take away extra hearing and notice provisions for halfway houses, drug rehabilitation centers, and other drug treatment facilities.

Make sure there are enough pharmacists for the number of pharmacy technicians, that reverse drug distributors need to try to give away unused medicine instead of throwing it away, and that drugs can be substituted for the one prescribed.

Allow for certain Behavioral Health Coordinating Council members to be represented by a delegate or agent.

Change the name to Georgia Affordable Housing Tax Credits, and make changes to the distribution of credits for certain project types.

Increase the number of hours permitted for paid parental leave to all public offices and employees, and to clarify that people employed full time by education agencies also qualify for this.

Require that certain government buildings, courthouses, and university buildings have opioid agonists like Narcan accessible and provide training on how to administer it.

Authorize applicants currently enrolled in a master’s program to take the master’s social work exam in the final semester of their program.

Allow for physicians to pass the duty of prescribing Schedule II controlled substances on to certain advanced nurse practitioners or physician assistants.

When licensing requirements have been met but the professional licensing board does not act within a certain amount of time, the Secretary of State can issue licenses.

Create a grant program to provide funding for extra behavioral health training positions.