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County Boards of Health; operational policies and procedures of the Department of Public Health apply to local personnel

All policies and procedures of the Georgia Department of Public Health apply to the local personnel of county boards of health, as well as grant the Georgia Department of Public Health the ability to establish health districts.


Health; eligibility to receive tax credits; revise a definition; provisions

Revise the Rural Hospital Tax Credit Program to increase the tax credit limit for contributions by corporate donors, and to clarify that if contributions exceed the maximum limit for an individual hospital that the remaining money should be distributed among other rural providers.


Preeclampsia Biomarker Testing

This bill will require Medicaid and all private insurance regulated by the state to provide biomarker testing for preeclampsia at the first prenatal health visit for pregnant individuals.


Drug Abuse Treatment and Education Programs

To provide for the certification of recovery residences


Sentencing and Imposition of Pubishment

To provide for time frames for HIV testing


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


Insurance; revise certain tax credits

To eliminate a certain income tax deduction


Revenue and taxation; repeal certain income tax credits

To repeal certain income tax credits and to revise certain sales tax exemptions


Safer States Act

To prohibit the use of certain flame retardants


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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