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A Consumer Health Advocate’s Guide to the 2017 Georgia Legislative Session

This annual publication provides information on the legislative process, legislators, key agency officials, advocate contacts, and more. It is a tool that advocates, volunteers, and anyone who wants a guide to help them talk to their policymakers about the issues they care about can use. This is the 2017 edition.

This annual publication provides information on the legislative process, legislators, key agency officials, advocate contacts, and more. It is a tool that advocates, volunteers, and anyone who wants a guide to help them talk to their policymakers about the issues they care about can use. This is the 2017 edition.

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