Georgia House Bill 160 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 4-1)
Status: Engrossed on February 21 2019 - 50% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-02-22 - Senate Read and Referred
Pending: Senate Health and Human Services Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 2 of Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Department of Community Health, so as to reinstate a pilot program to provide coverage for bariatric surgical procedures for the treatment and management of obesity and related conditions under the state health insurance plan; to provide for definitions; to provide for eligibility, requirements, and evaluation report for the four-year pilot program; to provide for automatic repeal; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Community Health, Department of; pilot program to provide coverage for bariatric surgical procedures; reinstate

Rep. Katie Dempsey [R]	Rep. Sharon Cooper [R]	Rep. Mark Newton [R]	Rep. Sheila Jones [D]
Rep. James Hatchett [R]

2019-02-21 - House - House Vote #52 (Y: 146 N: 20 NV: 6 Abs: 6) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-02-22	Senate	Senate Read and Referred
2019-02-21	House	House Passed/Adopted
2019-02-21	House	House Third Readers
2019-02-12	House	House Committee Favorably Reported
2019-02-08	House	House Second Readers
2019-02-07	House	House First Readers
2019-02-06	House	House Hopper

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/54615
Text	https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20192020/180540
Roll Call	https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/54615#16550