Georgia House Bill 629 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on March 14 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-03-21 - House Second Readers
Pending: House Health and Human Services Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 34 of Title 43 of the O.C.G.A., relating to physicians, assistants, and others, so as to provide for the refusal, suspension, or revocation of the license of a physician who has committed a sexual assault on a patient; to provide for mandatory reporting by health care professionals who have reasonable cause to believe that a physician has committed a sexual assault on a patient; to provide for definitions; to provide for limited liability; to amend Chapter 34A of Title 43 of the O.C.G.A., relating to patient right to know, so as to provide for annual reporting to the General Assembly of the number of physicians investigated or disciplined for the sexual assault of patients; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Professions and businesses; refusal, suspension, or revocation of the license of a physician who has committed sexual assault on a patient; provide

Rep. Scott Holcomb [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-03-21	House	House Second Readers
2019-03-18	House	House First Readers
2019-03-14	House	House Hopper

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/55939
Text	https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20192020/184696