Georgia House Bill 656 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: Introduced on December 8 2017 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2017-12-08 - House Prefiled
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 2 of Article 6 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to competencies and core curriculum, so as to require instruction on the best practices for, and risks associated with, the use of tampons in the course of study in sex education and AIDS prevention instruction; to amend Article 1 of Chapter 1 of Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions regarding health, so as to require that every physician and nurse providing a tampon for use by any female patient under his or her care shall recite and provide certain written information to such female patient regarding the best practices for, and risks associated with, the use of tampons; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Education; health; require certain instructions

Rep. Debra Bazemore [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-12-08	House	House Prefiled

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/51945
Text	https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20172018/170879