Georgia House Bill 745 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 6-1)
Status: Engrossed on March 5 2012 - 50% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2012-03-29 - Senate Passed/Adopted
Text: Latest bill text (Comm Sub) [HTML]

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 1 of Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions relative to health, so as to provide for legislative findings relating to newborn screening for congenital heart defects; to require the Department of Public Health to study whether pulse oximetry screening should be a standard test for all newborns for the detection of congenital heart defects; to provide for a report to legislative committees; to provide for automatic repeal; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Public Health, Department of; study pulse oximetry screening for newborns to detect congenital heart defects; require

Rep. Sharon Cooper [R]	Sen. Rick Jeffares [R]	Rep. Judith Manning [R]	Rep. Mary Oliver [D]
Rep. Matthew Ramsey [R]	Sen. Ben Watson [R]	Rep. Andrew Welch [R]

2012-03-29 - Senate - Senate Vote #808 - Passage By Substitute (Y: 50 N: 2 NV: 2 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2012-03-05 - House - House Vote #619 - Passage (Y: 135 N: 26 NV: 9 Abs: 10) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2012-03-29		Senate Passed/Adopted
2012-03-29		Senate Third Read
2012-03-29		Senate Taken from Table
2012-03-27		Senate Tabled
2012-03-22		Senate Read Second Time
2012-03-22		Senate Committee Favorably Reported
2012-03-07		Senate Read and Referred
2012-03-05		House Passed/Adopted
2012-03-05		House Third Readers
2012-02-09		House Committee Favorably Reported
2012-01-24		House Second Readers
2012-01-23		House First Readers

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/35155
Text	http://www1.legis.ga.gov/legis/2011_12/versions/hb745_LC_33_4577S_hs_4.htm
Text	http://www1.legis.ga.gov/legis/2011_12/versions/hb745_LC_33_4577S_hcs_5.htm
Text	http://www1.legis.ga.gov/legis/2011_12/versions/hb745_Sen_ctee_sub_LC_21_1826S_7.htm
Roll Call	http://www1.legis.ga.gov/legis/2011_12/votes/hv0619.htm
Roll Call	http://www1.legis.ga.gov/legis/2011_12/votes/sv0808.htm