Georgia House Bill 856 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)
Status: Introduced on November 29 2023 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2024-01-10 - House Second Readers
Pending: House Public Health Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [PDF]

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 4 of Title 49 of the O.C.G.A., relating to public assistance, so as to make insulin accessible to individuals who are in urgent need of a short-term affordable insulin supply; to provide for a pharmacy to dispense one additional short-term affordable urgent insulin supply under certain conditions; to require the Department of Community Health to develop an application form, an information sheet, and satisfaction surveys regarding such program; to require a manufacturer of insulin to establish procedures to make insulin available under such program; to provide for enforcement, penalties, and appellate procedures; to provide for reporting; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Urgent Insulin Safety Net Program Act; enact

Rep. Michelle Au [D]	Rep. James Beverly [D]	Rep. Samuel Park [D]	Rep. Shea Roberts [D]
Rep. Billy Mitchell [D]	Rep. Jasmine Clark [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2024-01-10	House	House Second Readers
2024-01-09	House	House First Readers
2024-01-08	House	House Hopper
2023-11-29	House	House Prefiled

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/65863
Text	https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20232024/220605