Georgia Senate Bill 5

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 4-1)
Status: Introduced on January 12 2021 - 25% progression
Action: 2021-01-13 - 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 Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to professions and businesses, so as to provide patient protection measures for patients undergoing sedation in certain settings; to provide for patients under conscious sedation in dental settings and for dental procedures in medispas; to provide for patients under varying levels of sedation in physician offices and medispas; to provide for definitions; to provide for rules and regulations; to provide for enforcement; to provide for statutory construction; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Professions and Businesses; patient protection measures for patients undergoing sedation in certain settings; provide

Sen. Kay Kirkpatrick [R]	Sen. Dean Burke [R]	Sen. Ben Watson [R]	Sen. Chuck Hufstetler [R]
Sen. Michelle Au [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2021-01-13	Senate	Senate Read and Referred
2021-01-12	Senate	Senate Hopper

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/58873
Text	https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20212022/195663