| GA | HB1512 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 7 of Chapter 4 of Title 49 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to medical assistance generally, so as to provide for coverage of prescription drugs prescribed as a treatment for obesity fo...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-28
To House Public Health Committee |
| GA | HB1499 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 2A of Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Department of Public Health, so as to provide for a grant program to prevent maternal mortality by managing risk factors, conditio...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-21
To House Public Health Committee |
| GA | HB1498 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 31-9-6.1 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to disclosure of certain information to persons undergoing certain surgical or diagnostic procedures, failure to comply, exceptions, and r...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-20
To House Public Health Committee |
| GA | HB1497 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 1 of Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions of health, so as to provide that a human egg or human embryo is not considered an unborn child, a minor child, or a ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-20
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| GA | HR1359 | Intro
Sine Die | A RESOLUTION urging the State of Georgia to recognize cannabis as a vital mechanism to alleviating the opioid crisis in the state; and for other purposes.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-11
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| GA | HB1428 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 9 of Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to consent for surgical or medical treatment, so as to prohibit pelvic and rectal examinations on an anesthetized or unconscious patient w...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-04
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| GA | HB1343 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 7 of Chapter 4 of Title 49 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to medical assistance generally, so as to provide Medicaid coverage for tobacco cessation treatments; to provide for requirem...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-22
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| GA | HB1290 | Intro
Sine Die | 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 under the "Quality Basic Education Act," so as to require that any course of st...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-20
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| GA | HB1252 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 12A of Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to smoke-free air, so as to prohibit smoking and vaping inside any motor vehicle when a person who is under 18 years of age is present; ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-15
To House Public Health Committee |
| GA | HB1216 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 7 of Chapter 4 of Title 49 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to medical assistance generally, so as to provide for a pilot program to provide coverage under the Medicaid program for doul...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-12
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| GA | HB1215 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 2A of Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Department of Public Health, so as to enact the "Georgia Dignity in Pregnancy and Childbirth Act"; to provide for legislative find...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-12
To House Public Health Committee |
| GA | HB1176 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Titles 31, 33, 45, and 49 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to health, insurance, public officers and employees, and social services, respectively, so as to provide for coverage of infant formul...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-09
To House Public Health Committee |
| GA | HB1179 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 33-24-59.25 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to establishment by health benefit plans of step therapy protocols, exception process, time requirements, appeals, construction, and ap...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-09
To House Public Health Committee |
| GA | HB1187 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 16, Chapter 4 of Title 30, and Chapter 6 of Title 40 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to crimes and offenses, rights of persons with disabilities, and uniform rules of the road, respectiv...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-09
To House Public Health Committee |
| GA | HB1154 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 7 of Chapter 4 of Title 49 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to medical assistance generally, so as to mandate Medicaid coverage when pediatricians offer and perform maternal screening f...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-08
To House Public Health Committee |
| GA | HB1155 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 33-24-58.2 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the "Newborn Baby and Mother Protection Act," minimum health policy coverage, prohibited actions by insurance providers, and required...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-08
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| GA | HB1107 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 1 of Article 6 of Chapter 3 of Title 37 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions relative to the rights and privileges of patients and their representatives regarding examina...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-06
To House Public Health Committee |
| GA | HB1065 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 2A of Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Department of Public Health, so as to create the Temporary Youth Behavioral Health Services Program; to provide for definitions; t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-31
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| GA | HB1030 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 19 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to domestic relations, so as to revise provisions relating to safe places for newborns; to authorize ambulance services to accept physical custody of a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-26
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| GA | HB1029 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 12 of Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to control of hazardous conditions, preventable diseases, and metabolic disorders, so as to require the newborn screening system to inclu...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-26
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| GA | HR808 | Intro
Sine Die | A RESOLUTION urging Congress to allow certain benefits to be used for purchasing menstrual products; and for other purposes.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-24
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| GA | HR809 | Intro
Sine Die | A RESOLUTION supporting the creation of a State Workgroup to Increase Chronic Disease Information and Screenings in Communities of Color; and for other purposes.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-24
To House Public Health Committee |
| GA | HB969 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 8 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to buildings and housing, so as to require indoor air quality assessments of all city, county, and state buildings; to provide for definitions; to provi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-24
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| GA | HR778 | Intro
Sine Die | A RESOLUTION urging the Georgia Department of Public Health to identify funding for research to improve our understanding of disease pathology and provide diagnostic tools and potential new treatments and interventions for people living with an autoi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-12
To House Public Health Committee |
| GA | HB897 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 12 of Title 31 of the O.C.G.A., relating to control of hazardous conditions, preventable diseases, and metabolic disorders, so as to repeal the authority of the Department of Public Health and all county ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-12
To House Public Health Committee |
| GA | HB913 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 37 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to mental health, so as to provide for the establishment of a grant program for the purpose of creating emergency psychiatric assessment, treatment, an...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-12
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| GA | HB857 | Intro
Sine Die | 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, under certain conditions, to an eligible individual who needs an affordable supply of insulin for up to one ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-10
To House Public Health Committee |
| GA | HB856 | Intro
Sine Die | 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...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-10
To House Public Health Committee |
| GA | HB847 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 33 of Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to physical therapists, so as to revise provisions regarding granting licenses and disciplining licensees; to provide for related matters...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-09
To House Public Health Committee |
| GA | HR566 | Intro
Sine Die | A RESOLUTION creating the House Study Committee on Georgia's COVID-19 Response and Future Pandemic Preparedness; and for other purposes.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-23
To House Public Health Committee |
| GA | HB795 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 16-12-140 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to criminal abortion, so as to enact the ''immaculate conception" clause; to provide for equal application and penalties; to provide for ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-23
To House Public Health Committee |
| GA | HB796 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 16-12-141 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to restrictions on the performance of abortions, availability of records, civil cause of action, and affirmative defenses, so as to enact...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-23
To House Public Health Committee |
| GA | HB684 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to health, so as to repeal provisions relating to the practice of midwifery; to amend Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to p...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-08
To House Public Health Committee |
| GA | HB648 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 4 of Title 49 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions relative to public assistance, so as to provide for requirements related to Supplemental Nutrition Assi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-06
To House Public Health Committee |
| GA | HB653 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 1 of Title 43 of the O.C.G.A., relating to general provisions relative to professions and businesses, so as to prohibit health care providers from performing specified practices on minors relating to alte...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-06
To House Public Health Committee |
| GA | HB629 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 7 of Chapter 4 of Title 49 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to medical assistance generally, so as to provide that reimbursement rates for services provided to Medicaid recipients are e...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-02
To House Public Health Committee |
| GA | HB604 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 2 of Title 1 of the O.C.G.A., relating to persons and their rights, so as to provide that life is valued and protected from the moment of conception and that each life, from that moment, is accorded the s...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-01
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| GA | HR279 | Intro
Sine Die | A RESOLUTION creating the Joint Head and Heart Student Health Study Committee; and for other purposes.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-27
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| GA | HB521 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 7 of Chapter 4 of Title 49 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to medical assistance generally, so as to provide for Medicaid coverage of rapid whole genome sequencing; to define a term; t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-23
To House Public Health Committee |
| GA | HB496 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 16 of the O.C.G.A., relating to crimes and offenses, so as to provide for an exception for defendant mothers of unborn children; to provide for related matters; to provide for legislative findings; to repea...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-23
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| GA | HR232 | Intro
Sine Die | A RESOLUTION creating the House Study Committee on Evaluating, Simplifying, and Eliminating Duplication of Regulatory Requirements for Mental Health and Social Services Providers; and for other purposes.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-22
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| GA | HB428 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 7 of Chapter 4 of Title 49 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to medical assistance generally, so as to direct the Department of Community Health to provide children with 12 months of con...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-21
To House Public Health Committee |
| GA | HB405 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 7 of Chapter 4 of Title 49 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to medical assistance generally, so as to require the Department of Community Health to conduct an annual review of medicatio...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-16
To House Public Health Committee |
| GA | HB339 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 1 of Title 37 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions relating to the governing and regulation of mental health, so as to provide that the Department of Beha...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-14
To House Public Health Committee |
| GA | HB266 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 12 of Title 31 of the O.C.G.A., relating to control of hazardous conditions, preventable diseases, and metabolic disorders, so as to repeal the authority of the Department of Public Health and all county ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-09
To House Public Health Committee |
| GA | HB258 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 1 of Title 26 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to food, drugs, and cosmetics, so as to require certain labeling on packages containing menstrual products; to provide for definitions; to...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-08
To House Public Health Committee |
| GA | HB257 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 1 of Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions regarding health, so as to prohibit feminine hygiene products containing restricted substances from being distribute...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-08
To House Public Health Committee |
| GA | HB6 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 4 of Title 49 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to public assistance, so as to provide for the submission of a waiver request by the Department of Human Services to permit the recipients...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-07
To House Public Health Committee |
| GA | HB201 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 1 of Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions regarding health, so as to authorize the Department of Public Health to carry out projects to increase education, aw...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-06
To House Public Health Committee |
| GA | HB69 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 4 of Title 49 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions for public assistance, so as to provide for a pilot program to provide a supplemental benefit to certai...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-01-26
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