Bill Text: GA HB296 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Education; collect data pertaining to illegal and undocumented students; provide
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 6-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-02-23 - House Second Readers [HB296 Detail]
Download: Georgia-2011-HB296-Introduced.html
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House
Bill 296
By:
Representatives Clark of the
98th,
Ramsey of the
72nd,
Cooke of the
18th,
England of the
108th,
Harden of the
28th,
and others
A
BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
AN ACT
To
amend Part 15 of Article 6 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of
Georgia Annotated, relating to miscellaneous provisions for elementary and
secondary education, so as to provide for the collection of data pertaining to
illegal and undocumented students; to amend Code Section 31-7-6 of the Official
Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the provision of data for research
purposes by organizations rendering patient care, so as to provide for the
collection of data pertaining to illegal and undocumented patients receiving
treatment in hospitals; to provide for related matters; to provide an effective
date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
BE
IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:
SECTION
1.
Part
15 of Article 6 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia
Annotated, relating to miscellaneous provisions for elementary and secondary
education, is amended by revising Code Section 20-2-321, relating to expense
record requirements, as follows:
"20-2-321.
(a)
The State Board of Education shall maintain, according to the specific data
categories defined by the task force created under Code Section 20-2-320,
expenditure records for each instructional program and other grant program under
this article. As a part of its annual budget request, the state board shall
specify the teacher-student ratios for each of the program weights and the cost
components reflected in the base amount defined in subsection (a) of Code
Section 20-2-161. Such information shall be made available to the
Appropriations Committees of the House of Representatives and the Senate, the
House Education Committee, and the Senate Education and Youth
Committee.
(b)
The State Board of Education shall collect and maintain, and each local school
board shall provide no later than October 1 of each year, data on the number of
students who are illegal aliens and students unable to provide proof of
citizenship. The state board shall calculate and publish the total amount of
expenditures, by school district, for illegal aliens and undocumented students
in grades kindergarten through 12 and the number of illegal aliens and
undocumented students in each school district. The report shall be compiled and
published on the state board's website no later than January 1 of each
year."
SECTION
2.
Code
Section 31-7-6 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the
provision of data for research purposes by organizations rendering patient care,
is amended by adding a new subsection to read as follows:
"(d)
The Department of Community Health shall collect and maintain data on the number
of patients receiving medical treatment who are illegal aliens and patients who
are unable to provide proof of citizenship. Any hospital, health care facility,
medical or skilled nursing home, or other organization rendering patient care
shall provide to the department information regarding patients who are illegal
aliens or unable to provide proof of citizenship, including the number of
patients, the type of treatment received, the cost and date of treatment, and
the method of payment. The method of payment shall indicate whether such
payment was made in cash, by insurance, through Medicaid, left unpaid, or other
method of payment or nonpayment for each such patient. Information provided
shall not include the identity of the patient. The information required by this
Code section shall be provided by such patient care organizations annually not
later than October 1 of each year. The Department of Community Health shall
then compile and publish such information and provide calculation totals of the
expenditures and payments and nonpayments by hospital. The department's report
shall be compiled and published on the department's website not later than
January 1 of each year."
SECTION
3.
This
Act shall become effective on July 1, 2011.
SECTION
4.
All
laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.