Bill Text: GA SB489 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Georgia Trauma Care Network Commission; report annually; House/Senate Committees on Health and Human Services; outcomes
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 6-0)
Status: (Passed) 2012-07-01 - Effective Date [SB489 Detail]
Download: Georgia-2011-SB489-Introduced.html
12 SB
489/AP
Senate
Bill 489
By:
Senators Mullis of the 53rd, Unterman of the 45th, Albers of the 56th, Rogers of
the 21st, Gooch of the 51st and others
AS
PASSED
A
BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
AN ACT
To
amend Chapter 11 of Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating
to emergency medical services, so as to require the Georgia Trauma Care Network
Commission to report annually to the House and Senate Committees on Health and
Human Services documenting certain outcomes and verifying certain expenditures
of funds; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for
other purposes.
BE
IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:
SECTION
1.
Chapter
11 of Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to emergency
medical services, is amended by revising Code Section 31-11-103, relating to the
Georgia Trauma Trust Fund, as follows:
"31-11-103.
(a)
There is established the Georgia Trauma Trust Fund. The executive director of
the Georgia Trauma Care Network Commission shall serve as the trustee of the
Georgia Trauma Trust Fund. The moneys deposited into such fund pursuant to this
article may be expended by the executive director with the approval of the
Georgia Trauma Care Network Commission for those purposes specified in Code
Section 31-11-102.
(b)
The Georgia Trauma Care Network Commission shall report annually to the House
Committee on Health and Human Services and the Senate Health and Human Services
Committee. Such report shall provide an update on state-wide trauma system
development and the impact of fund distribution on trauma patient care and
outcomes."
SECTION
2.
All
laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.
