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HB1066 - Fertility Preservation for Chronic Conditions Act; enact
Kim Schofield, James Beverly, Sandra G. Scott
Last updated 8 months ago
4 Co-Sponsors
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 24 of Title 33 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to insurance generally, so as to require health benefit policies to provide coverage for medically necessary expenses for standard fertility preservation services when a necessary medical treatment may directly or indirectly cause iatrogenic infertility; to provide for definitions; to provide for rules and regulations; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
STATUS
Introduced
HB82 - Income tax; limit eligibility for rural physician tax credit to physicians who qualify on or before December 31, 2023
Mack Jackson, Lee Hawkins, Sharon Cooper
Last updated 5 months ago
7 Co-Sponsors
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 7 of Title 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to imposition, rate, computation, exemptions, and credits relative to state income taxes, so as to limit eligibility for the rural physician tax credit to persons qualifying as a rural physician on or before December 31, 2023; to provide for automatic repeal; to create a new tax credit for rural physicians, dentists, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants; to provide for conditions and limitations; to provide for an aggregate cap; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date and applicability; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
STATUS
Passed
HB111 - Quality Basic Education Act; pilot program to implement student based funding recommendations of the 2015 Education Reform Commission; provide
Sandra G. Scott, James Beverly, Viola Davis
Last updated over 1 year ago
4 Co-Sponsors
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 4 of Article 6 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to financing under the "Quality Basic Education Act," so as to provide for a pilot program to implement the student based funding recommendations of the 2015 Education Reform Commission; to mandate pre-kindergarten and kindergarten for all children prior to entering first grade; to include mandatory pre-kindergarten programs in the student based allocation of state funds; to provide for selection criteria; to provide for temporary waivers and variances of state rules and statutory provisions; to provide for annual reports; to provide for automatic repeal; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
STATUS
Introduced
HB203 - Health; restrictions on sale and dispensing of contact lenses with respect to physicians; revise provisions
Mark Newton, James Beverly, Lee Hawkins
Last updated over 1 year ago
6 Co-Sponsors
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 12 of Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the control of hazardous conditions, preventable diseases, and metabolic disorders, so as to revise provisions relating to restrictions on the sale and dispensing of contact lenses with respect to physicians; to revise definitions; to provide requirements for assessment mechanisms; to provide for rules and regulations; to provide for statutory construction; to provide for violations and penalties; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
STATUS
Passed
HB38 - Community Health, Department of; utilize appropriations for purposes of obtaining federal financial participation for medical assistance payments; provisions
James Beverly, Billy Mitchell, Samuel Park
Last updated over 1 year ago
6 Co-Sponsors
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 authorize the Department of Community Health to utilize appropriations for the purposes of obtaining federal financial participation for medical assistance payments to providers and for funding Medicaid expansion; to direct the department to use such funding and any available federal medical assistance payments to increase the income threshold for Medicaid eligibility up to a maximum of 138 percent of the federal poverty level; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
STATUS
Introduced
HB44 - Brady Law Regulations; require universal background checks in all manner of firearm transfers and purchases
Michelle Au, James Beverly, Billy Mitchell
Last updated over 1 year ago
6 Co-Sponsors
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 5 of Article 4 of Chapter 11 of Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to Brady Law Regulations, so as to require universal background checks in all manner of firearm transfers and purchases; to provide for definitions; to provide for exceptions; to provide for criminal penalties; to provide for applicability; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
STATUS
Introduced
HB3 - Support for Students Living in Poverty Act; enact
Sandra G. Scott, James Beverly, Viola Davis
Last updated almost 2 years ago
6 Co-Sponsors
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 5 of Article 6 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to program weights and funding requirements under the "Quality Basic Education Act," so as to provide for grants by the State Board of Education to local units of administration to support students living in poverty; to provide for definitions; to require the State Board of Education to develop rules and regulations; to provide for the calculation of grant amounts; to provide that a minimum required portion of grant funds must be used by local units of administration for direct program expenditures for the benefit of the students living in poverty; to provide for a short title; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
STATUS
Introduced
HB37 - Community Health, Department of; mitigate potential loss of Medicaid coverage caused by discontinuation of Families First Coronavirus Response Act; provide
James Beverly, Billy Mitchell, Samuel Park
Last updated over 1 year ago
6 Co-Sponsors
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 provided as public assistance, so as to provide for the Department of Community Health to mitigate the potential loss of Medicaid coverage caused by the discontinuation of the continuous enrollment condition of the federal Families First Coronavirus Response Act by providing, continuing, and expanding services; to provide for definitions; to provide for training; to provide for notices; to provide for processes; to provide for technology enhancements; to provide for communications; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
STATUS
Introduced
HB89 - Georgia Equity and Fairness Commission Act; enact
Roger B. Bruce, James Beverly, Debra Bazemore
Last updated over 1 year ago
5 Co-Sponsors
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 12 of Title 50 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to commissions and other agencies, so as to create the Georgia Equity and Fairness Commission; to provide for members and officers; to provide for meetings, quorum, and compensation; to provide for the commission's duties and powers; to provide for reporting; to provide a definition; to provide a short title; to provide legislative findings; to provide for automatic repeal; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
STATUS
Introduced
HB75 - Reproductive Freedom Act; enact
Shea Roberts, Park Cannon, James Beverly
Last updated over 1 year ago
6 Co-Sponsors
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 2 of Title 1 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to persons and their rights, so as to provide that natural persons do not include an unborn child and shall not be included in certain population based determinations; to provide for conforming changes; to provide for a short title; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
STATUS
Introduced
BIOGRAPHY
INCUMBENT
Representative from Georgia district HD-143
COMMITTEES
Georgia House
BIRTH
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ABOUT
James Beverly is from Decatur, Alabama. He received his Bachelors degree in Political Science from Alabama A&M University in 1990. Beverly was the Owner of Beverly Communications from 1990 to 1998. He was also Pastor of St. James AME Zion Church from 1996 to 1998. From 1998 to 2002, he was the Community Service Representative for 3M.read less
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