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HB874 - Schools; automated external defibrillators; require
Lee Hawkins, Chris Erwin, Jan Jones
Last updated 5 months ago
7 Co-Sponsors
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 3 of Article 16 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to health, so as to require automated external defibrillators in all schools; to provide for definitions; to provide for the establishment of emergency action plans to address a person in cardiac arrest; to provide for internal response teams; to provide for practice drills; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
STATUS
Passed
HR943 - Georgia Academy of Audiology; commend
Teri Anulewicz, Darlene K. Taylor, Doug Stoner
Last updated 8 months ago
6 Co-Sponsors
A RESOLUTION recognizing and commending the Georgia Academy of Audiology; and for other purposes.
STATUS
Passed
HB1078 - Community Health, Department of; Georgia Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE); establish and implement
Jesse L. Petrea, Sharon Cooper, Lee Hawkins
Last updated 5 months ago
7 Co-Sponsors
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 6 of Title 49 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to services for the aging, so as create a new adult day center licensure exclusion; to authorize the Department of Community Health to establish and implement the Georgia Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) as part of the state's medical assistance program; to provide for definitions; to exempt PACE organizations from the requirement to obtain a certificate of authority as a health maintenance organization; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
STATUS
Passed
HB1077 - Georgia Board of Health Care Workforce; grant program to provide funding to eligible institutions for additional behavioral health workforce training positions; create
Sharon Cooper, Mark Newton, Lee Hawkins
Last updated 7 months ago
5 Co-Sponsors
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 10 of Title 49 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Georgia Board of Health Care Workforce, so as to create a grant program to provide funding to eligible institutions for additional behavioral health workforce training positions; to provide for definitions; to provide for eligibility criteria; to provide for funding sources; to provide for applications; to provide for funding limitations; to create a behavioral health provider loan repayment program; to provide for definitions; to provide for written contracts with program participants; to provide for payment criteria; to provide for maximum amounts; to provide for prioritization of applications; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
STATUS
Engrossed
HB1050 - Professions and businesses; licensure as a professional counselor or associate professional counselor; change certain education requirements
Karen Mathiak, Lee Hawkins, Gerald E. Greene
Last updated 8 months ago
6 Co-Sponsors
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 10A of Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to licensing provisions relative to professional counselors, social workers, and marriage and family therapists, so as to provide for and change definitions; to change certain education requirements for licensure as a professional counselor or associate professional counselor; to provide for privileged communications with clients; to provide for statutory construction; to provide for related matters; 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
HB129 - Public assistance; expand temporary assistance for needy families eligibility criteria to pregnant women
Soo Hong, Sharon Cooper, Lee Hawkins
Last updated over 1 year ago
7 Co-Sponsors
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 expand temporary assistance for needy families eligibility criteria to pregnant women; to revise definitions; to repeal a provision relating to elimination of increment in benefits; to provide for conforming changes; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
STATUS
Passed
HR89 - Together Georgia; commend
Matthew Gambill, Lee Hawkins, Sharon Cooper
Last updated over 1 year ago
6 Co-Sponsors
A RESOLUTION recognizing and commending Together Georgia; and for other purposes.
STATUS
Passed
HB192 - Revenue and taxation; consumable vapor products; increase rate of tax
Ron Stephens, Mark Newton, Michelle Au
Last updated over 1 year ago
6 Co-Sponsors
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 11 of Title 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to taxes on tobacco and vaping products, so as to increase the rate of the tax on consumable vapor products; to provide that the proceeds derived from such increase are intended to be appropriated for healthcare purposes; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
STATUS
Introduced
HB191 - Revenue and taxation; pack of cigarettes; increase rate of tax
Ron Stephens, Mark Newton, Michelle Au
Last updated over 1 year ago
6 Co-Sponsors
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 11 of Title 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to taxes on tobacco and vaping products, so as to increase the rate of the tax on each pack of cigarettes; to provide that the proceeds derived from such increase are intended to be appropriated for healthcare purposes; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
STATUS
Introduced
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Representative from Georgia district HD-027
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