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HB453 - Health; ambulance services pay annual license fee; repeal requirement
Scott Hilton, Sharon Cooper, Dexter L. Sharper
Last updated over 1 year ago
7 Co-Sponsors
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 a requirement that every ambulance service pay an annual license fee; to repeal a requirement that ambulance service annual license fees be deposited into the Indigent Care Trust Fund; to provide for a conforming change; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
STATUS
Passed
HB309 - Health; financial stability requirements for applicants and licensees of personal care homes and assisted living communities; revise provisions
Sharon Cooper, Tim Fleming, Katie M. Dempsey
Last updated over 1 year ago
5 Co-Sponsors
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 7 of Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to regulation of hospitals and related institutions, so as to revise provisions relating to financial stability requirements for applicants and licensees of personal care homes and assisted living communities; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
STATUS
Passed
HB571 - Georgia Alzheimer's and Related Dementias State Plan; updated every four years; provide
Deborah Silcox, Sharon Cooper, Katie M. Dempsey
Last updated 7 months ago
4 Co-Sponsors
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 8 of Chapter 6 of Title 49 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to Alzheimer's and Related Dementias State Plan, so as to provide that the Georgia Alzheimer's and Related Dementias State Plan be updated every four years; to provide for a progress report between updates; to revise provisions relating to membership on the advisory council; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
STATUS
Passed
HB343 - Lowering Prescription Drug Costs for Patients Act; enact
Mark Newton, Sharon Cooper, Ron Stephens
Last updated over 1 year ago
6 Co-Sponsors
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 64 of Title 33 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to regulation and licensure of pharmacy benefits managers, so as to provide for definitions; to require pharmacy benefits managers to calculate defined cost sharing for insureds at the point of sale; to provide for statutory construction; to provide for violations; to provide for limitations; to provide for annual reporting; to provide for confidentiality; to provide for related matters; to provide for a short title; to provide for an effective date and applicability; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
STATUS
Engrossed
HB582 - Health; permit assisted living communities and personal care homes to enroll as Medicaid providers
Sharon Cooper, Deborah Silcox, Debbie Gignilliat Buckner
Last updated over 1 year ago
5 Co-Sponsors
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 7 of Title 31 of the O.C.G.A., relating to regulation of hospitals and related institutions, so as to permit assisted living communities and personal care homes to enroll as Medicaid providers; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
STATUS
Introduced
HB470 - Georgia Candor Act; enact
Sharon Cooper, Butch Parrish, Rob Leverett
Last updated over 1 year ago
7 Co-Sponsors
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 12 of Title 24 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to medical and other confidential information, so as to allow for voluntary open communications related to healthcare under rules of evidence; to provide for definitions; to provide that certain open communications shall not be subject to future disclosure; to provide for a short title; to provide for related matters; to amend Chapter 33 of Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to health records, so as to revise definitions; to revise provisions relating to the furnishing of copies of health records; to revise provisions relating to the costs of furnishing health records; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
STATUS
Engrossed
SB106 - "Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies Act"; enact
Larry Walker, John F. Kennedy, Steve Gooch
Last updated over 1 year ago
17 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 to provide for a three-year pilot program to provide coverage for remote maternal health clinical services under the Medicaid program; to provide for eligibility; to provide for a final report; to provide for termination of the pilot project and automatic repeal of the statute; to provide for related matters; to provide for a short title; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
STATUS
Passed
HR138 - Marietta City Schools Boys and Girls Varsity Cross Country team; winning the 2022 GHSA 7A State Varsity Cross Country Championship; commend
Devan Seabaugh, Mary Frances Williams, Lisa Campbell
Last updated almost 2 years ago
6 Co-Sponsors
A RESOLUTION congratulating the Marietta City Schools Boys and Girls Varsity Cross Country teams for winning the 2022 GHSA 7A State Varsity Cross Country Championship; and for other purposes.
STATUS
Passed
HR130 - Georgia's Community Service Boards; Community Service Boards Day at the state capitol; February 16, 2023; recognize
Katie M. Dempsey, Sharon Cooper, Jesse L. Petrea
Last updated almost 2 years ago
5 Co-Sponsors
A RESOLUTION commending Georgia's Community Service Boards and recognizing February 16, 2023, as Community Service Boards Day at the state capitol; and for other purposes.
STATUS
Passed
HB308 - Revenue and taxation; certain medical preceptor rotations; revise tax credit
Mark Newton, Matt Dubnik, Lee Hawkins
Last updated over 1 year ago
7 Co-Sponsors
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 7 of Title 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to income taxes, so as to revise a tax credit for certain medical preceptor rotations; to add dentistry; to increase the value of the tax credit; to revise definitions; to extend the sunset provision for such tax credit; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date and applicability; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
STATUS
Engrossed
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