Health & Human Services

GA - Representative Sharon Cooper (R)

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Chairman

GA - Representative Mark Newton (R)

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Vice Chairman

GA - Representative Ed Rynders (R)

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Secretary - (until 09/05/2019)

GA - Representative Deborah Silcox (R)

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Secretary

GA - Representative Timothy Barr (R)

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Member

GA - Representative Karen Bennett (D)

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Member

GA - Representative James Beverly (D)

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Member

GA - Representative Mike Cheokas (R)

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Member

GA - Representative Katie M. Dempsey (R)

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Member

GA - Representative Demetrius Douglas (D)

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Member

GA - Representative Karla Drenner (D)

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Member

GA - Representative Spencer Frye (D)

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Member

GA - Representative Houston Gaines (R)

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Member

GA - Representative J. Craig Gordon (D)

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Member

GA - Representative Matt Hatchett (R)

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Member

GA - Representative Lee Hawkins (R)

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Member

GA - Representative Michele Henson (D)

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Member

GA - Representative Don Hogan (R)

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Member

GA - Representative Henry "Wayne" Howard (D)

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Member

GA - Representative Shelly Hutchinson (D)

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Member

GA - Representative Rick Jasperse (R)

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Member

GA - Representative Sheila Jones (D)

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Member

GA - Representative Trey Kelley (R)

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Member

GA - Representative John LaHood (R)

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Member

GA - Representative Jodi Lott (R)

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Member

GA - Representative Karen Mathiak (R)

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Member

GA - Representative Billy Mitchell (D)

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Member

GA - Representative Don Parsons (R)

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Member

GA - Representative Jesse Petrea (R)

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Member

GA - Representative Jimmy Pruett (R)

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Member

GA - Representative Kim Schofield (D)

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Member

GA - Representative Dexter Sharper (D)

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Member

GA - Representative Mickey Stephens (D)

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Member

GA - Representative Pam Stephenson (D)

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Member

GA - Representative Jan Tankersley (R)

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Member

GA - HB8 Sales and use tax; certain menstrual products; create exemption

GA - HB10 Education; instruction on the best practices for and risks associated with the use of tampons; provide

GA - HB62 Margie's Law; enact

GA - SB16 "Interstate Medical Licensure Compact Act"

GA - HB133 Quality Basic Education Act; course of study in sex education and HIV/AIDS prevention instruction is medically accurate; require

GA - HR135 Congress; eliminate five-month waiting period for disability insurance benefits for individuals living with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS); urge

GA - HB158 Medical assistance; Medicaid recipients have the same access to antiretroviral regimens used to treat HIV and AIDS as to those included in the formulary established for the Georgia AIDS Drugs Assistance Programs; provide

GA - HB160 Community Health, Department of; pilot program to provide coverage for bariatric surgical procedures; reinstate

GA - HB166 Genetic Counselors Act; enact

GA - HB178 Mental health; provide for assisted outpatient treatment programs

GA - HB187 Community Health, Department of; pilot program to provide coverage for the treatment and management of obesity and related conditions; provide

GA - HB188 Positive Alternatives for Pregnancy and Parenting Grant Program; repeal certain Article

GA - HB214 Vaccine protocol agreements; geographic limitation on pharmacists; remove

GA - HB217 Crimes and offenses; employees and agents of syringe services programs are not subject to certain offenses relating to hypodermic syringes and needles; provide

GA - HB233 Pharmacy Anti-Steering and Transparency Act; enact

GA - HB264 Public officials' conduct and lobbyist disclosure; persons promoting or opposing any matter regarding the EMSC Program are subject to transparency and lobbyist disclosure laws; provide

GA - HB290 Health; pilot program to provide preexposure assistance to persons at risk of HIV infection; establish

GA - HB330 Professions and businesses; practice of podiatry; change certain provisions

GA - HB345 Penal institutions; pregnant female inmates or a female inmate who is in the immediate postpartum period; provide prohibited practices

GA - SB115 "Medical Practice Act of the State of Georgia"; telemedicine licenses for physicians in other states; engage in the practice of medicine with patients in this state through telemedicine; provide

GA - SR194 Joint Study Committee on Transferring Oversight of Developmental Disabilities to the Department of Community Health; create

GA - HB370 Professions and businesses; number of advanced practice registered nurses with which a delegating physician can enter into a protocol agreement for nurses practicing in an emergency medical services system; revise exception

GA - HR259 Johnny Tolbert III House Study Committee on Heat-Related Injuries, Cardiac Injuries, and other Sports-Related Injuries; create

GA - HR261 Joint Study Committee on Evaluating and Simplifying Physician Oversight of Midlevel Providers; create

GA - HB416 State Vaccine Consumer Protection Office; establish

GA - SB168 Nurses; certain definitions; revise

GA - HB475 Penal institutions; provide matters related to the housing, health, and care of female inmates

GA - HB481 Living Infants Fairness and Equality (LIFE) Act; enact

GA - HB514 Georgia Mental Health Reform and Innovation Commission; create

GA - HB518 Emergency medical services; authorize adjacent municipalities that would qualify for seven or more ground ambulances to request that territory be established concurrent with the boundaries of adjacent municipalities

GA - HB521 Professions and businesses; temporary licenses for dentists licensed in other states to provide dental care to indigent populations in this state; authorize

GA - SB207 Georgia Board for Physician Workforce; change name; board's membership; revise

GA - HB546 Crimes and offenses; offense of criminal abortion; provide

GA - HR421 Joint Study Committee on Infant and Toddler Social and Emotional Health; create

GA - HB577 Working for Two Act; enact

GA - HB578 Human Services, Department of; review of certain law enforcement conviction data with regard to persons seeking to become volunteers, interns, students, or employees; provide

GA - HR447 General Assembly; fund a study of the causes of infant and maternal mortality in this state; encourage

GA - HR448 Joint Study Committee on the Safe Staffing of Nurses in Georgia; create

GA - HB586 Health; disposal of unused prescribed controlled substances for hospice patients by hospice staff; provide

GA - HR480 Georgia Department of Public Health (DPH); create reporting for fibroids; urge

GA - HB615 Health; certain minors to receive vaccinations without parental consent; authorize

GA - HB629 Professions and businesses; refusal, suspension, or revocation of the license of a physician who has committed sexual assault on a patient; provide

GA - HR554 House Study Committee on Men's Right to Know; create

GA - HR588 Public Health, Department of; review maternal deaths and develop strategies for the prevention of maternal deaths; urge

GA - HR589 House Study Committee on Maternal Mortality; create

GA - HB666 Professions and businesses; licensing of surgical assistants; provide

GA - HR646 Georgia Legislature; broaden eligibility and increase funding for the Breast and Cervical Cancer Prevention Program; encourage

GA - HR647 House Study Committee on Addressing Period (or Menstruation) Poverty in Girls in Elementary, Middle, and High Schools in Need in Georgia; create

GA - HR648 State of Georgia; vaccine injury; bring awareness

GA - HR681 House Study Committee on the Effects of Mental Health on Gun Violence; create

GA - HB700 Professions and businesses; licensing of surgical assistants; provide

GA - HR725 Policy recommendations and outcomes; co-prescribing naloxone with opioids; recognize

GA - HB717 Georgia Licensed Midwife Act; enact

GA - HB719 Crimes and offenses; modernization of HIV related laws; provide

GA - HB722 Health; certain applicant or licensees; increase fine amount limits

GA - HB725 Social services; two or more dental service organization administrators for dental services for Medicaid recipients and PeachCare for Kids participants; provide

GA - HB739 Georgia Composite Medical Board; requirements for surgical technologists; provide

GA - HB745 Georgia Dignity in Pregnancy and Childbirth Act; enact

GA - HB746 Women's Right to Immediate Access Act; enact

GA - HB791 Pharmacists; dispense up to a 90 day supply of a maintenance medication under certain conditions; authorize

GA - HB800 Medical assistance; health care services by providers in bordering states to Georgia Medicaid recipients under certain conditions; provide

GA - HB801 Health; limit the number of patients that may be assigned to a registered professional nurse in specified situations in hospitals; provide

GA - SB306 "Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology Interstate Compact"; enter into compact; licensing provisions; revise

GA - SB307 "The Living Hope Home Act"; related to supportive housing for pregnant women age 18 or older; enact

GA - SB323 Professions and Businesses; patient protection measures; undergoing sedation in certain settings; provide

GA - SB327 Labor and Industrial Relations; employers to provide reasonable break time to employee to express breast milk for nursing child; require

GA - HB849 Authorized Electronic Monitoring in Long-term Care Facilities Act; enact

GA - SB340 Childhood Cancer Awareness Day; September 1 of each year; provide

GA - SB345 Standards, Labeling, and Adulteration of Food; nonprofit organizations to prepare in accordance with Department of Public Health requirements; provide

GA - HB881 Domestic relations; provisions relating to safe places for newborns; revise

GA - SB349 Local Boards of Education; feminine hygiene products in certain restrooms used by students; provide

GA - SB372 Public Health; provisions; modernize, clarify, and update; certain councils and committees; eliminate

GA - HR1095 Georgia Department of Education; encourage all schools to participate in a school-located influenza vaccination program; urge

GA - HB932 Georgia Podiatry Practice Act; podiatric medicine and surgery; change certain provisions

GA - HB963 Commission for the Blind and Visually Impaired Act; enact

GA - HB987 Health; additional measures for the protection of elderly persons; provide

GA - HB989 Social services; convene advisory working group to review tools and protocols for the screening of children for trauma within the Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnosis, and Treatment Program; provisions

GA - SB417 Physicians, Assistants, and Others; criminal background checks for certain healthcare professionals and others; provisions; revise

GA - HB1007 Coach Safely Act; enact

GA - HR1248 House Study Committee on Infant and Maternal Mortality Among African Americans; create

GA - HB1046 Commerce and trade; provide for assistance to individuals with disabilities at self-service gasoline stations

GA - HB1054 Health; newborn screening for various disorders; revise provisions

GA - HB1060 Vulnerable Child Protection Act; enact

GA - HB1063 Medical assistance; termination of enrollment in Medicaid of a dual enrollee unless a manual review is conducted verifying that the recipient is no longer eligible; prohibit

GA - HR1280 Joint Study Committee on Childhood Lead Exposure; create

GA - HR1302 Joint Study Committee on Chronic Weight Management and Type 2 Diabetes; create

GA - SB482 Office of Health Strategy and Coordination; state all-payer claims database; establishment of an advisory committee; provide

GA - SB484 Health; Solemn Covenant of the States to Award Prizes for Curing Diseases; adopt

GA - HB1090 Labor and industrial relations; provisions regarding employer's obligation to provide break time for an employee to express breast milk; revise

GA - HB1094 Public officers and employees; paid parental leave for state employees; provide

GA - HB1103 Social services; license approval; notify local law enforcement agencies; provisions

GA - HB1114 Medical assistance; Medicaid coverage for lactation care and services and postpartum care; provide

GA - HB1125 Lacee's Law; enact

GA - HB1134 Living Infants Fairness and Equality (LIFE) Act; repeal Act

GA - HB1152 Social services; temporary assistance for needy families; repeal family cap on benefits

GA - HR1478 Parity for breast pump collection and storage supplies; support

GA - HR1549 Georgia Legislative Black Caucus Legislative Advisory Group; COVID-19 policy recommendations; support

GA - HB1222 Professions and businesses; licensure and regulation of medical imaging and radiation therapy professionals; provide

GA - HB1228 Community Health, Department of; submit 1115 waiver request for the uninsured up to a maximum of 138 percent of federal poverty level; authorize