Health

GA - Representative Lee Hawkins (R)

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Chairman

GA - Representative Mark Newton (R)

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Vice Chairman

GA - Representative Karen Mathiak (R)

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Secretary

GA - Representative James Beverly (D)

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Member

GA - Representative Chas Cannon (R)

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Member

GA - Representative Sharon Cooper (R)

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Ex-officio

GA - Representative John Corbett (R)

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Member

GA - Representative Demetrius Douglas (D)

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Member

GA - Representative Stan Gunter (R)

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Member

GA - Representative Matt Hatchett (R)

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Member

GA - Representative Mack Jackson (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 Todd Jones (R)

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Member

GA - Representative Trey Kelley (R)

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Member

GA - Representative David Knight (R)

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Member

GA - Representative Marvin Lim (D)

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Member

GA - Representative Billy Mitchell (D)

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Member

GA - Representative Butch Parrish (R)

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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 Kim Schofield (D)

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Member

GA - Representative Dexter Sharper (D)

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Member

GA - Representative Patty Marie Stinson (D)

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Member

GA - HB4 Behavioral Health and Development Disabilities, Department of; create and maintain electronic inpatient psychiatric bed registry; require

GA - HB7 Behavioral Health and Development Disabilities, Department of; establish school-linked behavioral health grant program; provide

GA - HB9 Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities, Department of; create and maintain Georgia Crisis and Access Line; statutorily require

GA - HB62 Georgia Health and Economic Livelihood Partnership (HELP) Act; enact

GA - HB66 Public Health, Department of; establish grant program for physicians and nurse practitioners; provisions

GA - HR43 Costs and Effects of Smoking Joint Study Committee; create

GA - HB124 Health; first responders of municipal fire departments may engage in emergency medical transportation of patients; provide

GA - HB140 State employees; three-year pilot program to provide coverage for the diagnosis and treatment of certain pediatric disorders; provisions

GA - HB150 Professions and businesses; definition of physical therapy to include ordering diagnostic imaging and using ultrasound; revise

GA - HB203 Health; restrictions on sale and dispensing of contact lenses with respect to physicians; revise provisions

GA - HB214 Professions and businesses; authorize registered nurses and physician assistants to certify an individual is disabled for purposes of obtaining special vehicle decals

GA - HB215 Professions and businesses; licensure of advanced practice registered nurses; provisions

GA - SB76 State Employees' Health Insurance Plan; state health benefit plans to cover insulin medication at a reduced rate; provide

GA - SB99 Certificate of Need Requirements; exemption for acute care hospitals established in rural counties that meet certain criteria; provide

GA - HB278 Professions and businesses; athletic trainers; revise and update definitions

GA - HB343 Lowering Prescription Drug Costs for Patients Act; enact

GA - SB164 Nurses; licensure of advanced practice registered nurses; provide

GA - HB414 Mental health; grant program to aid service members, veterans, and their families; provide

GA - HB416 Pharmacies; authorize qualified pharmacy technicians to administer certain vaccines

GA - HB434 Georgia Composite Medical Board; licensing for radiologist assistants; provide

GA - HB441 Professions; authorize and regulate teledentistry by licensed dentists pursuant to permits issued by Georgia Board of Dentistry

GA - SB197 "Health Care Practitioners Truth and Transparency Act"; enact

GA - SB199 State's Employee Benefit Plan Council; council to establish health savings accounts; require

GA - HB445 Professions and businesses; administration of anesthesia by certified registered nurse anesthetists; revise a provision

GA - HB455 Professions and businesses; professional programs to address career fatigue and wellness in healthcare professionals; provisions

GA - HB493 Professions and businesses; verification of competency for registered professional nursing licenses; revise a provision

GA - HB502 Georgia Cosmetic Laser Services Act; revise a definition; revise a provision

GA - SB223 Health; reimbursement of patient incurred expenses related to participation in a cancer clinical trial; authorize

GA - HB546 Georgia Pharmacy Practice Act; pharmacy care; revise definition

GA - HB576 Health; prohibit certain health care providers and facilities from discriminating against potential organ transplant recipients due solely to their vaccine status

GA - HB606 State health planning and development; certificate of need; revise definitions

GA - HB663 No Patient Left Alone Act; enact

GA - HB745 Health; provide requirements for nurse staffing in hospitals; provisions

GA - HB809 Occupational therapists; perform dry needling as a physical agent modality if certain training and education requirements are met; authorize

GA - HR568 House Study Committee on Dentists and Dental Hygienists; create

GA - HB874 Schools; automated external defibrillators; require

GA - SB348 Notification of Suspicious or Unusual Deaths; individual had not been seen by a physician prior to death; revise the period

GA - HB924 Insurance; discriminating against certain healthcare facilities and providers in connection with the administration of provider administered drugs; prohibit insurers

GA - HB1046 Health; advanced practice registered nurses and physician assistants to order home healthcare services; authorize

GA - HB1072 Health; drug repository program; revise definitions; provide for pharmacist to pharmacy technician ratios

GA - SB455 Medical Assistance; provisions to comply with federal law; revise

GA - HB1264 Professions and businesses; establish a professional health program to provide for monitoring and rehabilitation of impaired healthcare professionals; authorize

GA - HR1133 Congress; pass Kidney PATIENT Act of 2023; urge

GA - SB505 Hospitals and Related Institutions; required publication by hospital of certain financial documents on its website; provisions; revise

GA - HB1301 Health; newborn screening system to include Duchenne muscular dystrophy; require

GA - HB1302 Medical assistance; mandatory maternal mental health screening for perinatal mood and anxiety disorders for Medicaid recipients; provide

GA - HB1310 Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 2024; enact

GA - SB515 Emergency Medical Services; two-year pilot program to provide additional ambulances to certain areas of this state; provide

GA - HB1314 Health; designate emergency medical services, including ambulance service, as an essential service

GA - HB1326 Crimes and offenses; Schedule I, Schedule III, and Schedule IV controlled substances; provide certain provisions

GA - HB1332 No Patient Left Alone Act; enact

GA - HB1339 Health; certificate of need; revise

GA - HB1340 Professions and businesses; credentialing of qualified behavior analysts and qualified autism services practitioner-supervisors; provide

GA - HB1352 Pharmacists; prescribers provide certain information to patients or their representatives on Schedule II controlled substances or opioids

GA - HB1363 State employees' health insurance plan; drugs dispensed for self-administration; provisions

GA - HB1377 Health; use of state resources to advocate for citizens in support of Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act; repeal prohibition

GA - HR1231 House Study Committee on Maternal, Prenatal, and Pediatric Care Access and Funding; create

GA - HR1232 State of Georgia; import some prescription drugs from Canada to lower the cost of drug prices; urge

GA - HB1424 Right to Contraception Act; enact

GA - HR1360 House Study Committee on Alternatives to Opioids for Pain Management; create

GA - HB1493 Georgia Board of Nursing; transmit copies of certain complaints and reports; require

GA - HR1478 Biomedical Research Day; every third Thursday in April; recognize

GA - HB1513 Health; bad debts and underpayment for Medicare services; provisions

GA - HB1516 Professions and businesses; nurse protocol agreement; provisions