Georgia Rep. Sharon Cooper (R)

GA - Health & Human Services (House)

Title:

chairman

GA - Judiciary Non-Civil (House)

Title:

member

GA - Regulated Industries (House)

Title:

member

GA - Rules (House)

Title:

member

GA - HR769 Watson, Dr. Gil; 23 years of dedicated service; Northside United Methodist Church; retirement; commend

GA - HB426 Nurses; number of advanced practice registered nurses which can enter into a protocol agreement with delegating physician; provide exception

GA - HR986 Georgia Stop The Bleed Day at the state capitol; February 14, 2018; recognize

GA - HR1073 Self-Care Month; February, 2018; recognize

GA - HB635 Disabled Adults and Elder Persons Protection Act; at-risk adult protection investigative/coordinating teams; provide establishment

GA - HR1431 House Study Committee on Healthy Housing; create

GA - HR1536 National PTA; commend for their efforts to address dangers of e-cigarettes; urge local efforts to continue to address such dangers

GA - HR1537 House Study Committee on Nursing Home Quality Assessment; create

GA - HR1517 House Rural Development Council; solicit input from independent physicians on increasing burdens and financial visibility; urge

GA - HR170 State agencies; work toward increasing research, clinical care, and medical education for myalgic encephalomyelitis; urge

GA - HR1292 Georgia Alzheimer's and Related Dementia Advisory Council; study providing access to quality long-term care for individuals with Alzheimer's; urge

GA - HR240 Joint Study Committee on Reforming HIV Related Criminal Laws; create

GA - HB360 Prescription drugs; expedited partner therapy for patients with venereal diseases; provisions

GA - HR1408 Hemophilia of Georgia Day at the state capitol; March 6, 2018; recognize

GA - HR1413 Flynn, Marietta Police Chief Dan; 2017-2018 Georgia Police Chief of the Year; commend

GA - HR1582 Sudden Unexplained Death in Childhood (SUDC) Awareness Month at the state capitol; March, 2018; recognize

GA - HR114 Physician's Day at the capitol; January 25, 2017; recognize

GA - HR1166 State of Georgia Council on Respiratory Health Promotion; support creation

GA - HB895 Crimes and offenses; sale to and by minors of drug products containing dextromethorphan; prohibit

GA - HB154 Dental hygienists; perform certain functions under general supervision; authorize

GA - HB519 Insurance; health benefit plans; utilize certain clinical review criteria to establish step therapy protocols; require

GA - HR126 Type 1 Diabetes Day at the capitol; March 16, 2017; recognize; Georgia residents Type 1 Diabetes; families educate and advocate; commend

GA - HR128 Boy Scout Day at the capitol; March 1, 2017; recognize

GA - HR129 Resurgens Orthopaedics Advocacy Day; March 1, 2017; recognize

GA - HR167 Children's Healthcare of Atlanta; therapy dogs; "Canines For Kids"; commend

GA - HR325 Lupus Awareness Day at the capitol; March 9, 2017; recognize

GA - HR1363 United States Congress; amend Controlled Substances Act of 1970 to reclassify marijuana as a Schedule II drug; urge

GA - HR324 Georgia State University's Advanced Health Policy Institute; instructors; commend

GA - HR1710 Waugh, Evelyn; receiving the Master in the ART of Nursing: The Healers Among Us award; commend

GA - HB402 Nurse Licensure Compact; enact

GA - HR903 Ettel, Ed and Mary; commend

GA - HR978 Georgia State University's Legislative Health Policy Certificate Program and Advanced Health Policy Institute; commend

GA - HR1058 Resurgens Orthopaedics Advocacy Day at the state capitol; February 21, 2018; recognize

GA - HB799 Insurance; certain requirements for out of network hospitals prior to post-stabilization care; provide

GA - HR111 Self-Care Month; February, 2017; recognize

GA - HB747 Medical assistance; Medicaid recipients receive unrestricted access to hemophilia medications; provide

GA - HR454 Endometriosis Awareness Month at the capitol; March, 2017; recognize

GA - HB837 Law enforcement; statewide uniformity in policies concerning law enforcement contact with sexual assault victims; provisions

GA - HB646 Community Health, Department of; pilot program to provide coverage for bariatric surgical procedures; reinstate

GA - HB637 Interstate Medical Licensure Compact; enact

GA - HB464 Health; destination cancer hospitals; provisions

GA - HB221 Commerce and trade; powers of attorney to a uniform Act; update and conform provisions

GA - HB391 Safe Place for Newborns Act of 2002; revise provisions

GA - HB427 Physicians and Health Care Practitioners for Rural Areas Assistance Act; enact

GA - HB954 Property; retaliation by landlord against a tenant for taking certain actions; prohibit

GA - HB166 Jury duty; operators of family child care learning homes; provide exemption

GA - HB915 Professions and businesses; regulation and licensure of bodywork therapists; provisions

GA - HB803 Crimes and offenses; trafficking a disabled adult, elder person, or resident; prohibit

GA - HB697 Sales and use tax; sale or use of tangible personal property to certain nonprofit health centers; extend exemption for five additional years

GA - HB909 Health; designation of perinatal facilities; provisions

GA - HB743 Jeremy Nelson and Nick Blakely Sudden Cardiac Arrest Prevention Act; enact

GA - HB30 Controlled substances; add synthetic opioid to Schedule I

GA - HB636 Genetic Counselors Act; enact

GA - HB198 Elementary and secondary education; influenza vaccine; provide information

GA - HB228 Hearing Aid Coverage for Children Act; enact

GA - HB872 Insurance; require insurers to develop selection standards for provider participation; provisions

GA - HB769 Health; recommendations from the House Rural Development Council; implement

GA - HB344 Paternity; parties beyond movants in a child support case request a genetic test; allow

GA - HB831 Georgia's Employment First Act; enact

GA - HB733 Health; service cancelable loan program for certain health professionals in areas lacking in mental health services; expand

GA - HB818 Insurance; health care provider shall choose the method of reimbursement by insurer; provide

GA - HB841 Sales and use tax; sales of tangible personal property to organ procurement organizations from sales and use tax; exempt

GA - HB701 State employment; drug testing; allow testing for all forms of opioids

GA - HB157 Medical advertising; certain certifying organizations; revise certain criteria

GA - HB263 Social services; dental services for Medicaid and PeachCare for Kids recipients; provisions

GA - HB873 Prescription Drug Benefits Freedom of Information and Consumer Protection Act; enact

GA - HB914 Revenue and taxation; provide definitions; provisions

GA - HB647 Community Health, Department of; pilot program to provide coverage for treatment and management of obesity; provide

GA - HB210 Health; certain specimen collection stations and blood banks are not considered clinical laboratories; provide

GA - HB165 Medical practice; maintenance of certification shall not be required; provide

GA - HB241 Cove's Law; enact

GA - HB782 Crimes and offenses; provisions relating to permissible users with access to prescription drug monitoring program data base; revise

GA - HB213 Crimes and offenses; sale, manufacture, delivery, or possession of fentanyl within the prohibition of trafficking certain drugs; include

GA - HB983 Domestic relations; medical review and evaluation on a third or subsequent allegation of child abuse; provide

GA - HB419 Fireworks; certain counties further regulate use or ignition; enable authority

GA - HB577 Marietta, City of; mayor pro tem, presiding officer, organizational meetings, and board of lights and waterworks; revise provisions

GA - HB161 Drug related objects; employees of harm reduction organizations are not subject to certain offenses; provide

GA - HB1054 Acworth, City of; adopt by reference a certain map

GA - HR306 Rural Health Day at the capitol; March 1, 2017; recognize; Georgia Rural Health Association; commend

GA - HR1376 House Rural Development Council; solicit input from hospitals in the state on the financial conditions of such hospitals; urge

GA - HR367 "Community Health Centers Day"; February 24, 2017; recognize; Georgia Association for Primary Health Care; 40th anniversary; commend

GA - HR1059 Type 1 Diabetes individuals; those who support and advocate for them; Type 1 Diabetes Day at the state capitol; March 15, 2018; commend

GA - HR1060 Georgia Dental Association members; Georgia Dental Association Day at the state capitol; February 7, 2018; commend

GA - HR1074 Biggers, Dr. Edith; commend

GA - HR768 Atrial Fibrillation Day at the capitol; May 17, 2017; recognize

GA - HR1100 Georgia Rural Health Association; Rural Health Day at the state capitol; March 1, 2018; commend

GA - HR794 Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy Alert Day at the capitol; June 20, 2017; recognize

GA - HR953 Georgia Primary Care Association; Community Health Centers Day; February 1, 2018; recognize

GA - HR556 Georgia Children & Youth Month; month of September; recognize; achievements and capabilities of young Georgians; celebrate

GA - HR1130 Skin Cancer Awareness Day at the state capitol; March 14, 2018; recognize

GA - HR716 Judge, Jason Michael; outstanding academic and athletic career; commend

GA - HR1167 Shingles Awareness and Improvement Month; August; recognize

GA - HR440 Sex Trafficking Awareness Day at the capitol; February 28, 2017; recognize

GA - HR1035 Joiner, Lasa; retirement; commend

GA - HR995 Georgia's Community Service Boards; Community Service Boards Day at the state capitol; February 27, 2018; commend

GA - HR1182 Nation of Israel; cordial and mutually beneficial relationship with the United States and the State of Georgia; commend

GA - HR1375 State of Georgia; advise all public and private schools to educate students and parents about the dangers of meningococcal disease; encourage

GA - HR364 Pornography; creating a public health crisis; recognize need for education

GA - HR1381 Diabetes & Cardiovascular Disease Awareness Month at the state capitol; November 2018; recognize

GA - HR436 Nation of Israel; cordial and mutually beneficial relationship with the United States and State of Georgia; commend

GA - HR1148 Children's Healthcare of Atlanta; Lights of Love event; commend

GA - HR1592 Health insurers; provide coverage for less-addictive opioids and opioid addiction treatments to reduce the number of Georgians addicted to opioids; urge

GA - HR280 Nation of Israel; cordial and mutually beneficial relationship with the United States and State of Georgia; commend

GA - HR1019 Nelson, Mr. W.T. "Chip"; retirement; commend

GA - HR1321 House Study Committee on High Risk Exposure to HIV and Hepatitis B and C; create

GA - HR1364 Georgia Legislature; broaden eligibility and increase funding for the Breast and Cervical Cancer Prevention Program; encourage

GA - HR123 Physical Therapy Day at the capitol; February 7, 2017; recognize

GA - HR767 Importance of vaccinations; prevent Neisseria meningitidis; recognize

GA - HR745 House Study Committee on Surprise Insurance Gap Coverage; create

GA - HR73 Physician's Day at the capitol; January 25, 2017; saluting physicians of Georgia; recognize

GA - HR376 Cervical Cancer Prevention Day at the capitol; February 24, 2017; recognize; awareness of cervical cancer prevention and the availability of human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination to parents and children of the State of Georgia; promote

GA - HR905 Physician's Day at the state capitol; January 31, 2018; recognize

GA - HR1013 Georgia Society of Ophthalmology Day at the state capitol; February 14, 2018; commend

GA - HR355 Community Service Boards Day at the capitol; February 23, 2017; recognize; Georgia's Community Service Boards; commend

GA - HR109 Skin Cancer Awareness Day at the capitol; January 31, 2017; recognize

GA - HR973 Lupus Advocacy Day at the state capitol; March 1, 2018; recognize

GA - HR1675 National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month at the state capitol; March, 2018; recognize

GA - HR1353 Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy Alert Day at the state capitol; June 20, 2018; recognize

GA - HR199 Law enforcement officers and prosecutors; protection of Georgia's vulnerable adult population; commend

GA - HR464 House Study Committee on Infectious Disease Preparedness; create

GA - HR1694 Leadership Cobb and the Leadership Cobb Class of 2018; commend

GA - HR1194 House Study Committee on Retrospective Emergency Room Policies; create

GA - HR1016 Diabetes; necessity for education; recognize

GA - SB166 "Nurse Licensure Compact"; Georgia Board of Nursing exercise certain powers with respect to compact; authorize

GA - SB47 Physicians; visiting sports teams' physicians; provide for licensure exemption; requirements; limitations; agreements with other states

GA - SB96 Health; pronouncement of death by registered professional nurses; nursing homes and hospice care; authorize; county medical examiner's duties after notice of suspicious death; make a conforming change

GA - SB422 Clinical Laboratories; exempting pharmacists from provisions of said chapter when performing certain tests; provisions; change

GA - SB40 Mental Health; transport certain mentally ill patients; authorization of emergency medical services personnel

GA - SB193 Positive Alternatives for Pregnancy and Parenting Grant Program; program mission and practice; revise

GA - SB81 "Jeffrey Dallas Gay, Jr., Act."; opioid antagonists under conditions the state health officer may impose; provide state health officer may issue standing order permitting certain persons and entities to obtain

GA - SB325 "Interstate Medical Licensure Compact Act"; Georgia Composite Medical Board to administer the compact in this state; authorize

GA - SB106 Pain Management Clinics; health care professionals who must be on-site; revise a provision

GA - SB202 Medical Assistance; increase in the personal needs allowance to be deducted from a nursing home resident's income; provide

GA - SB242 Advanced Practice Registered Nurses; delegating physician can enter into a protocol agreement at any one time for nurses; provide