| HB 0178 |
Neutral | Georgia Pain Management Act |
Weldon, Tom 3rd |
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7/1/2013 |
House - Effective Date |
H&HS |
H&HS |
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| Among other things, this legislation allows law enforcement to obtain records regarding the deaths of individuals that may have been caused by the medication obtained through a pain management clinic. Such records are not subject to the open records law. |
| HB 0205 |
Support | Psychiatric Advance Directive Act |
Lindsey, Edward 54th |
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2/7/2013 |
House - House Second Readers |
H&HS |
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| This legislation establishes a method for adults to prepare a psychiatric advance direction to express their mental health care treatment preferences in advance, as well as to authorize an agent to make mental health care decisions on his or her behalf. It provides immunity from liability to law enforcement officers who follow an advance directive. This legislation has also been introducted in the Senate - S.B.371. |
| HB 0839 |
Evaluating | Revision of the Hospital Authorities Act |
Jason Spencer |
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1/28/2014 |
House Second Readers |
H&HS |
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| This legislation makes several changes to the hospital authorities law, including increasing how boards are expanded and appointed. It allows for the creation of joint hospital authorities, as well as authorizing hospital authorities to file for bankruptcy. This legislation also creates a Senior Citizens Services Authority in each county and city. This legislation contains the same language as SB 302. |
| HB 0966 |
Neutral | Establishment of the Alzheimer's Disease Registry with the Department of Public Health |
Sharon Cooper |
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7/1/2014 |
Effective Date |
H&HS |
H&HS |
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| This legislation establishes an Alzheimer's Disease Registry within the Department of Public Health to assist in the development of public policy and planning relative to Alzheimer's disease and related disorders. The Department of Public Health will promulgate rules and regulations regarding data collection, as well as who is required to report data. |
| HR 0502 |
Support | Joint Study Committee on Mental Health and School Violence |
Tanner, Kevin 9th |
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5/7/2013 |
House Date Signed by Governor |
H&HS |
RULES |
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| This legislation creates a Joint Study Committee on Mental Health and School Violence. |
| SB 0013 |
Neutral | Mandatory Reporting to Licensing Board For Nurses Convicted of Certain Criminal Offenses |
Carter, Buddy 1st |
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3/12/2013 |
House - House Second Readers |
H&HS |
H&HS |
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| This legislation requires a county that employs a registered or practical nurse to report to the licensing board if the nurse is terminated or resigned due to practicing without a license, using false credentials, being convicted of a felony, being convicted of a crime involving moral turpitude, being convicted of a crime involving drugs, or using alcohol and drugs in a way that interferes with the ability to properly perform his or her job.
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| SB 0065 |
Neutral | Pilot Program to Authorize Licensed Professional Counselors to Sign Mental Health Commitment Orders |
Unterman, Renee 45th |
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4/21/2014 |
Senate Date Signed by Governor |
H&HS |
H&HS |
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| This legislation will allow an Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) to sign 1013 orders to hold mental health patients they deem to be a danger to themselves or others. There is a sunset date of March 15, 2015. Currently only doctors are allowed to sign these orders, this pilot project will document the cost savings of having additional professionals approved to sign the orders, thereby lowering transportation costs of the sheriff's departments. |
| SB 0216 |
Support | Medical Directors of Emergency Services Providers May Contract With More Than One Pharmacy |
Carter, Buddy 1st |
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5/6/2013 |
Senate - Effective Date |
H&HS |
PUB SAF |
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| This legislation allows the medical director of an emergency medical service provider to contract with more than one pharmacy to provide supplies. |
| SB 0273 |
Watch | Establishment of the Maternal Mortality Review Committee Within the Department of Public Health |
Burke, Dean 11th |
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7/1/2014 |
Effective Date |
H&HS |
H&HS |
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| SB 0358 |
Neutral | Missing Child Reports for Foster Children |
John Albers |
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7/1/2014 |
Effective Date |
H&HS |
H&HS |
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| This legislation allows foster parents or the Department of Children and Family Services to initiate a missing child report on foster children and requires that law enforcement distribute that missing child alert to all jurisdictions in a county. |
