Legislation Assigned to the Senate H&HS Committee (21)

Date of Last Recorded Action: 4/25/2024

HB 0178 NeutralGeorgia Pain Management Act Weldon, Tom 3rd
7/1/2013 House - Effective Date H&HS H&HS -
General County Government Health and Human Services Law Enforcement Open Records/Meetings Act Public Safety and Courts
Todd Edwards
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 0538 NeutralCounty boards of health; population relative to superintendent of largest municipal school system in certain counties serving on board of health ex officio; repeal provision Sims, Chuck 169th
3/20/2013 Senate - Senate Withdrawn & Recommitted IGC H&HS -
General County Government Local Legislation Population Acts
HB 0914 NeutralRequire DFCS to Report Back to School Personnel Findings of Child Abuse Reports/Creation of Pilot Program on Privatization of Foster Care David Wilkerson
3/20/2014 House Agrees Senate Amend or Sub As Amended JuvJ H&HS -
Debra Nesbit Health and Human Services Juveniles Public Safety and Courts

This legislation requires child protective agencies to let school officials reporting suspected child abuse know that the report was received within 24 hours of the report.   This legislation was amended to create a three year pilot program to evaluate privatization of child welfare services statewide.  The pilot sites will be established in three of the 15 regions and shall represent a diverse segment of the state.   There is also created a Child Welfare Pilot Program Commission.
HB 0923 NeutralRevision of Office of Child Advocate Role and Responsibilities Christian Coomer
3/3/2014 Senate Read and Referred JuvJ H&HS -
Coroners/Medical Examiners Criminal Procedure Debra Nesbit District Attorneys General County Government
Georgia Bureau of Investigation Health and Human Services Juveniles Law Enforcement Magistrate Court
Open Records/Meetings Act Public Safety and Courts Sheriff

This legislation makes changes to the duties of the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, the Child Advocate for the Protection of Children, the Georgia Child Fatality Review Panel, county child abuse protocol committees, and county child fatality review committees. The legislation also changes the portions of child abuse and dependency records that may be redacted under the open records law.
HB 0965 NeutralGeorgia 9-1-1 Medical Amnesty Law and Protocol for EMS and Paramedics to Prescribe Opioid Antagonists Sharon Cooper
4/24/2014 House Date Signed by Governor JudyNC H&HS -
Criminal Procedure Debra Nesbit EMS/Ambulance Health and Human Services Law Enforcement
Leg Update Draft Public Safety and Courts
This legislation provides immunity for those seeking or providing medical assistance to someone who may have overdosed on drugs or alcohol.  It allows EMS and paramedics to administer opioid antagonists to individuals who have an opioid related overdose. Additionally, the Department of Public Health is authorized, subject to appropriations from the General Assembly, to provide grants to first responders to assist in maintaining an adequate supply of opioid antagonists.
HB 0966 NeutralEstablishment of the Alzheimer's Disease Registry with the Department of Public Health Sharon Cooper
7/1/2014 Effective Date H&HS H&HS -
Debra Nesbit EMS/Ambulance Fire Services Health and Human Services Leg Update Draft
Public Safety and Courts

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.
HB 0990 NeutralLegislative Approval for the Expansion of Medicaid Jan Jones
7/1/2014 Effective Date Judy H&HS -
Debra Nesbit Health and Human Services Indigent Health Care Leg Update Draft Shaun Adams
This legislation requires the General Assembly to approve an expansion of Medicaid eligibility through an increase in the income threshold.
SB 0013 NeutralMandatory Reporting to Licensing Board For Nurses Convicted of Certain Criminal Offenses Carter, Buddy 1st
3/12/2013 House - House Second Readers H&HS H&HS -
Correctional Institutions/Jail Debra Nesbit Health and Human Services Personnel/Employment Public Safety and Courts
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.
SB 0014 SupportCreation of Georgia Alzheimer's and Related Dementias State Plan Task Force Unterman, Renee 45th
5/6/2013 Senate - Effective Date HumR H&HS -
Debra Nesbit General County Government Health and Human Services Law Enforcement Public Safety and Courts
This legislation creates a Georgia Alzheimer's and Related Dementias State Plan Task Force to assess the impact of Alzheimer's on Georgia and to create a state plan.  The task force would be abolished on March 31, 2014.  Upon its abolishment, a Georgia Alzheimer's and Related Dementias Advisory would be created to annually review progress made on the state plan.
SB 0062 SupportCreation of Federal and State Funded Health Care Financing Program Overview Committee Hill, Judson 32nd
5/7/2013 Senate - Effective Date HumR H&HS -
Debra Nesbit Health and Human Services Indigent Health Care Insurance Insurance
This legislation creates the Joint Federal and State Funded Health Care Financing Program Overview Committee.
SB 0065 NeutralPilot Program to Authorize Licensed Professional Counselors to Sign Mental Health Commitment Orders Unterman, Renee 45th
4/21/2014 Senate Date Signed by Governor H&HS H&HS -
Debra Nesbit Health and Human Services Leg Update Draft Public Safety and Courts Sheriff
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 0186 NegotiatingAuthorization of Ambulance Personnel to Transport Certain Mentally Ill Patients Ligon, Jr., William 3rd
2/21/2013 Senate - Senate Read and Referred -H&HS -
Debra Nesbit EMS/Ambulance Health and Human Services Public Safety and Courts Sheriff
This legislation allows a licensed ambulance service to transport a mentally ill patient to an emergency receiving facility.
SB 0273 WatchEstablishment of the Maternal Mortality Review Committee Within the Department of Public Health Burke, Dean 11th
7/1/2014 Effective Date H&HS H&HS -
Debra Nesbit General County Government Health and Human Services Open Records/Meetings Act
SB 0291 NeutralCreation of a New State Adult and Aging Services Agency Renee Unterman
3/20/2014 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute HumR H&HS -
Debra Nesbit Health and Human Services
This legislation creates the Georgia Adult and Aging Services Agency.
SB 0292 NegotiatingProhibition of County Government Representatives Advocating for the Expansion of Medicaid; Alzheimer's Disease Registry Renee Unterman
3/20/2014 Senate Agrees House Amend or Sub As Amended HumR H&HS -
Health and Human Services Indigent Health Care Insurance Insurance Shaun Adams
This legislation was amended to add HB 707, which prohibits county officials or employees from using money or human resources or assets to advocate or influence citizens to support the voluntary expansion of Medicaid. Similarly, counties would be prohibited from starting their own health care exchange or participating in a health care exchange provided by a nonprofit organization. This legislation also prohibits the Insurance Commissioner from investigating of enforcing any health care related provisions of the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010.
SB 0302 EvaluatingRevision of County Hospital Authorities Provisions Jeff Mullis
1/22/2014 Senate Read and Referred -H&HS -
Debra Nesbit Health and Human Services Indigent Health Care

This legislation amends the Hospital Authority Act.  For an overview please click here.
SB 0349 SupportDepartment of Behaviorial Health and Developmental Disabilities Revision of Local Community Services Boards Charlie Bethel
4/16/2014 Senate Date Signed by Governor GAff H&HS -
Debra Nesbit Health and Human Services Leg Update Draft

This legislation changes the law governing the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities and the makeup of the local community service boards. This legislation gives county officials greater representation on local community service boards.
SB 0350 NeutralPrivatization of Foster Care Services Renee Unterman
3/20/2014 Senate Agrees House Amend or Sub As Amended Judy H&HS -
Debra Nesbit Health and Human Services Juveniles

This legislation requires the Department of Human Services to develop a plan to competitively bid out child welfare services. The plan shall be submitted by January 1, 2015, and would be phased in over a two year period beginning July 1, 2015.
SB 0358 NeutralMissing Child Reports for Foster Children John Albers
7/1/2014 Effective Date H&HS H&HS -
Debra Nesbit Health and Human Services Juveniles Law Enforcement Public Safety and Courts
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.
SB 0371 SupportPsychiatric Advance Directive Act Joshua McKoon
2/11/2014 Senate Read and Referred -H&HS -
Debra Nesbit Health and Human Services Law Enforcement Public Safety and Courts

This legislation provides immunity to law enforcement officers who follow a psychiatric advance directive. This legislation is the same as H.B. 205.
SR 1121 EvaluatingEncourage Collaboration Between Community Health and Public Health to Prevent and Control Diabetes Judson Hill
3/18/2014 Senate Passed/Adopted -H&HS -
Debra Nesbit Health and Human Services
This legislation encourages the Department of Community Health and Department of Public Health to collaborate and develop a report to help prevent and control diabetes.
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