| HB 0216 |
Neutral | Workers' Compensation for Firefighters Who Contract a Disease in the Line of Duty |
Gravley, Micah 67th |
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5/3/2016 |
House Date Signed by Governor |
I&L |
I&L |
- |
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| This legislation has been amended and it allows claims for workers' compensation benefits be provided to a firefighter who develops cancer, if proven by a preponderance of evidence, along with clear medical evidence, that there is a direct link to their employment as a firefighter as the cause of the cancer. This bill is the House version of SB 29. |
| HB 0348 |
Neutral | Create State Workforce Development Board |
Dickey, Robert 140th |
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7/1/2015 |
Effective Date |
I&L |
I&L |
- |
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| This legislation creates the State Workforce Development Board under the Department of Economic Development, which is authorized to promulgate rules and regulations for purposes of implementing the state's workforce policy while complying with federal laws. Previously, the Georgia Workforce Investment Board was housed under the Governor's Office of Workforce Development. |
| HB 0838 |
Neutral | Insurance - Mandated 5 Percent Commissions on Premium Payments |
Blackmon, Shaw 146th |
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3/22/2016 |
Senate Tabled |
Ins |
I&L |
- |
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| This legislation requires that health insurance agents receive a minimum commission of five percent of premiums on policies covering 50 or fewer employers. Many counties have insurance companies compete for their business, and some offer 2 percent - 3 percent commissions. |
| HB 0866 |
Oppose | Exempt Multiple Employer Self-Insured Health Plans from Insurance Premium Tax |
Blackmon, Shaw 146th |
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4/27/2016 |
House Date Signed by Governor |
Ins |
I&L |
- |
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| This bill provides that multiple employer self-insured health plans are exempt from insurance premium taxes. |
| HB 0943 |
Neutral | Contracts Contravening Public Policy - Engineering and Architectural Firms |
Rogers, Carl 29th |
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7/1/2016 |
Effective Date |
Ins |
I&L |
- |
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| This legislation only allows an engineering or architectural services contract to require one party to indemnify, hold harmless, insure or defend the other party if the damage is caused by the negligence, recklessness or intentional misconduct. Engineering and architectural service contracts that include provisions requiring indemnification regardless of negligence, recklessness or intentional misconduct are unenforceable. |
| SB 0029 |
Oppose | Workers' Compensation for Firefighter's Who Contract a Disease in the Line Of Duty |
Albers, John 56th |
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1/15/2015 |
Senate Read and Referred |
- | I&L |
- |
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| This legislation may require workers' compensation benefits to a firefighter who develops hypertension, heart disease, and respiratory disease, as well as cancer, AIDS or hepatitis that manifests while the firefighter is employed at the county and was exposed in the line and scope of his employment with the county. However, if the firefighter used tobacco within five years of the onset of the condition, then it will not be assumed that the condition was caused by the firefighter's service to the county. |
| SB 0088 |
Support | Pay Wages by Credit to Payroll Card |
Jones, Burt 25th |
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5/5/2015 |
Senate Date Signed by Governor |
I&L |
I&L |
- |
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| This legislation allows employers to pay their employees by a credit to a payroll card account (i.e., an account accessed through a prepaid debit card). In order to pay employees in this manner, the county must provide the employee a written explanation of the fees, if any, entailed (30 days prior to the account being available, or at time of hiring); a form allowing the employee to opt out; and the ability to opt out. |
| SB 0286 |
Support | Clarify Use of Insurance Premium Tax |
Williams, Tommie 19th |
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1/25/2016 |
Senate Read and Referred |
- | I&L |
- |
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| This legislation revises and clarifies the purposes for which a county may expend proceeds of the insurance premium tax. It clarifies that the expenditures must be for the primary benefit of the unincorporated area. It clarifies that any garbage and solid waste disposal purpose is allowed and clarifies that the governing authority can specify any service not already included in the list as long as it benefits primarily the unincorporated area. |
| SB 0302 |
Neutral | Insurance - Require Providers to Maintain Accurate Provider Directories |
Martin IV, P. K. 9th |
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7/1/2016 |
Effective Date |
Ins |
I&L |
- |
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| This legislation requires health carriers to keep updated provider directories. |
