A lot of attention is being directed towards the health care bill currently under consideration in Congress. Democrats in the U.S. House are busy scurrying around for the votes to pass a measure that they say would provide health insurance to more tha 30 million Americans.
If the bill becomes law, however, a proposed amendment to [...]
State Sen. David Shafer (R – Duluth) introduced two bills today designed to bring reform to the financially-strapped Grady Memorial Hospital.
Senate Bill 353, the Public Hospital Integrity Act, would seek to prevent those individuals that may have financial ties to a public hospital like Grady or any major hospital vendor from serving on a governing [...]
SB78 – Community Health, Dept. of; powers, duties and functions; change certain provisions
Sponsored by: Hamrick,William 30th
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to health, so as to change certain provisions relating to the Department of Community Health’s powers, duties, and [...]
HB203 – Department of Human Resources; task force onchronic kidney disease; establish
Sponsored by: Maddox,Gene 172nd
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 2 of Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Department of Human Resources, so as to provide for the establishment of a task [...]
SB73 – Health Care Plans; continued access to care; enrollees; definitions
Sponsored by: Shafer,David 48th
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 3 of Chapter 20A of Title 33 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to managed health care plans, so as to provide for continued access to care [...]
SB66 – Abortion; medical equipment for facilities; procedures
Sponsored by: Schaefer,Nancy 50th
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 5 of Chapter 12 of Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to abortion, so as to require access to certain medical equipment for facilities where abortions are performed [...]
SB60 – Georgia Trauma Commission; establish
Sponsored by: Staton,Cecil 18th
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to health, so as to establish the Georgia Trauma Commission; to provide for its composition, membership, duties, and responsibilities; to provide that hospitals offering or [...]
SB57 – Ray Biddy and Gene Mullis Act; renal disease facilities and personnel
Sponsored by: Unterman,Renee 45th
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 44 of Title 31 of the O.C.G.A., relating to renal disease facilities, so as to provide a short title; to revise a definition for purposes of conformity; [...]