Georgia Legislative Watch

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 seeking to offer emergency trauma services may add additional beds or operating rooms for emergency trauma purposes without the necessity of applying for a certificate of need; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

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; to revise certain provisions relating to the adoption of rules relative to end stage renal disease facilities and personnel thereof; to revise certain provisions relating to minimum standards for curricula, instructors, and training dialysis and reuse technicians; to amend Title 43 of the O.C.G.A., relating to regulation of professions and businesses, so as to add a new Chapter 30A regulating dialysis technicians; to provide for definitions; to provide for certification requirements for dialysis technicians; to revise certain provisions relating to the nonapplicability of Code Section 43-34-177 for purposes of conformity; to provide for related matters; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

SB53 - Health Planning; exemptions; acute cancer hospitals
Sponsored by: Williams,Tommie 19th

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 31-6-47 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to exemptions from state health planning and development provisions, so as to provide findings of the General Assembly; to provide an exemption for the development and offering of new institutional health services by acute cancer hospitals with 50 or fewer beds that specialize in advanced cancer treatment and that have a majority of their patients originating from outside the State of Georgia; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

SB51 - Human Resources, Dept.; owners of personal care homes; national criminal history background data; definitions
Sponsored by: Smith,Preston 52nd

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 2 of Title 49 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Department of Human Resources, so as to permit the department to obtain national criminal history background data on owners of personal care homes, private home care providers, and child welfare agencies; to provide for definitions; to provide for the establishment of a uniform method of obtaining national criminal history background checks; to prohibit owners with certain criminal records from operating licensed facilities; to provide for rules and regulations; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

SB45 - Chronic Kidney Disease Task Force; establishment; develop a plan for education; membership; duties/responsibilities
Sponsored by: Thomas,Don 54th

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 force to develop a plan for education on chronic kidney disease; to provide for membership and appointment of members to the task force; to provide for duties and responsibilities; to provide for reports and recommendations from such task force; to provide for related matters; to provide for automatic repeal; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.