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Senate
Resolution 789
By:
Senators Stephens of the 27th and Pearson of the 51st
ADOPTED
SENATE
A
RESOLUTION
Urging
the Department of Community Health and the Health Strategies Council to revise
Perinatal (Obstetric/Newborn Level 1) Service Area 3 to include Forsyth County;
and for other purposes.
WHEREAS,
service areas have been established as a part of the state health plan for the
purposes of issuing certificates of need and for providing health care
throughout the state of Georgia; and
WHEREAS,
the Perinatal (Obstetric/Newborn Level 1) Service Area 3 includes Cherokee,
Clayton, Cobb, DeKalb, Douglas, Fayette, Fulton, Gwinnett, Henry, and Rockdale
counties; and
WHEREAS,
this service area accounts for almost one-half of the resident live births in
the state annually and has within its boundaries some of the best health care
facilities for perinatal care; and
WHEREAS,
there is anecdotal information that suggests that women that reside in certain
service areas are required to travel distances of up to one hour to access
health care facilities for perinatal care; and
WHEREAS,
it would be beneficial for women who live in Forsyth County to be able to access
perinatal health care facilities in the Metro Atlanta area.
NOW,
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE that the Department of Community Health
and the Health Strategies Council are hereby strongly urged to revise Perinatal
(Obstetric/Newborn Level 1) Service Area 3 to include Forsyth
County.
BE
IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Secretary of the Senate is authorized and directed
to transmit an appropriate copy of this resolution to the commissioner of the
Department of Community Health and the chairperson of the Health Strategies
Council.