- HB 127Prescription drugs; generic; change provisions
- HB 147Woman's Ultrasound Right to Know Act; enact
- HB 151Hospital authorities; vacancies; General Assembly; change by local act
- HB 155Human Resources, Department of; personal care home owners; criminal history; permit
- HB 241Opticians; licensure; practical training; specify certain requirements
- HB 279Katie Beckett waiver program; eligibility; certain children; require certain procedures
- HB 286Controlled substances; Schedule II and V; change certain provisions
- HB 330Georgia State Board of Pharmacy; registry of pharmacy technicians; establish
- HB 367Generic drugs; health insurance coverage; provisions
- HB 429Georgia HIV Pregnancy Screening Act of 2007; enact
- HB 492Physicians; Composite State Board of Medical Examiners; provisions
- HB 535Mental health; patient advocacy board; create
- (1) Butler,Mark 18th
- HB 626Physicians; retired; continuing education hours; provisions
- HB 655Georgia Commission on Hearing Impaired and Deaf Persons; create
- (1) Smith,Bob 113th
- (2) Holt,Doug 112th
- (3) Amerson,Amos 9th
- HB 715Family and children services; county directors; appointment; change certain provisions
- HB 984Children's transition care centers; definitions; revise and add new
- HB 1041Georgia Registered Professional Nurse Practice Act; obsolete language; eliminate
- HB 1042Prescription drugs; pharmacists; provisions
- HB 1044Adult day centers; licensure; respite care services programs; provisions
- HB 1105Hospitals; offer certain vaccinations to inpatients 65 years or older; require
- HB 1222'Health Share' Volunteers in Medicine Act; definitions; revise certain provisions
- SB 17Optometrists; authorize to prescribe and administer oral/topical pharmaceutical agents; eye/adnexa oculi
- SB 45Chronic Kidney Disease Task Force; establishment; develop a plan for education; membership; duties/responsibilities
- SB 51Human Resources, Dept. of; owners of personal care homes; national criminal history background data; definitions
- SC:H&HS
- HC:
Status:01/26/07 - Senate Read and Referred - SB 53Health Planning; exemptions; acute cancer hospitals
- SC:H&HS
- HC:
Status:01/26/07 - Senate Read and Referred - SB 57Ray Biddy and Gene Mullis Act; renal disease facilities and personnel
- SB 60Georgia Trauma Commission; establish
- SB 61Child-Placing Agency; require petitioner to submit to a criminal history records check
- SB 66Abortion; medical equipment for facilities; procedures
- SC:H&HS
- HC:
Status:01/14/08 - Senate Recommitted - SB 78Community Health, Dept. of; powers, duties and functions; change certain provisions
- SC:H&HS
- HC:
Status:01/30/07 - Senate Read and Referred - SB 93Patient Disclosure for Eye Surgery Act; delegation of postoperative eye care for patient who has undergone eye surgery
- SC:H&HS
- HC:
Status:02/01/07 - Senate Read and Referred - SB 95Cigarettes/Tobacco; minors; unlawful to attempt purchase; vending machines; change certain provisions
- SB 102Chiropractors; define/redefine terms; scope of practice; change criminal penalties for unlicensed practice
- SB 150Pharmacists/Pharmacies; submit certain performance and cost data to Dept. of Community Health
- (1) Hill,Judson 32nd
- (2) Thomas,Don 54th
- SC:H&HS
- HC:
Status:02/13/07 - Senate Read and Referred - SB 155Immunization; HPV; human papillomarvirus; female students entering the sixth grade
- (1) Balfour,Don 9th
- SC:H&HS
- HC:
Status:01/14/08 - Senate Recommitted - SB 164Certificate of Need Reformation Act; extensive revision of the certificate of need program
- SC:H&HS
- HC:
Status:02/14/07 - Senate Read and Referred - SB 178Pharmacy, State Board of; mails/common carriers; prescription drug; shall not be grounds for sanctioning license of pharmacist
- SB 189Certificate of Need; revise definition of "new institutional health service"
- SC:H&HS
- HC:
Status:02/21/07 - Senate Read and Referred - SB 204Health; board for distribution/delivery of dead bodies; change certain provisions
- SB 205Prescription Medication Integrity Act
- SB 215Advanced Practice Registered Nurse; revise; provide statutory construction of definition; certified registered nurse anesthetists
- SC:H&HS
- HC:
Status:02/22/07 - Senate Read and Referred - SB 222Advanced Practice Registered Nurse; revise definition; licensed registered nurse
- SB 229Hospitals; discount payment/charity care for financially qualified patients; maintain written policies; provide eligibility criteria
- SC:H&HS
- HC:
Status:02/27/07 - Senate Read and Referred - SB 253Advanced Practice Registered Nurses; on-site patient evaluation; provide examination
- (1) Wiles,John 37th
- (2) Thomas,Don 54th
- SC:H&HS
- HC:
Status:02/28/07 - Senate Read and Referred - SB 285Revised Peachcare for Kids Act; change the short title
- SC:H&HS
- HC:
Status:03/01/07 - Senate Read and Referred - SB 289Newborn Screening Program; assessment; approved laboratories to perform screening testing; revise certain provisions
- SC:H&HS
- HC:
Status:03/01/07 - Senate Read and Referred - SB 295Controlled Substances; active chemical ingredient in hallucinogenic plant Salvia divinorum A; unlawful to knowingly produce and manufacture
- SB 296State Health Planning/Development; revise certain definitions; change exemptions
- SC:H&HS
- HC:
Status:03/01/07 - Senate Read and Referred - SB 313Physicians; Composite State Board of Medical Examiners; enter into a contract with a nonprofit corporation; impaired physician program
- SC:H&HS
- HC:
Status:03/27/07 - Senate Read and Referred - SB 331Commission for the Blind and the Visually Impaired Act; create
- SC:H&HS
- HC:
Status:04/13/07 - Senate Read and Referred - SB 341Council on Aging; assign additional duties; produce a report; appointment of advisory committees
- SB 363Dentists/Dental Hygienists; provide advanced dental education programs; revisions
- (1) Hawkins,Lee 49th
- (2) Goggans,Greg 7th
- (3) Thomas,Don 54th
- (4) Moody,Dan 56th
- (5) Murphy,Jack 27th
- SB 378Aging Dept.; transfer functions, duties, employees from Division of Aging Services of the Department of Human Resources
- SC:H&HS
- HC:
Status:02/28/08 - Senate Read Second Time - SB 381No Heartbeat Act; registration and certificates of birth; change certain provisions; provide for a definition
- SB 395Indigent/Elderly Patients; establish safety net clinic grant program; provide definitions; purpose; eligibility; requirements
- SB 401Medical; agency interpretations of rules/regulations/policies shall prevail; investigation of improper payment of claims by health care providers
- SC:H&HS
- HC:
Status:02/05/08 - Senate Read and Referred - SB 402Georgia Coordinating Council for Rural and Human Services Transportation; establish; provide for membership, meetings, expenses
- SB 404Georgia Health Marketplace Act; provide access to health care products for Georgia consumers; provide for definitions; membership; powers
- SB 423Mental Illness; prohibit the use of prior authorization; medications prescribed for patients under Medicaid fee for service program
- SC:H&HS
- HC:
Status:02/14/08 - Senate Read Second Time - SB 433State Health Planning; provide destination cancer hospitals are subject to certificate of need requirements; provide for penalties
- (1) Williams,Tommie 19th
- (2) Rogers,Chip 21st
- (3) Johnson,Eric 1st
- (4) Mullis,Jeff 53rd
- (5) Moody,Dan 56th
- (6) Hill,Jack 4th
- SB 469Health; revise definition for personal care home; provide guidelines/oversight of host homes
- (1) Harp,Seth 29th
- (2) Thomas,Don 54th
- SB 490State Health; skilled nursing facilities, intermediate care facilities, and intermingled nursing facilities may be allowed to divide; conditions
- SB 498Cosmetic Laser Services; licensing; change certain provisions
- (1) Wiles,John 37th
- SB 505Human Resources, Dept. of; state diabetes coordinator; establish; provide for appointment; duties
- (1) Balfour,Don 9th
- (2) Thomas,Don 54th
- (3) Carter,Joseph 13th
- (4) Hill,Judson 32nd
- SC:H&HS
- HC:
Status:02/22/08 - Senate Read and Referred - SB 507Public Assistance; basic therapy services for children with disabilities; establish requirements; definitions
- SB 534Community Ombudsman Program; change certain provisions; provide for duties, definitions
- (1) Grant,Johnny 25th
- (2) Goggans,Greg 7th
- (3) Harp,Seth 29th
- (4) Hill,Jack 4th
- (5) Unterman,Renee 45th
- SC:H&HS
- HC:
Status:02/29/08 - Senate Read and Referred - SB 539Certificate of Need Program; exempt continuing care retirement communities; certificate of need requirements; certain conditions
- SB 546Alzheimer's Awareness Day; designate; establish the State Alzheimer's Disease Commission; membership; duties; annual report
- SC:H&HS
- HC:
Status:03/04/08 - Senate Read and Referred - SB 549Emergency Medical Services; establish three level system of stroke centers; definitions
- (1) Thomas,Don 54th
- SR 22Hospital Health Care Standards Commission; create
- (1) Hill,Judson 32nd
- (2) Thomas,Don 54th
- SR 30Joint Study Committee on State Stroke System of Care; create
- SR 66Shortage of Doctors and Nurses; Senate Study Committee; create
- SC:H&HS
- HC:
Status:04/19/07 - Senate Passed/Adopted - SR 87Human Resources, Dept. of; urged to name district health office building at Northwest Georgia Regional Hospital in honor of Dr. Raymond F. Corpe
- SR 345Public Funding; faith based organizations; prevent discrimination-CA
- SC:H&HS
- HC:
Status:02/29/08 - Senate Committee Favorably Reported - SR 355Health Care Transformation; create joint study committee
- SR 363Mental Health Service Delivery Commission; create
- (1) Grant,Johnny 25th
- (2) Tarver,Ed 22nd
- (3) Unterman,Renee 45th
- (4) Hill,Jack 4th
- (5) Goggans,Greg 7th
- (6) Bulloch,John 11th
- SR 375Public Funding; separate charitable affiliates of religious/sectarian organizations; provide for conditions/requirements-CA
- SC:H&HS
- HC:
Status:03/01/07 - Senate Read and Referred - SR 385Georgia Advance Directives Registry; create Senate study committee
- SC:H&HS
- HC:
Status:04/19/07 - Senate Passed/Adopted - SR 386Human Resources, Dept. of; urged to establish a uniform format among hospital forms; mandate use in all Georgia hospitals
- SC:H&HS
- HC:
Status:04/19/07 - Senate Passed/Adopted - SR 388U.S. Congress; urged to enact Prevention First Act
- (1) Orrock,Nan 36th
- SC:H&HS
- HC:
Status:03/01/07 - Senate Read and Referred - SR 517Childhood Obesity in Georgia; create Senate Study Committee
- (1) Thomas,Don 54th
- (2) Henson,Steve 41st
- SC:H&HS
- HC:
Status:04/19/07 - Senate Passed/Adopted - SR 637Health Care Transformation; create Senate Study Committee
- (1) Hill,Judson 32nd
- SC:H&HS
- HC:
Status:04/19/07 - Senate Passed/Adopted - SR 788Brain Injury Related Neurobehavioral Issues; create Senate Study Committee
- SC:H&HS
- HC:
Status:04/02/08 - Senate Passed/Adopted - SR 1020Senate Sexual Exploitation of Minors Study Committee; create
- SC:H&HS
- HC:
Status:04/02/08 - Senate Passed/Adopted