08 LC 14
9799
House
Bill 1096
By:
Representative Stephens of the
164th
A
BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
AN ACT
To
amend Code Section 31-7-172 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating
to definitions applicable to the "Georgia Hospice Law," so as to define the term
clergy for the purpose of authorizing certain persons to participate as members
of hospice care teams; to provide for related matters; to provide an effective
date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
BE
IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:
SECTION
1.
Code
Section 31-7-172 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to
definitions applicable to the "Georgia Hospice Law," is amended by adding a new
paragraph as follows:
"(2.1)
'Clergy' includes, in addition to other persons recognized as clergy by rules of
the department, an individual representative of a specific spiritual belief who
has documentation of ordination or commission by a recognized faith group and
who has completed at least four years of study and received a Bachelor of
Ministry degree at a college accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the
Southern Association of Colleges and Schools."
SECTION
2.
This
Act shall become effective upon its approval by the Governor or upon its
becoming law without such approval.
SECTION
3.
All
laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.