HB 568 - Health Care Competition, Transparency and Improvement Act; enact

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Current Status

04/20/07 - House Withdrawn, Recommitted

First Reader Summary

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 6 of Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to state health planning and development, so as to enact the "Health Care Competition, Transparency and Improvement Act"; to provide for extensive revision of the certificate of need program; to revise the declaration of policy for state health planning; to revise and add definitions; to establish the Health Strategies Advisory Council as the successor to the Health Strategies Council; to provide for its composition and duties; to revise provisions relating to the Department of Community Health; to provide for a temporary moratorium on certificate of need applications under certain circumstances; to provide for penalties, sanctions, and enforcement actions relating to certificates of need; to provide for related matters; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Status History

Bill History
DateAction
02/22/2007House First Readers
02/27/2007House Second Readers
03/27/2007House Committee Favorably Reported
04/20/2007House Withdrawn, Recommitted