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Introduced Session

AN ACT To amend Titles 31, 33, 34, 37, 45, 48, and 49 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to health, insurance, labor and industrial relations, mental health, public officers and employees, revenue and taxation, and social services, respectively, so as to enact the "Georgia Maternal Health Momnibus Act"; to provide for legislative findings and intent; to provide for a short title; to repeal Code Section 31-2A-19, relating to pilot program for home visitation during pregnancy and early childhood, reporting, and funding requirement; to establish pilot programs to provide prenatal care and postpartum care through telemedicine and mobile health clinics for women residing in limited maternity care counties and maternity care deserts; to authorize rules and regulations, provide for reporting, provide for contingent effectiveness, and provide for termination and automatic repeal with respect to such pilot programs; to provide for group prenatal care and postpartum care classes and sessions to certain pregnant and postpartum women from low-income households; to authorize rules and regulations and provide for reporting with respect to the same; to require implicit bias initial and refresher training for certain healthcare professionals involved in perinatal care; to create and provide a purpose for the Regional Perinatal Center Advisory Committee; to provide for its composition and duties; to provide for assessment and recommendations to the commissioner of public health; to establish criteria for hospitals interested in being designated as a regional perinatal center; to authorize rules and regulations and provide for presentation of a plan every four years with respect to such committee; to provide for coverage for maternal mental health screening and care; to provide for a comprehensive quality metrics program with respect to such screening and care; to require the provision of educational materials upon signs and symptoms of perinatal mood and anxiety disorders; to establish a pilot program for remote maternal mental health screening and monitoring; to provide for legislative intent, authorize rules and regulations, and provide for funding and reporting with respect to such pilot program; to establish a pilot program to provide coverage under the Medicaid program for doula care for pregnant Medicaid recipients; to provide for doula qualifications, authorize rules and regulations, provide for reporting, provide for contingent effectiveness, and provide for termination and automatic repeal with respect to such pilot program; to provide for a public awareness campaign related to maternal health; to expand the Georgia WIC (Women, Infants, and Children) program to cover children up to six years of age and to provide for contingent effectiveness; to create and establish a purpose for the Supporting Healthy Moms Grant Program; to provide for the allocation of annual grant awards under such program; to provide for rules and regulations and reporting with respect to such program; to require certain accommodations in the workplace for pregnancy, childbirth, and related conditions; to provide for the specific powers and duties of the Commissioner of Labor related to such requirements; to provide for notice of rights and reasonable accommodations to job applicants and employees for circumstances related to pregnancy; to provide for a civil cause of action and relief; to provide for certain instruction and public education; to authorize rules and regulations and provide for construction with respect to such workplace accommodations; to exempt the sale or use of diapers from taxation; to require healthcare providers, healthcare facilities, and pharmacies to provide the Maternal Mortality Review Committee with psychiatric records; to create and provide a purpose for the Severe Maternal Morbidity Review Committee; to provide for the compilation, tracking, reporting, and public dissemination of data on severe maternal morbidity and pregnancy related deaths; to provide for a study on reducing severe maternal morbidity; to provide for a report and for automatic repeal of provisions relating to such study; to permit the release of clinical records of a deceased patient or deceased former patient to the Maternal Mortality Review Committee and the Severe Maternal Morbidity Review Committee; to remove the requirement that a medical examiner's inquiry for pregnant female deaths be done through a regional perinatal center; to provide for definitions; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

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Debra Bazemore (D)*,  Park Cannon (D)*,  Carolyn Hugley (D)*,  Mekyah McQueen (D)*,  Tanya Miller (D)*,  Sandra Scott (D)*, 

House Second Readers (on 01/12/2026)

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