Committee
Georgia House Health Committee
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committee members
Matt Barton (R)
Karen Bennett (D)
David Clark (R)
Jasmine Clark (D)
Ex-Officio
Sharon Cooper (R)
Viola Davis (D)
Demetrius Douglas (D)
Stan Gunter (R)
Matt Hatchett (R)
Chair
Lee Hawkins (R)
Mack Jackson (D)
Rick Jasperse (R)
Sheila Jones (D)
Todd Jones (R)
Vice Chair
Trey Kelley (R)
Marvin Lim (D)
Secretary
Karen Mathiak (R)
Billy Mitchell (D)
Mark Newton (R)
Butch Parrish (R)
Don Parsons (R)
Jesse Petrea (R)
Kim Schofield (D)
Deborah Silcox (R)
Patty Marie Stinson (D)
| Bill | Bill Name | Progress | Referral Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| HB54 | Health; advanced practice registered nurses and physician assistants to order home healthcare services; authorize | Crossed Over | 01/15/2025 |
| HB87 | Insurance; require health benefit policy coverage for medically necessary orthotic and prosthetic devices and their materials and components | Crossed Over | 01/17/2025 |
| HB94 | Insurance; medically necessary expenses for standard fertility preservation services when a medically necessary treatment for cancer, sickle cell disease, or lupus may directly or indirectly cause an impairment of fertility; require coverage | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 01/27/2025 |
| HB139 | Pharmacies; prohibit drug manufacturer and wholesalers from preventing a licensed pharmacy from acquiring drugs from entities that participate in a particular federal drug discount program | Introduced | 01/28/2025 |
| HB154 | Emergency medical services; designate ambulance services as an essential service | Crossed Over | 01/29/2025 |
| HB196 | State employees' health insurance plan; drugs dispensed for self-administration; provisions | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 02/03/2025 |
| HB197 | Insurance; health care provider to respond to a private review agent or utility review entity's attempt to discuss the patient's care; detail the effort | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 02/03/2025 |
| HB209 | Health; designate emergency medical services, including ambulance service, as an essential service | Introduced | 02/03/2025 |
| HB218 | Health; lower the age from 50 to 18 years old at which hospitals shall offer inpatient vaccinations for the influenza virus prior to discharge | In Committee | 02/04/2025 |
| HB227 | Putting Georgia's Patients First Act; enact | Crossed Over | 02/05/2025 |
| HB298 | Health; requirements for nurse staffing in hospitals; provide | In Committee | 02/06/2025 |
| HB322 | Ga. Board of Dentistry; issuance of a dental or dental hygiene license for the sole purpose of teaching in an accredited dental, dental hygiene school, or academic medical center; revise provisions | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 02/10/2025 |
| HB323 | Bridging the Gap for ALS and Chronic Kidney Disease Act of 2025; enact | Crossed Over | 02/10/2025 |
| HB326 | State Health Benefit Plan Nonopioid Coverage Parity Act; enact | Introduced | 02/10/2025 |
| HB329 | Professional and businesses; authorize certified nurse practitioners and physician assistants to perform artificial insemination | Crossed Over | 02/10/2025 |
| HB382 | Controlled substances; Schedule I; psilocybin; revise a provision | In Committee | 02/12/2025 |
| HB428 | Health; codify right to in vitro fertilization for individuals | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 02/13/2025 |
| HB440 | Providing Effective Access to Cannabis for Health (PEACH) Act; enact | Introduced | 02/18/2025 |
| HB473 | Controlled substances; Schedule I; provide certain provisions | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 02/19/2025 |
| HB520 | Georgia Licensed Midwife Act; enact | Introduced | 02/20/2025 |
| HB522 | Health; prohibit certain health care providers and facilities from discriminating against potential organ transplant recipients due solely to their vaccine status | In Committee | 02/20/2025 |
| HB567 | Professions and businesses; authorize and regulate teledentistry by licensed dentists | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 02/24/2025 |
| HB571 | Professions and businesses; licensing of radiologist assistants; provide | Crossed Over | 02/24/2025 |
| HB588 | Insurance; coverage for fertility diagnostic care, treatment, and preservation services; provide | Introduced | 02/24/2025 |
| HB612 | Behavioral Health Coordinating Council; add member | Crossed Over | 02/24/2025 |
| HB629 | Education; remove requirement of having a licensed physician in automated external defibrillator programs | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| HB662 | Health; rural hospital organization; revise definition | In Committee | 02/28/2025 |
| HB677 | Health; certain placement procedures for children upon discharge from a hospital or psychiatric residential treatment facility; provide | Crossed Over | 02/27/2025 |
| HB692 | Nurses; notify supervising or delegating physician when subject to a complaint or report in outpatient settings; provisions | Introduced | 03/03/2025 |
| HB810 | Insurance; require that final reimbursements to pharmacies for prescription drugs are based on certain formulas | Introduced | 03/21/2025 |
| HB878 | Holidays; October 9 of each year as PANDAS Day; designate | Introduced | 03/31/2025 |
| HB904 | Health; certificate of need requirements concerning life plan communities; revise an exemption | Introduced | 04/04/2025 |
| HB923 | Pharmacies; furnish patients with written informational material when dispensing certain prescription drugs; require | Introduced | 04/04/2025 |
| HB931 | Health; control high costs of prescription drugs; establish framework | Introduced | 04/04/2025 |
| HR69 | Biomedical Research Day; every third Thursday in April; recognize | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 01/28/2025 |
| HR72 | House Study Committee on Cancer Care Access; create | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 01/29/2025 |
| HR397 | House Study Committee on Healthcare Quality and Reporting; create | Introduced | 02/27/2025 |
| HR512 | House Study Committee on the Addiction Epidemic and Solutions for Recovery; create | In Committee | 03/06/2025 |
| HR560 | Au, Dr. Michelle; commend | Introduced | 03/11/2025 |
| HR592 | House Study Committee on Noncompete Clauses in Physician Contracts; create | In Committee | 03/18/2025 |
| HR685 | House Study Committee on Mental Health Workforce Development; create | Introduced | 03/25/2025 |
| HR948 | House Study Committee on Pharmacy Benefits Managers and Consumer Access to Prescription Medications; create | Introduced | 04/04/2025 |
| SB6 | Controlled Substances; determine whether a controlled substance has been adulterated; authorize the use of testing equipment | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 02/11/2025 |
| SB39 | Employees' Insurance and Benefits Plans; expenses for gender-affirming care under the state health benefit plan or with any state funds; prohibit coverage | Crossed Over | 02/12/2025 |
| SB58 | "Georgia Transporting Life-Saving Organs and Personnel Act"; enact | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 02/19/2025 |
| SB72 | "Hope for Georgia Patients Act"; enact | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 02/26/2025 |
| SB91 | State Employees' Health Insurance Plan; Board of Community Health from entering into, executing, or renewing a contract with any pharmacy benefits manager that owns or has an ownership interest in any retail pharmacy; prohibit | Crossed Over | 03/06/2025 |
| SB130 | Health; medical education funding and the service cancelable loan program; expand | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 02/27/2025 |
| SB140 | Optometrists; doctors of optometry to dispense and sell pharmaceutical agents to patients under certain conditions; provide | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 03/10/2025 |
| SB195 | Pharmacies; pharmacists are authorized to dispense preexposure prophylaxis and postexposure prophylaxis under certain conditions; provide | Crossed Over | 03/04/2025 |