Georgia Legislative Agenda

2020-2021

House Bills

HB 11 Safe Patient Limits Act Sandra Scott D

GNA Bill Decrease Cost of Healthcare, Improve Patient Outcomes

HB 38 Health Sterilizations Kim Shofield D

Healthcare Justice

HB 39 Individual Short Term Health Insurance Consumer Protections Act Kim Shofield D

Improve Access to Care

https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/58827 Kim Shofield D

Improve Access to Care

HB 49 Mental Health Parity Act Shelly Hutchison D

Improve Access to Mental Health Services 

HB 58 Georgia Women's Care Act Kim Shofield D

Pregnant and Postpartum Healthcare Justice

HB 72 New Mother’s Medicaid Expansion Carolyn Hughley D

Improve Access to Care (pregnancy medicaid expansion)

HB 163 Implement Medicaid Express Lane Enrollment Sharon Cooper R

Improve Access to Care (Auto Enroll children who get SNAP)

HB 177 Human Trafficking Victims, cause of action Josh Bonner R

Reproductive Justice

HB 178 Human Trafficking Victims, name change Josh Bonner R

Reproductive Justice

HB 213 Full Practice Authority for ARPN’s Mary Robichaux D

Improve Access to Care

HB 214 Medicaid Buy-In Program Mary Robichaux D

Improve Access to Care

HB 215 Telehealth in Medicaid Program Mary Robichaux D

Improve Access to Care

HB 217 Annual Reporting for Healthcare Plans Mary Robichaux D

Improve Access to Care (Medicaid pays for vision and dental for adults as well as increase RR for Primary Care

HB 234 Self Funded Health Plan Opt In Lee Hawkins R

Improve Access to Care


OF NOTE LAST SESSION: HB 888 Surprise Billing Consumer Protection Act Lee Hawkins R 

Improve Access to Care PASSED

HB 257 Maternity Supportive Housing Act Ed Seltzer R

Improve Access to Care (registration for pregnancy housing for women)

HB 307 Georgia Telehealth Act  Sharon Cooper R 

Improve Access to Care (telehealth from home)

HB 321 Group Plans to Insured Yasmin Neal D

Decrease Cost of HealthCare

HB 369 Controlled substances and FPA for PA’s Alan Powell R

PA Bill Improve Access to Care

HB 370 Limit Terms of Board Members for Hospital Authorities Jan Jones R

Remove Barriers to Care

HB 377 Pregnancy and Postpartum Care for Inmates and Arrested Kim Shofield D

Improve Access to Care and Quality of Care

HB 381 Postpartum Medicaid Expansion Renitta Shannon D

Improve Access to Care Decrease Maternal Mortality

HB 401 Vulnerable Child Act Ginny Erhart R

(no sex changes for a minor) 

HB 430 APRN Licensing Alan Powell R

UAPRN Bill Increasing Access to Care

(Licensing through the board, home health orders, workforce data, disability paperwork)

Would like to see breast pumps/medical devices including compression hose)

Senate Bills

SB 16 GA Commission on Black Women and Girls, create Tonya Anderson D

Improving Health outcomes

SB 18 Elimination of Statute of Limitation for Rape and Sodomy Harold Jones D

Reproductive Justice

SB 19 Surgical Smoke Evacuation Systems Gloria Butler D

GNA major bill Improving Patient Outcomes

SB 33 Cause of Action Against Perpetrators for victims of human trafficking Clint Dixon R

Reproductive Justice

SB 34 Name change for victims of human trafficking Clint Dixon R

Reproductive Justice

SB 50 Medical Assistance program for premium assistance Micheal Rhett D

Improving Access to Care

SB 55 Georgia Medical Leave Act Gloria Butler D

Improving Health Outcomes

SB 91 Provide Feminine Hygiene Products to students Donzella Jones D 

Increasing Access to Care

SB 103 Diagnostic Mammograms Donzella Jones D

Increasing Access to Care

SB 111 Licensing Community Midwifery Lester Jackson D

Increasing Access to Care

SB 116 Registration of Maternity Housing Randy Robertson R

Improve Access to Care (registration for pregnancy housing for women)

SB 170 Insurance Coverage for Home Birth Lester Jackson D

Increasing Access to Care

SB 172 Authorization of Appropriations for Medicaid Expansion Under ACA  Gloria Butler D

Increasing Access to Care

SB 173 Medicaid Coverage for Lactation and Postpartum Care for one year Gail Davenport D

Increasing Access to Care