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