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+type: "Bill"
+title: "\"Coverdell-Murphy Act\"; update current system of levels of certified stroke centers to reflect advances in stroke treatments and therapy; provisions"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 6 of Chapter 11 of Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the \"Coverdell-Murphy Act,\" so as to update the current system of levels of certified stroke centers to reflect advances in stroke treatment and therapy; to authorize the Department of Public Health to establish additional levels; to provide for national certification; to provide for rules and regulations to implement the provisions of this Act; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
+legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
+session: "2015_16"
+identifier: "HB 853"
+citation: "Georgia HB 853 (2015_16)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Howard Maxwell", "James Beverly", "Lee Hawkins", "Nikki Randall", "Sharon Cooper", "Tom Weldon"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 17
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2016-01-26"
+last_action: "2016-04-26"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b427a7d2-099d-4a8c-b9bb-9625b0c0bab4"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "31294dc0c2d816eb77c56ffe5ea778e619a6d49b40760ac06c6eff1053382b74"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ga"]
+---
+
+# Georgia HB 853 (2015_16) — "Coverdell-Murphy Act"; update current system of levels of certified stroke centers to reflect advances in stroke treatments and therapy; provisions
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 6 of Chapter 11 of Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the "Coverdell-Murphy Act," so as to update the current system of levels of certified stroke centers to reflect advances in stroke treatment and therapy; to authorize the Department of Public Health to establish additional levels; to provide for national certification; to provide for rules and regulations to implement the provisions of this Act; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **HB 853/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/162453.pdf)
+2. **LC 33 6358/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/155657.pdf)
+3. **LC 33 6422S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/157500.pdf)
+4. **LC 33 6422S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/156303.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **170–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Howard Maxwell — primary (person)
+- James Beverly — primary (person)
+- Lee Hawkins — primary (person)
+- Nikki Randall — primary (person)
+- Sharon Cooper — primary (person)
+- Tom Weldon — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2016-01-26** House Hopper
+- **2016-01-27** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2016-01-28** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2016-02-03** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2016-02-16** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2016-02-16** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
+- **2016-02-17** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2016-03-14** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2016-03-14** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
+- **2016-03-22** Senate Tabled
+- **2016-03-24** Senate Taken from Table
+- **2016-03-24** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
+- **2016-03-24** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2016-04-05** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2016-04-26** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2016-04-26** Act 459 `executive-signature`
+- **2016-04-26** Effective Date
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b427a7d2-099d-4a8c-b9bb-9625b0c0bab4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+