---
type: "Bill"
title: "Health; additional measures for the protection of elderly persons; provide"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 31 of the O.C.G.A., relating to health, so as to provide additional measures for the protection of elderly persons; to increase the maximum fines for violation by health care facilities; to provide for staffing, training, and financial stability requirements for certain personal care homes and assisted living communities; to provide for limited nursing services in assisted living communities; to provide for certification of memory care centers; to provide for definitions; to amend Title 43 of the O.C.G.A., relating to professions and businesses, so as to provide for definitions; to rename the State Board of Nursing Home Administrators the State Board of Long-Term Care Facility Administrators; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2019_20"
identifier: "HB 987"
citation: "Georgia HB 987 (2019_20)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chuck Efstration", "Jan Jones", "Jesse Petrea", "John LaHood", "Mary Oliver", "Sharon Cooper"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 16
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2020-02-21"
last_action: "2020-06-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/36c4e6a5-580b-4235-85d2-59fda90b245f"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "48ef8c52d40e8285f686af9bdf037c3d56dcca7bf07a3aef8512883371bb29be"
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 987 (2019_20) — Health; additional measures for the protection of elderly persons; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 31 of the O.C.G.A., relating to health, so as to provide additional measures for the protection of elderly persons; to increase the maximum fines for violation by health care facilities; to provide for staffing, training, and financial stability requirements for certain personal care homes and assisted living communities; to provide for limited nursing services in assisted living communities; to provide for certification of memory care centers; to provide for definitions; to amend Title 43 of the O.C.G.A., relating to professions and businesses, so as to provide for definitions; to rename the State Board of Nursing Home Administrators the State Board of Long-Term Care Facility Administrators; to provide for related matters; 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 987/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/194812.pdf)
2. **LC 33 8282/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/190624.pdf)
3. **LC 33 8311S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/191527.pdf)
4. **LC 33 8311S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/191060.pdf)
5. **Sen ctee sub LC 33 8409S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/193751.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **160–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Chuck Efstration — primary (person)
- Jan Jones — primary (person)
- Jesse Petrea — primary (person)
- John LaHood — primary (person)
- Mary Oliver — primary (person)
- Sharon Cooper — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2020-02-21** House Hopper
- **2020-02-24** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2020-02-25** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2020-02-26** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-28** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2020-02-28** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2020-03-02** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2020-06-17** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-06-18** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2020-06-19** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2020-06-19** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2020-06-24** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
- **2020-06-26** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2020-06-30** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2020-06-30** Act 403 `executive-signature`
- **2020-06-30** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/36c4e6a5-580b-4235-85d2-59fda90b245f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).