republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2015-16/hb-853.md

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Bill	"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.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2015_16	HB 853	Georgia HB 853 (2015_16)	bill		enacted	Howard Maxwell James Beverly Lee Hawkins Nikki Randall Sharon Cooper Tom Weldon	4	17	1	2016-01-26	2016-04-26	openstates	ocd-bill/b427a7d2-099d-4a8c-b9bb-9625b0c0bab4	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	31294dc0c2d816eb77c56ffe5ea778e619a6d49b40760ac06c6eff1053382b74	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	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
2. LC 33 6358/a (committee substitute) — source
3. LC 33 6422S/hcs (committee substitute) — source
4. LC 33 6422S/hs (committee substitute) — source

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; origin ocd-bill/b427a7d2-099d-4a8c-b9bb-9625b0c0bab4. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).