republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2015-16/hb-897.md

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Bill	Health; care and protection of indigent and elderly patients; provide for the establishment and operation of a drug repository program to accept and dispense unused prescription drugs	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 8 of Title 31 of the O.C.G.A., relating to the care and protection of indigent and elderly patients, so as to provide for the establishment and operation of a drug repository program to accept and dispense unused prescription drugs; to amend Chapter 4 of Title 26 of the O.C.G.A., relating to pharmacists and pharmacies, so as to repeal the "Utilization of Unused Prescription Drugs Act"; to amend Article 7 of Chapter 4 of Title 49 of the O.C.G.A., relating to medical assistance generally, so as to revise a provision for purposes of conformity; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2015_16	HB 897	Georgia HB 897 (2015_16)	bill		enacted	Betty Price Bruce Broadrick Jodi Lott Margaret Kaiser Matt Hatchett Sharon Cooper	4	17	1	2016-02-03	2016-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/917d095f-1f5e-47bf-ad99-d63a8e523ad9	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	d192276bd8164be40ec02cee73bc1b4ab409436c3028d346b4b057647feb6ce5	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 897 (2015_16) — Health; care and protection of indigent and elderly patients; provide for the establishment and operation of a drug repository program to accept and dispense unused prescription drugs

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 8 of Title 31 of the O.C.G.A., relating to the care and protection of indigent and elderly patients, so as to provide for the establishment and operation of a drug repository program to accept and dispense unused prescription drugs; to amend Chapter 4 of Title 26 of the O.C.G.A., relating to pharmacists and pharmacies, so as to repeal the "Utilization of Unused Prescription Drugs Act"; to amend Article 7 of Chapter 4 of Title 49 of the O.C.G.A., relating to medical assistance generally, so as to revise a provision for purposes of conformity; 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 897/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 33 6408/a (committee substitute) — source
3. LC 33 6493S/hcs (committee substitute) — source
4. LC 33 6493S/hs (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE — 166–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Betty Price — primary (person)
• Bruce Broadrick — primary (person)
• Jodi Lott — primary (person)
• Margaret Kaiser — primary (person)
• Matt Hatchett — primary (person)
• Sharon Cooper — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2016-02-03 House Hopper
• 2016-02-04 House First Readers reading-1
• 2016-02-08 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2016-02-17 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2016-02-25 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2016-02-25 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2016-02-26 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2016-03-15 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2016-03-15 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2016-03-22 Senate Tabled
• 2016-03-22 Senate Taken from Table
• 2016-03-22 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2016-03-22 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2016-03-29 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2016-04-27 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2016-04-27 Act 471 executive-signature
• 2016-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/917d095f-1f5e-47bf-ad99-d63a8e523ad9. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).