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| Bill | Health; recommendations from the House Rural Development Council; implement | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 4 of Title 26 and Title 31 of the O.C.G.A., relating to pharmacists and pharmacies and health, respectively, so as to implement recommendations from the House Rural Development Council relating to health care issues; to revise provisions relative to pharmacy practices; to provide for and revise definitions; to revise provisions relative to credentialing and billing; to provide for the establishment of the Rural Center for Health Care Innovation and Sustainability; to revise provisions relative to certificate of need; to provide for the establishment of micro-hospitals; to provide for a grant program for insurance premium assistance for physicians practicing in medically underserved rural areas of the state; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | us/states/ga | Georgia General Assembly | 2017_18 | HB 769 | Georgia HB 769 (2017_18) |
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Georgia HB 769 (2017_18) — Health; recommendations from the House Rural Development Council; implement
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 4 of Title 26 and Title 31 of the O.C.G.A., relating to pharmacists and pharmacies and health, respectively, so as to implement recommendations from the House Rural Development Council relating to health care issues; to revise provisions relative to pharmacy practices; to provide for and revise definitions; to revise provisions relative to credentialing and billing; to provide for the establishment of the Rural Center for Health Care Innovation and Sustainability; to revise provisions relative to certificate of need; to provide for the establishment of micro-hospitals; to provide for a grant program for insurance premium assistance for physicians practicing in medically underserved rural areas of the state; 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.
Votes
- PASSAGE — 173–1 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Bill Werkheiser — primary (person)
- Jay Powell — primary (person)
- Mack Jackson — primary (person)
- Rick Jasperse — primary (person)
- Sharon Cooper — primary (person)
- Terry England — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2018-01-29 House Hopper
- 2018-01-30 House First Readers
reading-1 - 2018-01-31 House Second Readers
reading-2 - 2018-02-14 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
committee-passage-favorable - 2018-02-21 House Third Readers
reading-3 - 2018-02-21 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute
passage - 2018-02-22 Senate Read and Referred
referral-committee - 2018-03-09 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
committee-passage-favorable - 2018-03-12 Senate Read Second Time
reading-2 - 2018-03-15 Senate Engrossed
passage - 2018-03-15 Senate Third Read
reading-3 - 2018-03-15 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute
passage - 2018-03-21 House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub As Amended
- 2018-03-29 Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
- 2018-04-06 House Sent to Governor
executive-receipt - 2018-05-02 House Date Signed by Governor
executive-signature - 2018-05-02 Act 299
executive-signature - 2018-07-01 Effective Date
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/469d0db4-0663-4163-8f7a-0f128ee8fbb3. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).