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| Bill | Community Health, Department of; pilot program to provide coverage for the treatment and management of obesity and related conditions; provide | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 2 of Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Department of Community Health, so as to provide for a pilot program to provide coverage for the treatment and management of obesity and related conditions, including medications and counseling; to provide a definition; to provide for eligibility; to provide for requirements; to provide for a review of results and outcomes; to provide for an evaluation report on such program; to provide for termination of the pilot program; to provide for automatic repeal; to provide for related matters; to provide for contingent effectiveness; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | us/states/ga | Georgia General Assembly | 2019_20 | HB 187 | Georgia HB 187 (2019_20) |
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2 | 14 | 1 | 2019-02-07 | 2019-05-10 | openstates | ocd-bill/d9812868-cb28-4aab-b5c5-d54267525646 | http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl | 339eccb4919cbd38150ab043e734a709282ec780b528aafbb79e4fe11dd73b6f | 2026-07-01 | https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump | 2026-07-06 | reported |
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Georgia HB 187 (2019_20) — Community Health, Department of; pilot program to provide coverage for the treatment and management of obesity and related conditions; provide
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 2 of Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Department of Community Health, so as to provide for a pilot program to provide coverage for the treatment and management of obesity and related conditions, including medications and counseling; to provide a definition; to provide for eligibility; to provide for requirements; to provide for a review of results and outcomes; to provide for an evaluation report on such program; to provide for termination of the pilot program; to provide for automatic repeal; to provide for related matters; to provide for contingent effectiveness; 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 — 148–14 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Katie Dempsey — primary (person)
- Mark Newton — primary (person)
- Matt Hatchett — primary (person)
- Sharon Cooper — primary (person)
- Sheila Jones — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2019-02-07 House Hopper
- 2019-02-08 House First Readers
reading-1 - 2019-02-11 House Second Readers
reading-2 - 2019-02-12 House Committee Favorably Reported
committee-passage-favorable - 2019-02-27 House Third Readers
reading-3 - 2019-02-27 House Passed/Adopted
passage - 2019-02-28 Senate Read and Referred
referral-committee - 2019-03-26 Senate Committee Favorably Reported
committee-passage-favorable - 2019-03-26 Senate Read Second Time
reading-2 - 2019-03-29 Senate Third Read
reading-3 - 2019-03-29 Senate Passed/Adopted
passage - 2019-04-04 House Sent to Governor
executive-receipt - 2019-05-10 House Date Signed by Governor
executive-signature - 2019-05-10 Veto V3
executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d9812868-cb28-4aab-b5c5-d54267525646. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).