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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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Mark Newton
Matt Hatchett
Sharon Cooper
Sheila Jones
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.

  1. HB 187/AP* (committee substitute) — source
  2. LC 33 7623/a (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • PASSAGE — 14814 (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).