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4.9 KiB
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| Bill | Health; additional measures for the protection of elderly persons; provide | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 31 of the O.C.G.A., relating to health, so as to provide additional measures for the protection of elderly persons; to increase the maximum fines for violation by health care facilities; to provide for staffing, training, and financial stability requirements for certain personal care homes and assisted living communities; to provide for limited nursing services in assisted living communities; to provide for certification of memory care centers; to provide for definitions; to amend Title 43 of the O.C.G.A., relating to professions and businesses, so as to provide for definitions; to rename the State Board of Nursing Home Administrators the State Board of Long-Term Care Facility Administrators; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | us/states/ga | Georgia General Assembly | 2019_20 | HB 987 | Georgia HB 987 (2019_20) |
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5 | 16 | 1 | 2020-02-21 | 2020-06-30 | openstates | ocd-bill/36c4e6a5-580b-4235-85d2-59fda90b245f | http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl | 48ef8c52d40e8285f686af9bdf037c3d56dcca7bf07a3aef8512883371bb29be | 2026-07-01 | https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump | 2026-07-06 | reported |
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Georgia HB 987 (2019_20) — Health; additional measures for the protection of elderly persons; provide
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 31 of the O.C.G.A., relating to health, so as to provide additional measures for the protection of elderly persons; to increase the maximum fines for violation by health care facilities; to provide for staffing, training, and financial stability requirements for certain personal care homes and assisted living communities; to provide for limited nursing services in assisted living communities; to provide for certification of memory care centers; to provide for definitions; to amend Title 43 of the O.C.G.A., relating to professions and businesses, so as to provide for definitions; to rename the State Board of Nursing Home Administrators the State Board of Long-Term Care Facility Administrators; 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.
- HB 987/AP* (committee substitute) — source
- LC 33 8282/a (committee substitute) — source
- LC 33 8311S/hcs (committee substitute) — source
- LC 33 8311S/hs (committee substitute) — source
- Sen ctee sub LC 33 8409S (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- PASSAGE — 160–1 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Chuck Efstration — primary (person)
- Jan Jones — primary (person)
- Jesse Petrea — primary (person)
- John LaHood — primary (person)
- Mary Oliver — primary (person)
- Sharon Cooper — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2020-02-21 House Hopper
- 2020-02-24 House First Readers
reading-1 - 2020-02-25 House Second Readers
reading-2 - 2020-02-26 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
committee-passage-favorable - 2020-02-28 House Third Readers
reading-3 - 2020-02-28 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute
passage - 2020-03-02 Senate Read and Referred
referral-committee - 2020-06-17 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
committee-passage-favorable - 2020-06-18 Senate Read Second Time
reading-2 - 2020-06-19 Senate Third Read
reading-3 - 2020-06-19 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute
passage - 2020-06-24 House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
- 2020-06-26 House Sent to Governor
executive-receipt - 2020-06-30 House Date Signed by Governor
executive-signature - 2020-06-30 Act 403
executive-signature - 2020-06-30 Effective Date
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/36c4e6a5-580b-4235-85d2-59fda90b245f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).