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type: "Bill"
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title: "Georgia Pain Management Clinic Act; enact"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 34 of Title 43 of the O.C.G.A., relating to physicians, acupuncture, physician assistants, cancer and glaucoma treatment, respiratory care, clinical perfusionists, and orthotics and prosthetics practice, so as to provide for additional powers of the Georgia Composite Medical Board relating to pain management; to enact the \"Georgia Pain Management Clinic Act\"; to require the licensure of pain management clinics; to provide for requirements for licensure; to provide for denial, suspension, and revocation of licenses; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
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legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
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session: "2013_14"
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identifier: "HB 178"
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citation: "Georgia HB 178 (2013_14)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Butch Parrish", "Mary Oliver", "Mickey Channell", "Sharon Cooper", "Tom Taylor", "Tom Weldon"]
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version_count: 6
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action_count: 15
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2013-01-31"
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last_action: "2013-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/425f74c0-0457-4ef7-b1bc-5238869fdd1a"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "4fec2006877d129336b0970c901714e79d4425b30ee774e43286387e302cc721"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ga"]
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---
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# Georgia HB 178 (2013_14) — Georgia Pain Management Clinic Act; enact
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 34 of Title 43 of the O.C.G.A., relating to physicians, acupuncture, physician assistants, cancer and glaucoma treatment, respiratory care, clinical perfusionists, and orthotics and prosthetics practice, so as to provide for additional powers of the Georgia Composite Medical Board relating to pain management; to enact the "Georgia Pain Management Clinic Act"; to require the licensure of pain management clinics; to provide for requirements for licensure; to provide for denial, suspension, and revocation of licenses; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **HB 178/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/135382.pdf)
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2. **LC 33 4935/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/129437.pdf)
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3. **LC 33 5035S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/131435.pdf)
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4. **LC 33 5035S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/130572.pdf)
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5. **Sen floor amend 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/135096.pdf)
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6. **Sen floor amend 2 AM 33 1341** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/135210.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **150–15** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Butch Parrish — primary (person)
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- Mary Oliver — primary (person)
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- Mickey Channell — primary (person)
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- Sharon Cooper — primary (person)
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- Tom Taylor — primary (person)
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- Tom Weldon — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2013-01-31** House Hopper
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- **2013-02-01** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2013-02-04** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2013-02-12** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2013-02-20** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2013-02-20** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2013-02-21** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2013-03-14** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2013-03-20** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2013-03-21** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2013-03-21** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2013-04-01** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2013-05-02** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2013-05-02** Act 128 `executive-signature`
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- **2013-07-01** Effective Date
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/425f74c0-0457-4ef7-b1bc-5238869fdd1a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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