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type: "Bill"
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title: "\"Coverdell-Murphy Act\"; update current system of levels of certified stroke centers to reflect advances in stroke treatments and therapy; provisions"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 6 of Chapter 11 of Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the \"Coverdell-Murphy Act,\" so as to update the current system of levels of certified stroke centers to reflect advances in stroke treatment and therapy; to authorize the Department of Public Health to establish additional levels; to provide for national certification; to provide for rules and regulations to implement the provisions of this Act; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; 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: "2015_16"
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identifier: "HB 853"
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citation: "Georgia HB 853 (2015_16)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Howard Maxwell", "James Beverly", "Lee Hawkins", "Nikki Randall", "Sharon Cooper", "Tom Weldon"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 17
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2016-01-26"
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last_action: "2016-04-26"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b427a7d2-099d-4a8c-b9bb-9625b0c0bab4"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "31294dc0c2d816eb77c56ffe5ea778e619a6d49b40760ac06c6eff1053382b74"
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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 853 (2015_16) — "Coverdell-Murphy Act"; update current system of levels of certified stroke centers to reflect advances in stroke treatments and therapy; provisions
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 6 of Chapter 11 of Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the "Coverdell-Murphy Act," so as to update the current system of levels of certified stroke centers to reflect advances in stroke treatment and therapy; to authorize the Department of Public Health to establish additional levels; to provide for national certification; to provide for rules and regulations to implement the provisions of this Act; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; 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 853/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/162453.pdf)
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2. **LC 33 6358/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/155657.pdf)
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3. **LC 33 6422S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/157500.pdf)
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4. **LC 33 6422S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/156303.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **170–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Howard Maxwell — primary (person)
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- James Beverly — primary (person)
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- Lee Hawkins — primary (person)
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- Nikki Randall — primary (person)
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- Sharon Cooper — 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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- **2016-01-26** House Hopper
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- **2016-01-27** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2016-01-28** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2016-02-03** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2016-02-16** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2016-02-16** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2016-02-17** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2016-03-14** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2016-03-14** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2016-03-22** Senate Tabled
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- **2016-03-24** Senate Taken from Table
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- **2016-03-24** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2016-03-24** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2016-04-05** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2016-04-26** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2016-04-26** Act 459 `executive-signature`
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- **2016-04-26** 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/b427a7d2-099d-4a8c-b9bb-9625b0c0bab4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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