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type: "Bill"
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title: "Health; recommendations from the House Rural Development Council; implement"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 4 of Title 26 and Title 31 of the O.C.G.A., relating to pharmacists and pharmacies and health, respectively, so as to implement recommendations from the House Rural Development Council relating to health care issues; to revise provisions relative to pharmacy practices; to provide for and revise definitions; to revise provisions relative to credentialing and billing; to provide for the establishment of the Rural Center for Health Care Innovation and Sustainability; to revise provisions relative to certificate of need; to provide for the establishment of micro-hospitals; to provide for a grant program for insurance premium assistance for physicians practicing in medically underserved rural areas of the state; 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: "2017_18"
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identifier: "HB 769"
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citation: "Georgia HB 769 (2017_18)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Bill Werkheiser", "Jay Powell", "Mack Jackson", "Rick Jasperse", "Sharon Cooper", "Terry England"]
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version_count: 0
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action_count: 18
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2018-01-29"
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last_action: "2018-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/469d0db4-0663-4163-8f7a-0f128ee8fbb3"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "931fe58932a6bdf6cf58e53f8cbe9ab41e2ccc76313a3b0921870321768a677b"
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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 769 (2017_18) — Health; recommendations from the House Rural Development Council; implement
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 4 of Title 26 and Title 31 of the O.C.G.A., relating to pharmacists and pharmacies and health, respectively, so as to implement recommendations from the House Rural Development Council relating to health care issues; to revise provisions relative to pharmacy practices; to provide for and revise definitions; to revise provisions relative to credentialing and billing; to provide for the establishment of the Rural Center for Health Care Innovation and Sustainability; to revise provisions relative to certificate of need; to provide for the establishment of micro-hospitals; to provide for a grant program for insurance premium assistance for physicians practicing in medically underserved rural areas of the state; 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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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **173–1** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Bill Werkheiser — primary (person)
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- Jay Powell — primary (person)
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- Mack Jackson — primary (person)
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- Rick Jasperse — primary (person)
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- Sharon Cooper — primary (person)
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- Terry England — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2018-01-29** House Hopper
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- **2018-01-30** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2018-01-31** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2018-02-14** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2018-02-21** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2018-02-21** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2018-02-22** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2018-03-09** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2018-03-12** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2018-03-15** Senate Engrossed `passage`
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- **2018-03-15** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2018-03-15** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2018-03-21** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub As Amended
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- **2018-03-29** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
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- **2018-04-06** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2018-05-02** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2018-05-02** Act 299 `executive-signature`
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- **2018-07-01** 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/469d0db4-0663-4163-8f7a-0f128ee8fbb3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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