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type: "Bill"
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title: "Health; designation of perinatal facilities; provisions"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 2A of Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Department of Public Health, so as to provide for the designation of perinatal facilities; to provide for legislative findings; to provide for definitions; to provide for criteria for levels of care; to provide for applications from perinatal facilities; to require the department to post a list of designated facilities; to provide for a self-assessment tool; to provide for statutory construction; to limit advertisement as a designated facility unless approved by the state; to provide for rules and regulations; 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 909"
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citation: "Georgia HB 909 (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: ["Betty Price", "Deborah Silcox", "Ed Rynders", "Matt Hatchett", "Sharon Cooper"]
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version_count: 0
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action_count: 15
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2018-02-12"
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last_action: "2018-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ce23e1a8-6ce9-4a75-ab64-7524a01ac36f"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "a9d3b9b00f7e30e3cf8e85a720cbe344a5c6cf1aa338b7cae1c3d1b2e880fd53"
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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 909 (2017_18) — Health; designation of perinatal facilities; provisions
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 2A of Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Department of Public Health, so as to provide for the designation of perinatal facilities; to provide for legislative findings; to provide for definitions; to provide for criteria for levels of care; to provide for applications from perinatal facilities; to require the department to post a list of designated facilities; to provide for a self-assessment tool; to provide for statutory construction; to limit advertisement as a designated facility unless approved by the state; to provide for rules and regulations; 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 — **168–1** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Betty Price — primary (person)
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- Deborah Silcox — primary (person)
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- Ed Rynders — primary (person)
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- Matt Hatchett — primary (person)
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- Sharon Cooper — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2018-02-12** House Hopper
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- **2018-02-13** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2018-02-14** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2018-02-20** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2018-02-26** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2018-02-26** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2018-02-28** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2018-03-09** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2018-03-12** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2018-03-14** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2018-03-14** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2018-04-03** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2018-05-03** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2018-05-03** Act 392 `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/ce23e1a8-6ce9-4a75-ab64-7524a01ac36f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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