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type: "Bill"
title: "Community Health, Department of; pilot program to provide coverage for the treatment and management of obesity and related conditions; provide"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 2 of Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Department of Community Health, so as to provide for a pilot program to provide coverage for the treatment and management of obesity and related conditions, including medications and counseling; to provide a definition; to provide for eligibility; to provide for requirements; to provide for a review of results and outcomes; to provide for an evaluation report on such program; to provide for termination of the pilot program; to provide for automatic repeal; to provide for related matters; to provide for contingent effectiveness; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2019_20"
identifier: "HB 187"
citation: "Georgia HB 187 (2019_20)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Katie Dempsey", "Mark Newton", "Matt Hatchett", "Sharon Cooper", "Sheila Jones"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 14
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-02-07"
last_action: "2019-05-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d9812868-cb28-4aab-b5c5-d54267525646"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "339eccb4919cbd38150ab043e734a709282ec780b528aafbb79e4fe11dd73b6f"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ga"]
---
# Georgia HB 187 (2019_20) — Community Health, Department of; pilot program to provide coverage for the treatment and management of obesity and related conditions; provide
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 2 of Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Department of Community Health, so as to provide for a pilot program to provide coverage for the treatment and management of obesity and related conditions, including medications and counseling; to provide a definition; to provide for eligibility; to provide for requirements; to provide for a review of results and outcomes; to provide for an evaluation report on such program; to provide for termination of the pilot program; to provide for automatic repeal; to provide for related matters; to provide for contingent effectiveness; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **HB 187/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/187067.pdf)
2. **LC 33 7623/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/180669.pdf)
## Votes
- PASSAGE — **14814** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Katie Dempsey — primary (person)
- Mark Newton — primary (person)
- Matt Hatchett — primary (person)
- Sharon Cooper — primary (person)
- Sheila Jones — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2019-02-07** House Hopper
- **2019-02-08** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2019-02-11** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2019-02-12** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-27** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2019-02-27** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2019-02-28** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-26** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-26** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2019-03-29** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2019-03-29** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2019-04-04** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-10** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-10** Veto V3 `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d9812868-cb28-4aab-b5c5-d54267525646`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).