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type: "Bill"
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title: "Health; administer medications to residents under hospice care pursuant to a physician's written orders; authorize certified medication aides"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 31-7-12.2 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to regulation and licensing of assisted living communities, legislative intent, definitions, procedures, and requirements for medication aides, so as to authorize certified medication aides to administer medications to residents under hospice care pursuant to a physician's written orders; to amend Code Section 43-26-12, relating to exceptions to the licensure of registered professional nurses, so as to provide that the administration of medication by certified medication aides under specific criteria does not require licensure as a registered professional nurse; 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: "2019_20"
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identifier: "HB 374"
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citation: "Georgia HB 374 (2019_20)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Jesse Petrea", "John LaHood", "Sharon Cooper"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 15
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2019-02-19"
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last_action: "2019-05-11"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5a3e60e6-9f61-413b-8cf0-269224be958b"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "a49bd4a2c5bb32e901e29653e22ba84c622b09f453a5ae37caa57ad131bdec43"
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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 374 (2019_20) — Health; administer medications to residents under hospice care pursuant to a physician's written orders; authorize certified medication aides
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 31-7-12.2 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to regulation and licensing of assisted living communities, legislative intent, definitions, procedures, and requirements for medication aides, so as to authorize certified medication aides to administer medications to residents under hospice care pursuant to a physician's written orders; to amend Code Section 43-26-12, relating to exceptions to the licensure of registered professional nurses, so as to provide that the administration of medication by certified medication aides under specific criteria does not require licensure as a registered professional nurse; 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 374/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/185105.pdf)
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2. **LC 33 7733ER/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/181878.pdf)
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3. **LC 33 7784S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/183555.pdf)
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4. **LC 33 7784S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/182803.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **165–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Jesse Petrea — primary (person)
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- John LaHood — 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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- **2019-02-19** House Hopper
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- **2019-02-20** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2019-02-21** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2019-02-25** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-03-04** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2019-03-04** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2019-03-05** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2019-03-13** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-03-14** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2019-03-18** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2019-03-18** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2019-04-04** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2019-05-11** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2019-05-11** Act 320 `executive-signature`
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- **2019-05-11** 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/5a3e60e6-9f61-413b-8cf0-269224be958b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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