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type: "Bill"
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title: "Georgia Caregivers Act; create"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 31 of the O.C.G.A., relating to health, so as to create the \"Georgia Caregivers Act\"; to provide for definitions; to require hospitals to provide patients with the opportunity to identify lay caregivers; to provide that named lay caregivers are not obligated to provide aftercare; to provide that no new private right of action is created; to provide for statutory construction; 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: "2021_22"
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identifier: "HB 1304"
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citation: "Georgia HB 1304 (2021_22)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Houston Gaines", "Katie Dempsey", "Lee Hawkins", "Mack Jackson", "Rick Jasperse", "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: "2022-02-10"
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last_action: "2022-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/56a44b77-84c3-4aeb-8766-3df878af7158"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "c149dd6ca47bbb8bcd78c1b9211d80df57a5ff5495e20939548a00164b9e5b58"
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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 1304 (2021_22) — Georgia Caregivers Act; create
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 31 of the O.C.G.A., relating to health, so as to create the "Georgia Caregivers Act"; to provide for definitions; to require hospitals to provide patients with the opportunity to identify lay caregivers; to provide that named lay caregivers are not obligated to provide aftercare; to provide that no new private right of action is created; to provide for statutory construction; 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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1. **HB 1304/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/211726.pdf)
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2. **LC 54 0052/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/206048.pdf)
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3. **LC 54 0060S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/208569.pdf)
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4. **LC 54 0060S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/207382.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **164–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Houston Gaines — primary (person)
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- Katie Dempsey — primary (person)
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- Lee Hawkins — 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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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2022-02-10** House Hopper
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- **2022-02-11** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2022-02-14** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2022-02-24** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2022-03-08** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2022-03-08** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2022-03-09** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2022-03-30** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2022-03-30** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2022-04-01** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2022-04-01** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2022-04-07** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2022-05-06** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2022-05-06** Act 828 `executive-signature`
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- **2022-07-01** 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/56a44b77-84c3-4aeb-8766-3df878af7158`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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