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| Bill | Public Health, Department of; require healthcare providers, facilities, and pharmacies to provide the Maternal Mortality Review Committee with psychiatric or other clinical records | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 2A of Title 31 of the O.C.G.A., relating to the department of public health, so as to require healthcare providers, healthcare facilities, and pharmacies to provide the Maternal Mortality Review Committee with psychiatric or other clinical records; to amend Code Section 37-3-166 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to treatment of clinical records, when release permitted, scope of privileged communications, liability for disclosure, and notice to sheriff of discharge, so as to permit the release of clinical records of a deceased patient to the Maternal Mortality Review Committee; to amend Code Section 45-16-24 of the O.C.G.A., relating to notification of suspicious or unusual deaths, court ordered medical examiner's inquiry, and written report of inquiry, so as to remove the requirement that a medical examiner's inquiry for pregnant female deaths be done through a regional perinatal center; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | us/states/ga | Georgia General Assembly | 2025_26 | HB 89 | Georgia HB 89 (2025_26) |
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Georgia HB 89 (2025_26) — Public Health, Department of; require healthcare providers, facilities, and pharmacies to provide the Maternal Mortality Review Committee with psychiatric or other clinical records
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 2A of Title 31 of the O.C.G.A., relating to the department of public health, so as to require healthcare providers, healthcare facilities, and pharmacies to provide the Maternal Mortality Review Committee with psychiatric or other clinical records; to amend Code Section 37-3-166 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to treatment of clinical records, when release permitted, scope of privileged communications, liability for disclosure, and notice to sheriff of discharge, so as to permit the release of clinical records of a deceased patient to the Maternal Mortality Review Committee; to amend Code Section 45-16-24 of the O.C.G.A., relating to notification of suspicious or unusual deaths, court ordered medical examiner's inquiry, and written report of inquiry, so as to remove the requirement that a medical examiner's inquiry for pregnant female deaths be done through a regional perinatal center; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- HB 89/AP* (committee substitute) — source
- LC 57 0177/a (committee substitute) — source
- LC 57 0207S/hcs (committee substitute) — source
- LC 57 0207S/hs (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- Senate Vote #237 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 50–1 (pass) · upper
- House Vote #126 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 168–7 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Matthew Gambill — primary (person)
- Sharon Cooper — primary (person)
- Soo Hong — primary (person)
- Will Wade — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2025-01-16 House Hopper
introduction - 2025-01-17 House First Readers
reading-1 - 2025-01-27 House Second Readers
reading-2 - 2025-01-29 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
committee-passage-favorable - 2025-02-20 House Withdrawn, Recommitted
referral-committee, withdrawal - 2025-02-26 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
committee-passage-favorable - 2025-03-03 House Third Readers
reading-3 - 2025-03-03 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute
passage - 2025-03-04 Senate Read and Referred
referral-committee - 2025-03-11 Senate Committee Favorably Reported
committee-passage-favorable - 2025-03-13 Senate Read Second Time
reading-2 - 2025-03-18 Senate Third Read
reading-3 - 2025-03-18 Senate Passed/Adopted
passage - 2025-04-07 House Sent to Governor
executive-receipt - 2025-05-01 House Date Signed by Governor
executive-signature - 2025-05-01 Act 43
executive-signature - 2025-07-01 Effective Date
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/024b79e4-57c2-4bbd-b6f9-56dbe56f17a0. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).