Georgia Bills

introduced · Georgia · House Jan 28, 2025

HB 97: Community Health, Department of; expansion of Medicaid; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 7 of Chapter 4 of Title 49 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to medical assistance generally, so as to provide for the expansion of Medicaid; to provide for definitions; to authorize the Department of Community Health to utilize appropriations for the purposes of funding Medicaid expansion; to provide for the submission of requests for waivers, amendments to waivers, and state plan amendments; to authorize the office of the Commissioner of Insurance to certify qualified health plans; to provide for reporting; to provide for rules and regulations; to provide for related matters; to provide for legislative notification and approval; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Topics ✓ Healthcare

introduced · Georgia · House Jan 28, 2025

HB 98: Income tax; credit equal to 10 percent of the federal child tax credit; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 7 of Title 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to income taxes, so as to provide for a state income tax credit equal to 10 percent of the federal child tax credit; to provide for rules and regulations; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date and applicability; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Topics ✓ Budget & Taxes

introduced · Georgia · House Jan 28, 2025

HB 100: Prescription Drug Consumer Financial Protection Act; enact

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 24 of Title 33 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to insurance generally, so as to require all health insurers to pass along no less than 80 percent of all prescription drug rebates to enrollees that such insurer receives from third parties with regard to such enrollee's prescription drugs; to provide for definitions; to provide for related matters; to provide for a short title; to provide for legislative findings; to provide for an effective date and applicability; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Topics ✓ Healthcare

introduced · Georgia · House Jan 28, 2025

HB 99: Income tax; credit based upon the federal qualified child and dependent care tax credit; revise

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 7 of Title 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to income taxes, so as to revise a state income tax credit based upon the federal qualified child and dependent care tax credit; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date and applicability; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Topics ✓ Budget & Taxes

introduced · Georgia · House Jan 28, 2025

HB 106: Safe Teens Act; enact

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 6 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the "Quality Basic Education Act," so as to authorize local boards of education and other public school governing bodies to offer a driver education training course as an elective; to provide for funding from local funds, student fees, and state funding subject to appropriations; to provide for rules and regulations for the allocation of state funds; to provide for conforming cross-references; to provide for a short title; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Topics ✓ Education

introduced · Georgia · House Jan 28, 2025

HB 102: Community Health, Department of; Georgia Quality Reporting Project; establish

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 the establishment of the Georgia Quality Reporting Project; to provide for definitions; to provide for the purposes of the project; to provide for a working group; to provide for submission of clinical data; to provide for processing of clinical data with claims data; to provide for penalties; to amend Code Section 33-6-4 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to enumeration of unfair methods of competition and unfair or deceptive acts or practices and penalty, so as to provide for conforming changes; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Topics ✓ Healthcare

introduced · Georgia · House Jan 28, 2025

HR 41: Congress; reduce waiting period for determination and approval of disability benefits for individuals living with lupus; urge

A RESOLUTION urging Congress to reduce the waiting period for determination and approval of disability benefits for individuals living with lupus; to ensure equitable access to essential disability benefits for such individuals; and for other purposes.

Topics ✓ Healthcare ✓ Labor & Employment

introduced · Georgia · House Jan 28, 2025

HB 96: Revenue and taxation; pack of cigarettes; increase rate of tax

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 11 of Title 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to taxes on tobacco and vaping products, so as to increase the rate of the tax on each pack of cigarettes; to set the rate of the tax on each pack of cigarettes to the national average tax on cigarettes, as determined by the commissioner, in future tax years; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Topics ✓ Budget & Taxes

introduced · Georgia · House Jan 28, 2025

HB 109: Mental health; five-year pilot program for the purpose of creating emergency psychiatric assessment, treatment, and healing units or EmPATH units in hospitals; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 37 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to mental health, so as to provide for a five-year pilot program for the purpose of creating emergency psychiatric assessment, treatment, and healing units or EmPATH units in hospitals; to provide for definitions; to provide for a short title; to provide for the administration of such program; to provide for rules and regulations; to provide for the certification of EmPATH units; to provide for an appropriations contingency; to provide for funding or gifts in-kind; to provide for exclusions; to provide for termination of such program and automatic repeal of the article; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Topics ✓ Healthcare

introduced · Georgia · House Jan 28, 2025

HB 104: Equal Athletic Opportunities Act; enact

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 6 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, the "Quality Basic Education Act," so as to enact the "Equal Athletic Opportunities Act"; to provide generally for student participation in interscholastic athletic activities and events; to generally prohibit discrimination on the basis of sex in such activities and events; to promote fair and safe competition; to provide for the use of student eligibility rules, standards, and classifications; to provide for exceptions to general provisions; to provide for specific designations; to prohibit male students from participating in athletic activities and events designated for female students and vice versa; to provide for definitions; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Topics ✓ Education

in committee · Georgia · Senate Jan 28, 2025

SB 32: Obstruction of Public Administration; convicted of doing violence in the obstruction or hindering of law enforcement officers; provide for a mandatory minimum sentence

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 10 of Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to obstruction of public administration and related offenses, so as to provide for a mandatory minimum sentence for those convicted of doing violence in the obstruction or hindering of law enforcement officers; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Topics ✗ Criminal Justice

in committee · Georgia · Senate Jan 27, 2025

SB 25: Pardons and Paroles; procedures when a person is denied parole after completing certain prerequisites; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 9 of Title 42 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to grants of pardons, paroles, and other relief, so as to provide for procedures when a person is denied parole after completing certain prerequisites; to provide for a video conference hearing where prospective parolees can be heard and seek information from the board; to provide that the board submit written findings if the tentative parole month is delayed; to provide notice to members of the board when a majority votes to deny or delay release; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Topics ✓ Criminal Justice

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