A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 7 of Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to regulation of hospitals and related institutions, so as to provide that each medical facility shall make a good faith application to the southern regional TRICARE managed care support coordinator to join the TRICARE network; to provide for oversight; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 2 of Title 25 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to regulation of fire and other hazards to persons and property generally, so as to provide that written notification and an opportunity to remedy be given prior to the denial of a permit or request for a certificate of occupancy or certificate of completion or the issuance of a stop-work order with regard to buildings or structures required to meet the state minimum fire safety standards; to provide for definitions; to provide for an exception; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date and applicability; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 12-2-2 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to permit applications and appeals procedures relative to laws enforced by the Environmental Protection Division of the Department of Natural Resources, so as to establish that persons are not aggrieved by listings on the hazardous site inventory that occur after a certain date; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 2 of Article 15 of Chapter 1 of Title 10, Article 6 of Chapter 11 of Title 15, Article 3A of Chapter 5 of Title 40, Chapter 2 of Title 42, and Chapter 1 of Title 51 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Fair Business Practices Act, delinquency proceedings in juvenile court, suspension of driver's license for certain drug offenses, the Board and Department of Corrections, and general tort provisions, respectively, so as to enact offender reentry reforms as recommended by the Georgia Council on Criminal Justice Reform; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 2 of Article 4 of Chapter 13 of Title 45 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Capitol Arts Standards Commission, so as to provide for the designation of areas within the capitol museum as the Georgia Capitol Agricultural History Museum areas; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 11 of Title 15 and Part 1 of Article 2 of Chapter 13 of Title 16 of the O.C.G.A., relating to the Juvenile Code and schedules, offenses, and penalties, respectively, so as to revise and correct errors or omissions in furtherance of the work of the Georgia Council on Criminal Justice Reform to recommend legislation; to amend Code Section 19-7-1 of the O.C.G.A., relating to in whom parental power lies and how such power may be lost, so as to correct a cross-reference; to provide for related matters; to provide for effective dates; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 45-16-25 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to duties of coroner or county medical examiner upon receipt of notice of suspicious or unusual death, authority to embalm body, identification, inventory and disposition of deceased's property, use of deceased's property for evidence, and autopsy when death occurs on state owned property, so as to provide that items of value of a deceased person of which a coroner or medical examiner takes possession shall not be converted to the coroner or medical examiner's personal use; to provide for related matters; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
A RESOLUTION expressing support for the State Plan for Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias; and for other purposes.
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 2A of Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Department of Public Health, so as to establish within the Department of Public Health the Alzheimer's Disease Registry; to provide for the purpose of the registry; to provide for promulgation and criteria of rules; to provide for confidentiality of data; to provide for compliance with P. L. 104-191, the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
A RESOLUTION congratulating and commending the Honorable Dr. Bishop Manoel Ferreira for more than 54 years of outstanding work as an ordained minister of the Assemblies of God; and for other purposes.