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GA SR364
Resolution
Status
Introduced
1/12/2022
Primary Sponsor
Michelle Au
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AI Summary
- Creates the Senate Costs and Effects of Smoking Study Committee, composed of five Senate members appointed by the President of the Senate
- Directs the committee to study the costs and health effects of smoking, including short-term and long-term health care costs, impacts on Medicaid and Medicare, childhood health costs from secondhand smoke exposure, and lost worker productivity
- Notes that smoking-related illness in the U.S. costs more than $300 billion annually, including over $225 billion in direct medical care and over $156 billion in lost productivity
- Limits member allowances to five days unless additional days are authorized, with funding drawn from Senate appropriations
- Requires the committee to file a report of findings and any proposed legislation with the Secretary of the Senate before the committee's abolishment date of December 1, 2022
Legislative Description
Senate Costs and Effects of Smoking Study Committee; create
Last Action
Senate Read Second Time
3/30/2022
Committee Referrals
Rules1/13/2022
Full Bill Text
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