GA HR1360

Creates a 14-member House Study Committee on Alternatives to Opioids for Pain Management, comprising 7 House members (appointed by the Speaker), 5 nonlegislative citizen members, and 2 state agency representatives (commissioners of community health and behavioral health and developmental disabilities or their designees)

Charges the committee with studying ways to enhance awareness of nonopioid pain treatment alternatives, encourage healthcare providers to inform patients about nonopioid options, and improve collaboration among providers treating pain

Cites that over 106,000 Americans died from drug-involved overdoses in 2021, with 75% involving opioids; Georgia saw 2,390 drug overdose deaths in 2021, with 71% attributed to opioids

Nonlegislative members must include representatives from the Georgia Council for Recovery, criminal justice, an independent physician specializing in acute pain treatment, the insurance industry, and a family member of an overdose victim

The committee shall stand abolished on December 1, 2024, and must file any approved report with the Clerk of the House of Representatives prior to that date