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GA HR72
Resolution
Status
4/4/2025
Primary Sponsor
Lee Hawkins
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AI Summary
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Creates a 12-member House Study Committee on Cancer Care Access, with 5 state representatives and 7 additional members including medical school representatives, a primary care physician, a rural community oncologist, a federally qualified health center representative, and cancer care stakeholders
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Directs the committee to study cancer care access issues affecting rural Georgians and minority populations, evaluate incentives for increasing cancer screenings, assess the economic impact of cancer care facilities, and examine workforce development for cancer care providers
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Requires the committee to hold 4 meetings and provide recommendations for legislative action or other measures to improve cancer care access
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Committee members receive standard legislative allowances; non-legislator members receive daily expense and mileage allowances authorized for state employees
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Committee must file a report with findings and any proposed legislation before December 1, 2025, when the committee is abolished
Legislative Description
House Study Committee on Cancer Care Access; create
Last Action
House Passed/Adopted By Substitute
4/4/2025