Public Health

Central Caregiver Registry; disabled persons to the registry; add

Education; local school systems to provide certain information to parents and guardians of students in grades six through 12 on Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes; require

Health; personal care homes, assisted living communities, and memory care centers; revise staffing requirements

Public officers and employees; increase number of hours permitted for paid parental leave

Behavioral Health Coordinating Council; allow for certain officials to be represented by a delegate or agent

Professions and businesses; authority to certain nurses and physician assistants to prescribe Schedule II controlled substances; authorize

County Boards of Health; operational policies and procedures of the Department of Public Health apply to local personnel; provide

Medical professionals; rural assistance; expand service cancelable loan program for health care providers to include dental students

Public Health, Department of; require certain state government buildings, courthouses, and university buildings maintain and make accessible opioid antagonists

Georgia Commission on Maternal and Infant Health; create

Health; certain examinations on an anesthetized or unconscious patient without prior informed consent; prohibit

Community Health, Department of; include continuous glucose monitors as a pharmacy benefit for Medicaid recipients; require

Health; prohibit pelvic and rectal examinations on unconscious patients; provisions

Pharmacies; board regulates sale and supply of opioid antagonists through vending machines; authorize

Public assistance; provide Medicaid coverage for tobacco cessation treatments

Social services; temporary assistance for needy families; increase access to benefits

Insurance; medically necessary expenses for standard fertility preservation services when a medically necessary treatment for cancer, sickle cell disease, or lupus may directly or indirectly cause iatrogenic infertility; require coverage

Education, Department of; provide parents and guardians of students entering sixth grade information regarding adolescent vaccinations in print and electronic form

Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Awareness Day; fourth Wednesday in February; designate

Medical assistance; pilot program to provide coverage under Medicaid program for doula care for pregnant Medicaid recipients; provide

Insurance; coverage of infant formula when a woman is medically unable to breastfeed; provide

Newborn Baby and Mother Protection Act; maternal screening for perinatal mood and anxiety disorders; mandate coverage

Mental health; provide notice of admission and daily updates from a facility to the parent or legal guardian of an involuntary minor patient under 12 years of age

Health; newborn screening system to include Duchenne muscular dystrophy; require

Georgia Indoor Air Quality Act; enact

State Workgroup to Increase Chronic Disease Information and Screenings in Communities of Color; support creation

EmPATH Georgia Act; enact

Continuing Insulin Safety Net Act; enact

Physical therapists; granting licenses and disciplining licenses; revise provisions

"Izzy's Law"; Depart. of Public Health shall develop and make available for download from its internet website a model aquatic safety plan based on national standards for private swim instructors; provide

Control of Sexually Transmitted Disease; physicians and healthcare providers to test all pregnant women for HIV and syphilis at the first prenatal visit, at 28–32 weeks' gestation, and at delivery; require

Public assistance; expand temporary assistance for needy families eligibility criteria to pregnant women

Education; authorize public and private schools to stock a supply of undesignated ready-to-use glucagon

Social services; treatment services under Medicaid to persons with HIV; provisions

Department of Community Health; include continuous glucose monitors as a pharmacy benefit for Medicaid recipients; require

Crimes and offenses; restrictions on performance of abortions; medical oath protection clause; enact

Hospitals; the treatment of gender dysphoria in minors performed in hospitals and other licensed healthcare facilities; prohibit certain surgical procedures

Professions and businesses; prohibit health care providers from performing practices on minors to alter their appearance relating to gender

Buildings and housing; tenant selection; revise provisions

Persons and their rights; life from the moment of conception is accorded same rights and protections guaranteed to all persons; provide

Social services; Medicaid coverage of rapid whole genome sequencing; provide

House Study Committee on Evaluating, Simplifying, and Eliminating Duplication of Regulatory Requirements for Mental Health and Social Services Providers; create

Community Health, Department of; 12 months of continuous eligibility for Medicaid and PeachCare for Kids Program; provide

Behavioral Health, Department of; conduct or coordinate all audits of behavioral health providers; provide

Health; feminine hygiene products containing restricted substances; prohibit distribution or sale

Public assistance; use certain benefits for purchasing diapers or menstrual products; provide for waiver request

Social services; Medicaid coverage for prevention and treatment of lymphedema; provide

Georgia Triple Threat SNAP Act; enact

Community Health, Department of; utilize appropriations for purposes of obtaining federal financial participation for medical assistance payments; provisions

Congress; ensure medically necessary treatment for women with certain conditions; urge action

Georgia Pro-Birth Accountability Act; enact