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Public and Community Health

The Public Health Committee works on public and community health initiatives to ensure quality healthcare for all Georgians.

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Bills pending in this committee

HB1605
Community Health, Dept. of; making claims for Medicaid estate recovery of funds from ABLE accounts maintained through any qualified ABLE account, except as required by applicable federal law; prohibit March 31, 2026Pending: House Public and Community Health
HB1430
Community Health, Department of; license supportive senior housing communities; provide February 26, 2026Pending: House Public and Community Health
HB1422
State employees; add stillbirth as a qualifying event for parental leave February 25, 2026Pending: House Public and Community Health
HB1401 👎 1
Public Health, Department of; third-party audits of detention facilities that house federal immigration detainees; provide February 24, 2026Pending: House Public and Community Health
HB1376
Commission for the Blind and Visually Impaired Act; enact February 20, 2026Pending: House Public and Community Health
HB1350
Georgia Medical Freedom Act; enact February 19, 2026Pending: House Public and Community Health
HB1264
Medical assistance; pilot program to provide coverage under Medicaid program for doula care for pregnant Medicaid recipients; provide February 12, 2026Pending: House Public and Community Health
HB1242
Medical Freedom Act; enact February 10, 2026Pending: House Public and Community Health
HB1151
Social services; expansion of Medicaid; provide February 4, 2026Pending: House Public and Community Health
HB1143
Menstrual Product Transparency and Safety Act of 2026; enact February 4, 2026Pending: House Public and Community Health
HB1136
Georgia Smoke-free Air Act; prohibit smoking and disposing of smoking products within a 25 foot radius of playgrounds and sandboxes February 4, 2026Pending: House Public and Community Health
HB1006
Public Health, Department of; require inclusion of an opioid antagonist in first aid kits maintained at certain establishments January 28, 2026Pending: House Public and Community Health
HB981
Professions and businesses; expand certain advanced practice registered nurse and physician assistant prescriptive authorizations January 27, 2026Pending: House Public and Community Health
HB929
Public Health, Department of; three-year pilot program for dietetics services for public elementary and secondary school students and patients at federally qualified health centers; provide January 12, 2026Pending: House Public and Community Health
HB925
The Georgia Maternal Health Momnibus Act; enact January 12, 2026Pending: House Public and Community Health
HB898
Continuing Insulin Safety Net Act; enact January 12, 2026Pending: House Public and Community Health
HB897
Urgent Insulin Safety Net Program Act; enact January 12, 2026Pending: House Public and Community Health
HB885
Public Health, Department of; establish program to assist certain pregnant women who reside in low access to maternity care areas and maternity care deserts in obtaining obstetric care April 4, 2025Pending: House Public and Community Health
HB884
Public Health, Department of; establish grant program for perinatal facilities to increase availability of obstetric care in low access maternity care areas and deserts April 4, 2025Pending: House Public and Community Health
HB872
Health; right to contraception for individuals; provide March 31, 2025Pending: House Public and Community Health
HB866
Community Health, Department of; pilot program to improve management of inpatient insulin levels in rural hospital organizations; provide March 28, 2025Pending: House Public and Community Health
HR654
Community EsTr(El/La); commend March 25, 2025Pending: House Public and Community Health
HB795
Public Health, Department of; establish an Infant Wellness Resource hotline service March 21, 2025Pending: House Public and Community Health
HR591
Black Midwives Day; March 14, 2025; recognize March 20, 2025Pending: House Public and Community Health
HB751
Community Health, Department of; submit a Section 1115 waiver request to the United States Department of Health and Human Services for Medicare and Medicaid Services; authorize March 13, 2025Pending: House Public and Community Health
HR540
Congress; adopt legislation requiring Medicare program to provide for lifelong coverage of immunosuppressive drugs for liver, heart, and lung transplant recipients; urge March 11, 2025Pending: House Public and Community Health
HB729
Georgia Maternity Care Desert Reduction Act; enact March 6, 2025Pending: House Public and Community Health
HR426
General Assembly; support creation of a Black Maternal Health Caucus; urge March 3, 2025Pending: House Public and Community Health
HB672
Georgia Dignity in Pregnancy and Childbirth Act; enact March 3, 2025Pending: House Public and Community Health
HB665
Health; transfer all authorities and responsibilities relating to environmental health from county boards of health to Department of Public Health March 3, 2025Pending: House Public and Community Health
HR395
Maternal Mental Health Awareness Month; month of May; designate February 28, 2025Pending: House Public and Community Health
HB607
Public Health, Department of; two-year pilot program for home visiting in homes of children with asthma; provisions February 27, 2025Pending: House Public and Community Health
HB605
Public Health, Department of; continue operation of Georgia Tobacco Quit Line, subject to appropriations of funds; require February 27, 2025Pending: House Public and Community Health
HB598
Reproductive Freedom Act; enact February 27, 2025Pending: House Public and Community Health
HB589
Social services; coverage for fertility diagnostic care, treatment, and preservation services; provide February 26, 2025Pending: House Public and Community Health
HB573
Insurance; remove dentists from participation with care management organizations February 26, 2025Pending: House Public and Community Health
HB489
End Public Funding of Misinformation Act; enact February 20, 2025Pending: House Public and Community Health
HB488
Pregnancy Center Fraud Prevention Act; enact February 20, 2025Pending: House Public and Community Health
HB459
Heart Health for All Act; enact February 19, 2025Pending: House Public and Community Health
HB347
Georgia Pro-Birth Accountability Act; enact February 12, 2025Pending: House Public and Community Health
HB332
Social services; convene an advisory working group to review tools and protocols for screening of children for trauma; provisions February 11, 2025Pending: House Public and Community Health
HB263
Medical assistance; pilot program to provide coverage under Medicaid program for doula care for pregnant Medicaid recipients; provide February 6, 2025Pending: House Public and Community Health
HB258
PeachCare for Adults Act; enact February 6, 2025Pending: House Public and Community Health
HB178
Social services; treatment services under Medicaid to persons with HIV; provisions February 3, 2025Pending: House Public and Community Health
HB149
Healthy Mothers Now Act; enact January 30, 2025Pending: House Public and Community Health
HB122
Persons and their rights; life from the moment of conception is accorded same rights and protections guaranteed to all persons; provide January 29, 2025Pending: House Public and Community Health
HB97
Community Health, Department of; expansion of Medicaid; provide January 28, 2025Pending: House Public and Community Health
HB109
Mental health; five-year pilot program for the purpose of creating emergency psychiatric assessment, treatment, and healing units or EmPATH units in hospitals; provide January 28, 2025Pending: House Public and Community Health
HB102
Community Health, Department of; Georgia Quality Reporting Project; establish January 28, 2025Pending: House Public and Community Health
HB46
Public Health, Department of; Maternal Mortality Review Committee; provide composition January 16, 2025Pending: House Public and Community Health
HR8
State Workgroup to Increase Chronic Disease Information and Screenings in Communities of Color; support creation January 15, 2025Pending: House Public and Community Health
HB26
School Behavioral Mental Health Support Act; enact January 15, 2025Pending: House Public and Community Health
HB25
Dignity is Essential Act; enact January 15, 2025Pending: House Public and Community Health
HB17
Public Health, Department of; carry out projects to increase education, awareness, or diagnosis of valvular heart disease; authorize January 15, 2025Pending: House Public and Community Health
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