2025-2026 Regular Session
HB1475
Commerce and trade; benefits from governmental programs or civil or military service; provisions
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Sections 10-6B-53, 31-32-7, and 50-13-13 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to benefits from governmental programs or civil or military service, duties and responsibilities of health care agents, and opportunity for hearing in contested cases, notice, counsel, subpoenas, record, enforcement powers, and revenue cases, respectively, so as to provide limited authority for the appointment of an authorized representative for the purposes of completing an application for public benefits on behalf of a deceased individual and attending any hearing thereon or litigating any appeal related thereto; to provide for the termination of such authority; to provide for related matters; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
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Committee referrals
March 3, 2026 · House
Judiciary
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House House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
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House House Second Readers
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House House First Readers
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House House Hopper