The General Assembly returned to the State Capitol for Legislative Day 19 on Twos-day (2/22/22) with multiple measures up for consideration in each chamber. The House approved a number of health-related propositions, including a bill to allow hospitals to offer flu vaccines to discharging patients over the age of 50 (HB 1086), legislation providing an alternative to incarceration for certain pregnant women in the criminal justice system (HB 1092), and a measure directing the State to seek a Medicaid waiver for a demonstration project for the early treatment of HIV (HB 1192). Meanwhile, the Senate signed off on SB 449, Governor Kemp’s “Parent’s Bill of Rights”, and gave final passage to HB 840, allowing a local vote to incorporate the City of Vinings. The Senate was also scheduled to consider SR 395, recognizing February 2022 as Self-Care Awareness Month, but tabled the measure and, as often happens to lawmakers and lobbyists in the middle of the session, pushed self-care to another day.
In this Report:
Floor Action
Committee Reports
New Legislation
What’s Next
The House of Representatives took up the following measures on Tuesday:
HB 500 - Georgia Agribusiness and Rural Jobs Act; provide for a second round of funding and period for applications - PASSED (153-11)
HB 1086 - Health; influenza vaccinations for discharged patients; lower age to 50 - PASSED (153-3)
HB 1092 - Georgia Women's CARE (Child Care Alternatives, Resources, and Education)...
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