Community Health, Department of; pilot program to provide coverage for bariatric surgical procedures; reinstate
Summary
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 2 of Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Department of Community Health, so as to reinstate a pilot program to provide coverage for bariatric surgical procedures for the treatment and management of obesity and related conditions under the state health insurance plan; to provide for definitions; to provide for eligibility, requirements, and evaluation report for the four-year pilot program; to provide for automatic repeal; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2019
Committee Review
Feb 2019
House Passage
Feb 2019
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Feb 6, 2019
Last action Feb 22, 2019
Floor votes · House Feb 21, 2019
How they voted
44–6
Passed · 3 other
Total votes 53
Feb 21, 2019
D
Democratic20
90% Yea
R
Republican33
78% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
7
Key actions
2
Committee
2
Feb 22, 2019
Committee
Senate Read and Referred
upper
Feb 21, 2019
Lower · Passed
House Passed/Adopted
lower
Feb 12, 2019
Lower · Passed
House Committee Favorably Reported
lower
5 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Katie Dempsey
RRepublican
P
Mark Newton
RRepublican
P
Matt Hatchett
RRepublican
P
Sharon Cooper
RRepublican
P
Sheila Jones
DDemocratic
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