Rep. Mark Newton

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 20C of Title 33 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to accurate provider directories, so as to provide for the creation of a surprise bill rating system based upon the number of certain physician specialty groups contracted with a hospital within a health insurer's network; to provide for definitions; to provide for a requirement that insurers include hospital surprise bill ratings online and in print provider directories; to provide for a requirement that each insurer that advertises any hospital as in-network shall disclose such hospital's surprise bill rating within such advertisement; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act providing for the election of the members of the board of education of Columbia County, approved March 21, 1968 (Ga. L. 1968, p. 2708), as amended, particularly by an Act approved April 19, 2000 (Ga. L. 2000, p. 4274), so as to modify the compensation of the members of the board of education; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

A RESOLUTION recognizing and honoring Dr. Joseph Hobbs, longtime chair of the Department of Family Medicine, for his contributions to the Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University and to the State of Georgia; and for other purposes.

A RESOLUTION supporting the creation of a state veterans cemetery in Augusta-Richmond County, Georgia; and for other purposes.

A RESOLUTION honoring Christine Miller-Betts, executive director of the Lucy Craft Laney Museum of Black History, on her retirement; and for other purposes.

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 31-7-3 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to requirements for permits to operate certain health care related institutions, so as to provide that certain facilities that perform medical procedures only in non-sterile procedure rooms that are exempt from certificate of need requirements or are not required to obtain a certificate of need are not subject to certain requirements relating to their physical plant under certificate of need laws; to provide that such facilities cannot be denied a permit based on not meeting a certificate of need requirement; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

A RESOLUTION recognizing and honoring Dr. Joseph Hobbs, longtime chair of the Department of Family Medicine, for his contributions to the Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University and to the State of Georgia; and for other purposes.

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 3 of Chapter 13 of Title 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to excise tax on rooms, lodgings, and accommodations, so as to revise the definition of "innkeeper" to include lodging facilitators; to expand the levy of a nightly excise tax to include all rooms, lodgings, and accommodations furnished for value to the public by innkeepers; to define the term "lodging facilitator"; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date and applicability; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 16 of the O.C.G.A., relating to crimes and offenses, so as to provide for the modernization of HIV related laws to align with science to ensure that laws and policies support current understanding of best public health practices for preventing and treating HIV, scientific evidence about routes of transmission, and the public health goals of promoting HIV prevention and treatment; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 11 of Title 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to taxes on tobacco products, so as to provide for excise taxes to be levied on the sale of vapor devices and consumable vapor products; to provide for the collection and remittance of such taxes; to require licensure for persons dealing with vapor devices or consumable vapor products and to provide for application and renewal of such licenses; to provide for appeals of certain decisions made by the state revenue commissioner; to provide for civil and criminal penalties; to provide for rules and regulations; to revise and provide for definitions; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.