Key Bills Passed and Sent to Governor and Bills That Did Not Pass The 2017 Session

Highlights of Legislative Report

Julianna McConnell, APRN Lobbyist

Key Bills Passed and Sent to Governor:

SB 70: “Bed” Tax

SB 96: APRNs, RNs, PAs in nursing homes to pronounce death even if Organ Donors

HB 249: Prescriptions through electronic data base

SB 4: Georgia Mental Health Treatment Task Force

SB 47: Physicians & PAs – provide for licensure exemption for visiting sports team coming into Georgia (provider neutral language was not added as we hoped)

SB 109: Nurse Compact Bill

SB 193: Partner therapy for patients with chlamydia or gonorrhea

SB 201: Family Leave Act

SB 242: Expands protocol agreement authorized for a physician to 8 APRNs with no more than 4 being directed at one any time

SB 41: Licensure of durable medical equipment suppliers

SB 88: Narcotic Treatment Programs

SB 102: Establish the Office of Cardiac Care within the DPH

SB 106: Nurse Anesthetist bill – pain management clinics

SB 125: PA Hydrocodone compound prescriptive rights – REMOVED APRNS (APRNs removed due to very problematic language being added that would have given Composite Board of Medicine Increased Oversight of/Authority over APRNs)

SR 188: Study Committee on Barriers to Georgians’ Access to Adequate Healthcare

HB 427: Cancelable loan program for physicians expanded to PAs, dentist and APRNs

BILLS THAT DID NOT PASS THE 2017 SESSION:

SB 180: Preceptor tax credit

SB 40: Emergency medical services personnel authorize them to issue involuntary transport certain mentally ill patients after consulting with medical professional

HR 388: House Study Committee on Meeting the Demand For Nursing Care in Georgia

SB 8: Surprise Billing