Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to concur with house amendments and pass a bill that expands health care coverage for lower-income adults in the state of Georgia.

Highlights:

• Expands health care coverage for lower-income adults in the state of Georgia, including repealing permit requirements for patients for outpatient birthing and imaging centers for X-rays, CAT scans, and PET scans (Sec. 1-12)

• Authorizes physicians from different specialties to share operating rooms, and be available for any procedure across multiple specialties (Sec. 1-12).

• Authorizes new hospitals to be built in counties with less than 50,000 residents as long as they agree to the following, including (Sec. 1-12):

• Provide certain amount of charity care;

• Join the statewide trama system; and

• Provide comprehensive behavioral health services.

• Specifies that the provisions of this bill shall become effective July 1, 2024 (Sec. 13).

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Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to concur with senate passage and further amend a bill that expands health care coverage for lower-income adults in the state of Georgia.

Highlights:

• Expands health care coverage for lower-income adults in the state of Georgia, including repealing permit requirements for patients for outpatient birthing and imaging centers for X-rays, CAT scans, and PET scans (Sec. 1-12)

• Authorizes physicians from different specialties to share operating rooms, and be available for any procedure across multiple specialties (Sec. 1-12).

• Authorizes new hospitals to be built in counties with less than 50,000 residents as long as they agree to the following, including (Sec. 1-12):

• Provide certain amount of charity care;

• Join the statewide trama system; and

• Provide comprehensive behavioral health services.

• Specifies that the provisions of this bill shall become effective July 1, 2024 (Sec. 13).

Full Bill Text

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that expands health care coverage for lower-income adults in the state of Georgia.

Highlights:

• Expands health care coverage for lower-income adults in the state of Georgia, including repealing permit requirements for patients for outpatient birthing and imaging centers for X-rays, CAT scans, and PET scans (Sec. 1-12)

• Authorizes physicians from different specialties to share operating rooms, and be available for any procedure across multiple specialties (Sec. 1-12).

• Authorizes new hospitals to be built in counties with less than 50,000 residents as long as they agree to the following, including (Sec. 1-12):

• Provide certain amount of charity care;

• Join the statewide trama system; and

• Provide comprehensive behavioral health services.

• Specifies that the provisions of this bill shall become effective July 1, 2024 (Sec. 13).

Full Bill Text

Full Bill Text

Full Bill Text