Georgia House Bill 542 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 6-0)
Status: Introduced on February 28 2019 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2020-03-12 - House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
Text: Latest bill text (Comm Sub) [PDF]

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 8 of Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the care and protection of indigent and elderly patients, so as to authorize health care facilities to purchase and sell charity care credits through an exchange to meet their indigent and charity care requirements; to provide for definitions; to provide for the creation of the Georgia Charity Care Exchange; to provide for contractual arrangements between health care facilities for the first two years; to provide for an annual report; to provide for creation of an oversight board; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Health; heath care facilities to purchase and sell charity care credits through an exchange to meet their indigent and charity care requirements; authorize

Rep. Todd Jones [R]	Rep. Trey Kelley [R]	Rep. Micah Gravley [R]	Rep. John Corbett [R]
Rep. Clay Pirkle [R]	Rep. Bruce Williamson [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-03-12	House	House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
2020-02-27	House	House Withdrawn, Recommitted
2019-03-04	House	House Second Readers
2019-03-01	House	House First Readers
2019-02-28	House	House Hopper

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/55612
Text	https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20192020/183323
Text	https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20192020/192971