Georgia House Bill 558

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 5-0)
Status: Introduced on February 22 2023 - 25% progression
Action: 2023-02-27 - House Second Readers
Pending: House Special Committee on Healthcare Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [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 provide for the establishment of a pilot program to conduct a simulated exchange for hospitals to purchase and sell charity care credits to meet their charity care requirements; to provide for definitions; to provide for the design of the simulated exchange; to provide for a report; to provide for penalties for nonparticipation; to provide for automatic repeal; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Health; establishment of a pilot program for hospitals to purchase and sell charity care credits; provide

Rep. Todd Jones [R]	Rep. Matt Dubnik [R]	Rep. James Hatchett [R]	Rep. Clay Pirkle [R]
Rep. John Corbett [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-02-27	House	House Second Readers
2023-02-23	House	House First Readers
2023-02-22	House	House Hopper

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/64730
Text	https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20232024/215645