HB 542

  • Georgia House Bill
  • 2019-2020 Regular Session
  • Introduced in House
  • House
  • Senate
  • Governor

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

Abstract

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.

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Mar 12, 2020

House

House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute

  • Committee-Passage-Favorable
Special Committee On Access to Quality Health Care

Feb 27, 2020

House

House Withdrawn, Recommitted

  • Withdrawal
  • Referral-Committee
Special Committee On Access to Quality Health Care

Mar 04, 2019

House

House Second Readers

Mar 01, 2019

House

House First Readers

Feb 28, 2019

House

House Hopper

Bill Text

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LC 33 8374S/hs PDF
LC 33 7817/a PDF

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