Georgia - Session 1033
Title: Child Abuse; local child fatality review committees; modify the review
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 15 of Title 19 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to child abuse, so as to modify the review to be performed by local child fatality review committees; to add members to such committees; to provide for required attendance for training; to clarify the scope of child deaths subject to review; to modify deadlines and requirements for reports relating to child deaths; to modify the procedures of the coroner or medical examiner and the review committee in identifying child deaths that meet the statutory criteria for review by the review committee; to make conforming changes; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
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| Date | Event | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-12 | Introduced | Bill introduced |
| 2026-03-18 | Status | passed_upper |
| 2026-03-18 | Latest Action | House Passed/Adopted |
| Bill | Title | Status |
|---|---|---|
| HB 1097 | Mental health; criminal background, license status, and registry checks for owners, applicants, and employees of certain mental health facilities; provide | passed_upper |
| HB 1138 | Increasing Access to Contraceptives Act; enact | failed |
| HB 1275 | Medical practice; ensure that stem cell therapies are used to advance medical treatments and improve patient outcomes in an ethical manner that does not involve stem cells derived from aborted fetuses | passed_upper |
| HB 1295 | Physician Assistant Licensure Compact; enter into an interstate compact | failed |
| HB 1393 | Hospitals; allow rural hospitals to join together to allow further purchasing power with third-party payors but retain their independence | in_committee |
| HB 1605 | Community Health, Dept. of; making claims for Medicaid estate recovery of funds from ABLE accounts maintained through any qualified ABLE account, except as required by applicable federal law; prohibit | introduced |
| HB 334 | Sickle Cell Disease Protection Act; enact | in_committee |
| HB 350 | Domestic relations; safe places for newborns; revise provisions | in_committee |