Sharon Cooper
Georgia
Record ID: GA-House-45-COOPER-S
- Chairman, Public & Community Health
- 436 State Capitol Atlanta GA 30334
- (404) 656-5069
- sharon.cooper@house.ga.gov
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Legislation
Sponsored Bills
| Bill | Title | Status | Session |
|---|---|---|---|
| HB 1238 | Community Health, Department of; submit a waiver request to the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to authorize the qualification of certain caregivers for Medicaid reimbursement | passed_upper | 1033 |
| HB 1295 | Physician Assistant Licensure Compact; enter into an interstate compact | passed_upper | 1033 |
| 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 | 1033 |
| HB 323 | Bridging the Gap for ALS and Chronic Kidney Disease Act of 2025; enact | failed | 1033 |
| HB 629 | Education; remove requirement of having a licensed physician in automated external defibrillator programs | failed | 1033 |
| HB 943 | Social services; establish a pilot program for autism spectrum disorder to children in foster care; provide | passed_upper | 1033 |
| HB 717 | Medical Practice Act; regulation of the administration of psychedelic-assisted treatment and therapy; provide | passed_upper | 1033 |
| HB 291 | Health; certification of community health workers; provide | in_committee | 1033 |
| HB 79 | Firearm Safe Handling and Secure Storage Tax Credit Act; enact | in_committee | 1033 |
| HB 1118 | Public officers and employees; 120 hours of maternal birth leave; provide | passed_upper | 1033 |
| HB 1290 | Crimes and offenses; protection of elder persons; sexual abuse; revise definition | in_committee | 1033 |
| HB 1096 | Public Health, Department of; provide that if certain employees of a county board of health become employees of such department such employees will retain accrued annual and sick leave | passed_upper | 1033 |
| HB 541 | Education; tuition equalization grants; expand definition of an approved school to include certain institutions which offer programs in nursing | passed_upper | 1033 |
| HB 1123 | Quality Basic Education Act; require certain schools that offer after-school programs to make such programs available to pre-kindergarten students | passed_upper | 1033 |
| HB 1408 | Veterinarians; authorize licensed veterinary technicians to administer antirabies vaccinations to animals | passed_upper | 1033 |
| HB 1195 | Veterinarians; practice and provision of veterinary teletriage and veterinary telemedicine; revise provisions | passed_upper | 1033 |
| HR 1522 | House Study Committee on Evaluating Community Health; create | in_committee | 1033 |
| HR 1052 | Prader-Willi Syndrome Awareness Day; express support for State designation | in_committee | 1033 |
| HR 1728 | Haven House; critical service to pregnant women and young mothers in the State of Georgia; recognize | passed_lower | 1033 |
| HB 961 | Surprise Billing Consumer Protection Act; insurance coverage for certain out-of-network ambulance transportation service; provide | in_committee | 1033 |
| HB 500 | Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Act; increase access to and amount of benefits | in_committee | 1033 |
| HR 1622 | American Red Cross; Red Cross Month; March 2026; recognize | passed_lower | 1033 |
| HB 1368 | Mental health; re-creation of community service boards; provide | in_committee | 1033 |
| HB 1276 | Community Health, Department of; review information from certain sources to determine and verify eligibility of Medicaid recipients; provide | failed | 1033 |
| HB 1397 | Criminal procedure; implied consent to a drug facilitated sexual assault examination for unconscious victims of alleged sexual assault; provide | in_committee | 1033 |
| HR 1476 | National Immunization Awareness Month; August; recognize | in_committee | 1033 |
| HB 1398 | Georgia Child Care Alternatives, Resources, and Education Act; Trixtian's Law; enact | in_committee | 1033 |
| HB 1430 | Community Health, Department of; license supportive senior housing communities; provide | in_committee | 1033 |
| HB 1250 | Daniel Waters Act; enact | in_committee | 1033 |
| HR 1480 | Hemophilia of Georgia; commend | passed_lower | 1033 |
| HB 326 | State Health Benefit Plan Nonopioid Coverage Parity Act; enact | in_committee | 1033 |
| HR 1419 | Turner Syndrome Awareness Month; February 2026; recognize | in_committee | 1033 |
| HR 1471 | Fertility Awareness Week; July 27-Aug 2, 2026; recognize | passed_lower | 1033 |
| HR 1431 | Lehman, Larry M.; lifetime of service and leadership in public health; commend | passed_lower | 1033 |
| HR 1204 | United States and the State of Georgia; burden of lung cancer; recognize | in_committee | 1033 |
| HR 1395 | Hunt, Brian James; honoring the life and memory; condolences | passed_lower | 1033 |
| HR 1356 | Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Week; March 8-14, 2026; recognize | passed_lower | 1033 |
| HR 1295 | Tardive Dyskinesia Awareness Week 2026; first full week in May; recognize | passed_lower | 1033 |
| HR 1296 | Trauma Awareness Day at the state capitol; February 24, 2026; Georgia's trauma professionals, the Georgia Trauma Commission, and the Georgia Trauma Foundation; recognize | passed_lower | 1033 |
| HR 1278 | Tidmore, Annabelle; Miss Cobb County's Teen 2026; commend | passed_lower | 1033 |
| HR 1283 | Verville, Dominique; Miss Cobb County 2026; commend | passed_lower | 1033 |
| HR 1260 | Impiricus; commend | passed_lower | 1033 |
| HB 1149 | Insurance; offer a preenrollment option for anticipated newly born or adopted children; require certain health insurers | in_committee | 1033 |
| HB 1104 | Health; prohibit certain examinations on an unconscious patient or a patient undergoing anesthesia without prior informed consent or authorization | in_committee | 1033 |
| HR 1185 | Day of Democracy; January 26, 2026; recognize | passed_lower | 1033 |
| HR 1188 | Physician's Day at the state capitol; 02/04/26; saluting the physicians of Georgia; recognize | passed_lower | 1033 |
| HR 1197 | Gas South; 20th anniversary; recognize | passed_lower | 1033 |
| HR 1175 | Congenital Heart Defect Awareness Week at the state capitol; 02/07-14/26; recognize | passed_lower | 1033 |
| HR 1060 | International Holocaust Remembrance Day; January 27, 2026; recognize | passed_lower | 1033 |
| HR 1064 | Callins, Dr. Keisha Reneé; commend | passed_lower | 1033 |
| HR 1085 | Georgia Society of the Sons of the American Revolution; Captain John Collins Chapter; 25th anniversary; recognize | passed_lower | 1033 |
| HR 1043 | Dental Hygienists Appreciation Day; February 5, 2026; recognize | passed_lower | 1033 |
| HR 1027 | Wakefield, Ronald "Ron"" F.; outstanding public service with the Georgia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities; commend" | passed_lower | 1033 |
| HR 1031 | Children's Healthcare of Atlanta's facility dogs and their Canines For Kids Program; commend | passed_lower | 1033 |
| HB 329 | Professional and businesses; authorize certified nurse practitioners and physician assistants to perform artificial insemination | failed | 1033 |
| HB 904 | Health; certificate of need requirements concerning life plan communities; revise an exemption | in_committee | 1033 |
| HB 197 | Insurance; health care provider to respond to a private review agent or utility review entity's attempt to discuss the patient's care; detail the effort | enacted | 1033 |
| HB 331 | Animals; prohibit transfer of certain domestic animals at certain locations | enacted | 1033 |
| HB 89 | Public Health, Department of; require healthcare providers, facilities, and pharmacies to provide the Maternal Mortality Review Committee with psychiatric or other clinical records | enacted | 1033 |
| HB 352 | Georgia Gestational Diabetes Management Act; enact | enacted | 1033 |
| HB 645 | Health; COVID-19 testing of staff members in long term-care facilities; repeal certain provisions | enacted | 1033 |
| HB 177 | Domestic relations; protection for household pets in both family violence and dating violence protective orders; provide | enacted | 1033 |
| HB 637 | Cobb County; board of commissioners; revise a requirement for public hearings | enacted | 1033 |
| HB 94 | Insurance; medically necessary expenses for standard fertility preservation services when a medically necessary treatment for cancer, sickle cell disease, or lupus may directly or indirectly cause an impairment of fertility; require coverage | enacted | 1033 |
| HR 983 | Green, Judge Reuben; condolences | passed_lower | 1033 |
| HB 218 | Health; lower the age from 50 to 18 years old at which hospitals shall offer inpatient vaccinations for the influenza virus prior to discharge | failed | 1033 |
| HR 304 | House Study Committee on the Costs and Effects of Smoking; create | passed_lower | 1033 |
| HR 816 | House Study Committee on an At-Risk Populations Abuse Registry; create | failed | 1033 |
| HR 611 | House Study Committee on Abandoned Child Placement Following Hospital Discharge; create | passed_lower | 1033 |
| HB 393 | Safer Cycling in Georgia Act; enact | failed | 1033 |
| HB 173 | Education, Department of; provide parents and guardians of students entering sixth grade information regarding adolescent vaccinations in print and electronic form | failed | 1033 |
| HB 878 | Holidays; October 9 of each year as PANDAS Day; designate | in_committee | 1033 |
| HB 872 | Health; right to contraception for individuals; provide | in_committee | 1033 |
| HR 892 | Speak Life! Cancer Care Ministry; commend | passed_lower | 1033 |
| HR 899 | Stevens, Joyce Carter; commend | passed_lower | 1033 |
| HB 866 | Community Health, Department of; pilot program to improve management of inpatient insulin levels in rural hospital organizations; provide | in_committee | 1033 |
| HR 838 | O'Connor; Daniel; service in redistricting and celebrating his birthday; commend | passed_lower | 1033 |
| HR 652 | Georgia Community Service Boards; Community Service Boards' Day at the state capitol; February 16, 2025; recognize | passed_lower | 1033 |
| HR 597 | Barton, Irene; receiving the 2025 Yellow Rose Nikki T. Randall Servant Leader Award; commend | passed_lower | 1033 |
| HR 546 | Myositis Awareness Month; May 2025; recognize | passed_lower | 1033 |
| HR 554 | Nationwide Polio Vaccination Campaign; 70th anniversary; recognize | passed_lower | 1033 |
| HB 91 | Professions and businesses; licensure for graduates of foreign colleges or schools of veterinary medicine who are board certified in a specialty; provide | in_committee | 1033 |
| HB 612 | Behavioral Health Coordinating Council; add member | in_committee | 1033 |
| HB 690 | Pharmacy benefits managers; duty of care to insureds, health plans, and providers; provide | in_committee | 1033 |
| HR 478 | Wilder, Reverend Art; occasion of his retirement; recognize | passed_lower | 1033 |
| HR 479 | Fletcher, Kathryn; chair of the Georgia Society of Certified Public Accountants; commend | passed_lower | 1033 |
| HB 373 | Insurance; annual prostate cancer screenings for certain men; require major medical coverage | in_committee | 1033 |
| HB 665 | Health; transfer all authorities and responsibilities relating to environmental health from county boards of health to Department of Public Health | in_committee | 1033 |
| HR 397 | House Study Committee on Healthcare Quality and Reporting; create | in_committee | 1033 |
| HR 376 | HOPE AACR (Animal-Assisted Crisis Response); commend | passed_lower | 1033 |
| HR 322 | Boy Scouts of America in Georgia; Scouts Day at the Capitol; 02/26/25; recognize | passed_lower | 1033 |
| HR 288 | No-Kill Awareness Day at the state capitol; April 30, 2025; recognize | passed_lower | 1033 |
| HR 252 | Georgia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities (DBHDD), community service boards (CSBs), and first responders; commend | passed_lower | 1033 |
| HR 227 | Gavalis; Joseph; condolences | passed_lower | 1033 |
| HR 230 | Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month; March 2025; recognize | passed_lower | 1033 |
| HR 238 | Tidmore, Melony; Miss Cobb County's Teen 2025; commend | passed_lower | 1033 |
| HR 245 | Phillips, Aaliyah; Miss Cobb County 2025; commend | passed_lower | 1033 |
| HR 189 | Dr. Roy Charles Bell Memorial Bridge; Fulton County; dedicate | in_committee | 1033 |
| HR 204 | Hemophilia of Georgia; commend | passed_lower | 1033 |
| HB 265 | Georgia Hemp Farming Act; provide limits on the total concentration of THC and other intoxicating cannabinoids in consumable hemp products | in_committee | 1033 |
| HR 161 | Children's Healthcare of Atlanta; opening the new Arthur M. Blank Hospital; commend | passed_lower | 1033 |
| HR 166 | Dental Hygienists Appreciation Day; February 6, 2025; recognize | passed_lower | 1033 |
| HR 167 | Alzheimer's Awareness Day in Georgia; February 6, 2025; recognize | passed_lower | 1033 |
| HR 169 | Physician's Day at the state capitol; 02/05/25; saluting the physicians of Georgia; recognize | passed_lower | 1033 |
| HR 136 | Congenital Heart Defect Awareness Week at the state capitol; February 7-14, 2025; recognize | passed_lower | 1033 |
| HB 178 | Social services; treatment services under Medicaid to persons with HIV; provisions | in_committee | 1033 |
| HB 102 | Community Health, Department of; Georgia Quality Reporting Project; establish | in_committee | 1033 |
| HR 37 | Intuitive; contributions to patient care and for business achievements and growth in Gwinnett County, Georgia; commend | passed_lower | 1033 |
| HB 1 | Pediatric Health Safe Storage Act; enact | in_committee | 1033 |
| HR 27 | Addiction Recovery Awareness Day; January 21, 2025; recognize | passed_lower | 1033 |