ATLANTA – State Representative Mickey Channell (R-Greensboro) today introduced House Bill 214, legislation that would move the state’s public health functions out of the Department of Community Health and establish a new Department of Public Health. Continue reading “Rep. Mickey Channell Introduces Legislation to Create New Georgia Department of Public Health”
Chairman Steve Davis Introduces IDEA of 2011
GOP Leadership Picks Up Where 2010 Session Left Off
ATLANTA – Representative Steve Davis (R-McDonough) announced today the introduction of House Bill 167, the Insurance Delivery Enhancement Act (IDEA) of 2011. Continue reading “Chairman Steve Davis Introduces IDEA of 2011”
Patients of Georgia Pay Attention!
By State Representative Sharon Cooper (R) HD 41
Everyone, since we’ll all be patients eventually, needs to pay attention to the most lobbied issue before the Georgia Legislature. SB 49 eliminates the Georgia Board of Nurses’ (GBON) authority to maintain Georgia’s standards for registered nurses (RNs). Excelsior College, a non-traditional New York program, the only nursing program in the United States with no supervised clinical training[1], is pushing this bill. Continue reading “Patients of Georgia Pay Attention!”
SPEAKER APPOINTS REPRESENTATIVE SHARON COOPER TO THE HOUSE STUDY COMMITTEE ON BIOLOGICAL PRIVACY
ATLANTA—Speaker of the House Glenn Richardson (R-Hiram) has tapped State Representative Sharon Cooper to serve on the House Study Committee on Biological Privacy. Continue reading “SPEAKER APPOINTS REPRESENTATIVE SHARON COOPER TO THE HOUSE STUDY COMMITTEE ON BIOLOGICAL PRIVACY”