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Georgia House Honors March of Dimes Day and Donates Diapers for Premature Babies to Grady NICU

ATLANTA— The Georgia House of Representatives recognized Wednesday, March 13, 2013, as March of Dimes Day at the Georgia State Capitol in honor of the organization’s 75th anniversary. As part of the event, each of the 180 state representatives received a diaper specially made for babies born prematurely so that they could better understand the size and special needs of premature babies. The representatives then collectively agreed to donate the diapers to Grady Hospital’s nationally recognized neonatal intensive care unit (NICU).

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Rep. Mickey Channell Introduces Legislation to Create New Georgia Department of Public Health

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”

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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!”