Rep. Cooper Recognizes Tardive Dyskinesia Awareness Week

ATLANTA – State Representative Sharon Cooper (R-Marietta), chair of the House Health and Human Services Committee, seeks to recognize Tardive Dyskinesia (TD) Awareness Week as a part of Mental Health Awareness Month throughout May. During the 2022 legislative session, Chair Cooper introduced House Resolution 856 to recognize May 1 through May 7, 2022, as TD Awareness Week in Georgia to help increase education and raise awareness around the condition.

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Rep. Sharon Cooper Receives Georgia Pet Coalition 2022 Pets’ Best Friend Award

ATLANTA – State Representative Sharon Cooper (R-Marietta), chair of the House Health & Human Services Committee, recently received the 2022 Pets’ Best Friend Award from the Georgia Pet Coalition. She will be presented with the award TODAY, April 28, 2022, at 2:30 p.m. at the Good Mews Animal Foundation (3805 Robinson Rd.) in Marietta.

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Rep. Sharon Cooper Receives EveryLife Foundation of Rare Diseases 2021 RareVoice Award

ATLANTA – State Representative Sharon Cooper (R-Marietta), chair of the House Health & Human Services Committee, recently received a 2021 RareVoice Award from the EveryLife Foundation for Rare Diseases. She was honored during the foundation’s 10th annual awards ceremony on Dec. 15, 2021.

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Rep. Sharon Cooper Selected for Atlanta Business Chronicle’s Women of Influence Awards

ATLANTA – State Representative Sharon Cooper (R-Marietta), chair of the House Health and Human Services Committee, was recently selected as one of Atlanta Business Chronicle’s 2021 Women of Influence. Rep. Cooper will be presented with the award during a celebration event on Thursday, Oct. 14, 2021.

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House Health & Human Services Committee to Hold Meeting on Health Disparities

ATLANTA – The House Health & Human Services Committee, chaired by State Representative Sharon Cooper (R-Marietta), will hold a meeting on health disparities on Monday, September 27, 2021, from 9 a.m. – 12 p.m. in room 606 of the Coverdell Legislative Office Building in Atlanta. To watch a live stream of this meeting, please click here.

Members of the committee will receive testimony from physicians, medical organizations and advocacy groups in Georgia.

WHO:             Members of the House Health & Human Services Committee

WHAT:          Committee Meeting

WHEN:          Monday, September 27, 2021

                        9 a.m. – 12 p.m.

WHERE:       Coverdell Legislative Office Building

                        Room 606

                        18 Capitol Square SW

                        Atlanta, GA 30334

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