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GA · HB89FINAL · 5 COSPONSORS

Public Health, Department of; require healthcare providers, facilities, and pharmacies to provide the Maternal Mortality Review Committee with psychiatric or other clinical records

Also relevant to:Mental health service user
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Plain-English Summary

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 2A of Title 31 of the O.C.G.A., relating to the department of public health, so as to require healthcare providers, healthcare facilities, and pharmacies to provide the Maternal Mortality Review Committee with psychiatric or other clinical records; to amend Code Section 37-3-166 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to treatment of clinical records, when release permitted, scope of privileged communications, liability for disclosure, an…

Source: OpenStates · fetched May 1, 2025

Who it affects
Medicaid / public insurance

via Georgians for a Healthy Future: Requires health care providers, health care facilities, and pharmacies to provide the Maternal Mortality Review Committee with psychiatric or other clinical records

Low-income / working-class

via Georgians for a Healthy Future: Requires health care providers, health care facilities, and pharmacies to provide the Maternal Mortality Review Committee with psychiatric or other clinical records

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Who This Affectsvia advocacy orgs
  • Medicaid / public insurancedirectModerate impactMedium certainty

    via Georgians for a Healthy Future

    Requires health care providers, health care facilities, and pharmacies to provide the Maternal Mortality Review Committee with psychiatric or other clinical records

  • Low-income / working-classdirectModerate impactMedium certainty

    via Georgians for a Healthy Future

    Requires health care providers, health care facilities, and pharmacies to provide the Maternal Mortality Review Committee with psychiatric or other clinical records

What the Bill Does
  • PASSED. Aims to improve how Georgia collects information on maternal deaths and provides care for mothers and babies by giving Maternal Mortality R…
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