A plan to strengthen health access in rural and underserved communities in Georgia through community health workers is on life support in the Georgia Legislature.
The legislation, House Bill 291, has passed the House and an amended version passed the Senate Health and Human Services Committee last week. But in Monday’s gatekeeping Senate Rules Committee, it didn’t make the cut to reach the Senate floor this year.
The Georgia Legislature’s two-year session is scheduled to end Thursday at midnight, and all bills not passed will die with it.
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