A bill to make it easier for foreign-trained doctors to practice in Georgia passed a Senate committee with a unanimous vote on Wednesday, opening the way for the measure to pass two years after it was first proposed.
A similar bill last year failed to gain approval before the end of the session. This year, the bill gained the sponsorship of a powerful Republican backer, Dr. Ben Watson, a Savannah doctor who chairs the Senate Health and Human Services committee.
The measure would create a pathway for lawfully present doctors who trained in other countries to practice in Georgia if a long list of conditions are met. The idea is to match foreign-trained doctors to medically underserved areas.
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