Health

Veteran Suicides At VA Campuses Prompt Call For Federal Investigation

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Veteran Suicides At VA Campuses Prompt Call For Federal Investigation

Kemp Signs Medical Marijuana Oil Bill, Making Sales Legal

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Kemp Signs Medical Marijuana Oil Bill, Making Sales Legal

Georgia Women To Take Over Top Posts At National Physician Organizations

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Georgia Women To Take Over Top Posts At National Physician Organizations

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Georgia Becomes The Latest State To Legalize Needle Exchanges To Stop HIV

Associated Press • Apr 4, 2019

A proposal requiring elementary school students to have daily recess had failed in recent years, but in the 2019 General Assembly session, House Bill 83 sailed through. The bill “encourages’’ schools to make recess 30 minutes long. This recess legislation, along with other bills, put a cap on a General Assembly session that is potentially the most consequential for Georgia health care in decades.

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‘A Big Health Care Year’ Under The Gold Dome

Andy Miller, Georgia Health News • Apr 3, 2019

Georgia lawmakers Rep. Mark Newton, R-Augusta, left, and Rep. Micah Gravley, R-Douglasville, celebrate the end of the 2019 legislative session in the House chambers at the state Capitol late Tuesday. A medical marijuana bill sponsored by Gravley was passed by the House in the final moments of the session.

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Georgia General Assembly Legalizes In-State Medical Marijuana Cultivation

Emma Hurt • Apr 3, 2019

The oversight role stems from a 2010 settlement agreement between the state and the Justice Department. In that landmark pact, Georgia agreed to improve conditions in its psychiatric hospitals and provide robust community services for people with mental illness and those with developmental or intellectual disabilities. The most recent reports by an independent reviewer of the settlement agreement, however, point to continued deficiencies in Georgia’s current delivery system.

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Georgia Asking Feds To End Oversight Of Mental Health Services

Andy Miller, Georgia Health News • Apr 1, 2019

On Friday, the General Assembly approved changes to Georgia’s certificate-of-need system and the renewal of a Medicaid funding mechanism.

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Ga. Legislature Approves CON Changes, Medicaid Funding Plan, Hospital Transparency

Andy Miller, Georgia Health News • Apr 1, 2019

At a signing ceremony Wednesday for Senate Bill 106, which authorizes a health care waiver plan, Gov. Brian Kemp called the bill’s passage a “historic moment.’’ However, the waiver plan appears to run counter to the renewed White House effort to erase the Affordable Care Act.

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As Kemp Celebrates Waiver Win, White House Pivot May Complicate Things

Andy Miller, Georgia Health News • Mar 28, 2019