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The sponsor said the bill revises last year's language because it proved difficult for providers to visit large numbers of elementary schools to survey programs. The measure retains a requirement for a written emergency action plan that \"adheres to nationally recognized standards,\" the sponsor said, and exempts or reduces the outreach burden on grammar schools in rural areas.

No witnesses signed up to testify and committee members raised no substantive questions during the hearing. A member moved the bill be given a do‑pass recommendation and the committee approved the motion by voice vote; transcript records a do‑pass recommendation with no roll‑call tally recorded.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","Health 03.03.25","oneSentenceSummary","A House committee voted to recommend passage of House Bill 629 after the sponsor said the bill removes an older requirement for provider surveys and instead relies on written emergency action plans meeting nationally recognized standards for specified schools.","taxTitle","Appropriations, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Committees, Legislative, Georgia","taxId",16937,"location","Georgia","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":76,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":77,"_41":78,"_43":79,"_45":80,"_46":81,"_48":82,"_50":83,"_52":84,"_54":55,"_56":57,"_58":85,"_60":61,"_62":63,"_64":86,"_66":67,"_68":69,"_70":71,"_72":73,"_74":73},6659154,"Committee advances bill to create multi‑agency team to speed placements for children stuck after crisis treatment",1735,1881000,3616000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2473375-ee2712e5ba4d85a944b7d2be701a0de6&start=1881&end=3616","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2473375-ee2712e5ba4d85a944b7d2be701a0de6/thumbnail_1881000.jpg","/articles/6659154/Georgia/Committee-advances-bill-to-create-multiagency-team-to-speed-placements-for-children-stuck-after-crisis-treatment","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6659154-d483c3acd5c380024af5412359c069e9/orig.mp4?Expires=1775348039&Signature=SF~JjGJ4F5ypiA7kTucjepdQcR6eXi4Ws7e6YTzvkULPsCEcJ4RgK2EChf3wFNfwr5ZHX3HJEqB9D9QH0s0hRECJhrJmqImtk41BW0ksAOuHPxo6Sm1W~Ti2cD8k5GlmlRqoMgMLikiyBHWU9kC~iu6653cmjJwwGuLLvxdB1dFGV4KNRoleKO1V47qim0OEVv3LjtpL8-N2WfnB3l1~8Z~mH7wq40wOCc54521DmDXpNYf7Z4mzWCk4~ZZlBa8p1KlkTMfn7fISug251WJHtKgdtjQmxh-nR3Pjby9zhJz646~NRWCBJ-H65I7V9N1t3VDMv1yQpVFgTaWoj8sl~w__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","A House committee voted to recommend passage of House Bill 677 after Representative Dempsey described a pattern in which children who receive crisis or psychiatric care cannot be discharged because no guardian or placement is available. The measure would establish a multi‑agency treatment coordination team (\"MATCH team\") to find appropriate placements and require annual reporting to the House and Senate Appropriations Committees.

\"There's been a discovery recently that we have an awful lot of children that are stuck,\" Representative Dempsey said. She described children who spend several days in crisis treatment and then have nowhere appropriate to go, sometimes remaining in hotels or facilities because no placement exists. Dempsey said the bill's section 1 would create the MATCH team and that other sections address funding; she indicated sections 1, 5 and 6 were the focus for the committee hearing.

Candace Perez, identified in the transcript as commissioner of the Georgia Department of Human Services, told the committee the department encounters these situations frequently. Perez said the cases are not always abandonment in the criminal sense; families sometimes are reachable but lack resources or fear consequences such as child protective investigations. She warned that children can be placed into foster care unnecessarily and that the situation strains agency budgets and workforce. \"For our agency, what that means is that they come into care unnecessarily,\" Perez said.

Stan Jones of Nelson Mullins, representing provider groups including Together Georgia and the Multi Agency Alliance for Children, urged the committee to advance the bill and noted the financial complexities. He said existing psychiatric residential treatment facilities and hospitals serve children across multiple systems and that a MATCH structure could coordinate care more effectively while work continues to expand crisis and step‑down capacity.

Committee members asked how many children are affected and whether intermediate placements exist; testimony estimated that the state is caring for \"hundreds\" of children in custody in these high‑cost placements and cited examples of per‑day costs as high as $1,000. The bill requires an annual MATCH team report to the House and Senate Appropriations Committees by Dec. 31 and directs that implementation depends on available appropriations, testimony said.

The committee approved an amendment striking sections 2, 3 and 4 and advanced the bill as amended on a voice vote (LC461197S). The transcript records that legislative staff reviewed the text to update cross‑references before the vote. No roll‑call tally was recorded in the hearing transcript.","Lawmakers recommended do‑pass for House Bill 677 as amended to establish a multi‑agency “MATCH” team to identify appropriate placements for children who remain in crisis or psychiatric facilities after discharge is appropriate; the bill was amended to remove several sections and passed with funding language dependent on appropriations.",{"_33":88,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":89,"_41":90,"_43":91,"_45":92,"_46":93,"_48":94,"_50":95,"_52":96,"_54":55,"_56":57,"_58":97,"_60":61,"_62":63,"_64":98,"_66":67,"_68":69,"_70":71,"_72":73,"_74":73},6659159,"Committee backs bill letting single rural emergency hospital qualify for Georgia Heart program",594,1290000,1884000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2473375-ee2712e5ba4d85a944b7d2be701a0de6&start=1290&end=1884","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2473375-ee2712e5ba4d85a944b7d2be701a0de6/thumbnail_1290000.jpg","/articles/6659159/Georgia/Committee-backs-bill-letting-single-rural-emergency-hospital-qualify-for-Georgia-Heart-program","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6659159-d48fe22a0a86e63e8004992f988876d4/orig.mp4?Expires=1775348039&Signature=kJZaVUt0Uh-SetLBPnRJn0Kl8e0ZntHHjvyRZNo4k6R8sgwpUQa~7Pt7b19IMWsMfLGktU~pgEc1PR6zCfWq4WPBPpNewXf-cF63MTNkvK2rCBKlkhnzU3IW8PXxHqNVYNya8aEmQId-8AI7SLYrJdzAQZ9XUZQSaOFyFZDTp2p5Cg3rhBhKaLsNk~PgxQObCyV6R~5uS40APyyrLpVvZe8fD7h5K1OKlbqLjEfrrjSboLWzddhmkqsoHBvqpsZCXTeVOQDhXbXmITHyZFfR~eCTwVmPwJc30evXPG0jU5--avRi5LLXBITjLZv7UTAKKuNH5mtYUl~j7YYVgiAYWQ__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","A House committee recommended passage of House Bill 662 after Representative Osteen and a witness said a rural facility in her district lost eligibility for the Georgia Heart tax‑credit program after it sought a federal CMS classification as a rural emergency hospital.

\"In 2022, CMS provided rural hospital could become a rural emergency hospital,\" Representative Osteen said, explaining that one hospital in her rural South Georgia district chose the CMS classification and, as a result, was disqualified from the Georgia Heart Program. Osteen said the facility depends on that program \"to stay open. Without the heart, they will close.\" She asked Monte Veasey to testify about the local circumstances.

Veasey told the committee the measure would allow that single facility to participate in the Georgia Heart Program and proposed a technical amendment adding language to include facilities that \"operate an outpatient emergency department.\" Committee members questioned whether the amendment should use the word \"department\" or \"clinic\" and asked whether a freestanding emergency clinic differs from urgent care. Veasey said the freestanding clinic in Catoosa County is affiliated with Florida Medical, is open 24/7 year‑round, does not have inpatient beds, and serves a county with a population under 50,000.

The committee approved the bill and then approved the amendment adding \"or operates an outpatient emergency department.\" The chair announced the bill as LC339781, \"do pass,\" first without the amendment and then again as amended; both actions were recorded as voice votes. The transcript does not include a roll‑call tally or the names of the motion maker and seconder.

Sponsor and staff described the change as narrowly targeted to a single rural provider that lost eligibility because of the CMS classification and would restore access to the Georgia Heart tax credit for that provider. The amendment language was presented verbally at the hearing and adopted by the committee.

The committee advanced the bill to the next stage with the amendment in place.","Lawmakers recommended do‑pass for House Bill 662 to allow a rural emergency hospital and affiliated freestanding outpatient emergency clinic to participate in the Georgia Heart tax‑credit program after a CMS classification accidentally disqualified the provider.",{"_33":100,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":101,"_41":102,"_43":103,"_45":104,"_46":105,"_48":106,"_50":107,"_52":108,"_54":55,"_56":57,"_58":109,"_60":61,"_62":63,"_64":110,"_66":67,"_68":69,"_70":71,"_72":73,"_74":73},6659163,"Committee advances bill to keep psilocybin classified until FDA action",244,1077000,1321000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2473375-ee2712e5ba4d85a944b7d2be701a0de6&start=1077&end=1321","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2473375-ee2712e5ba4d85a944b7d2be701a0de6/thumbnail_1077000.jpg","/articles/6659163/Georgia/Committee-advances-bill-to-keep-psilocybin-classified-until-FDA-action","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6659163-94aa146fe6971f5cd686f7b6f6783727/orig.mp4?Expires=1775348039&Signature=CFaUdILbFWpb7PX-QxhwLOigR35l9Mowl9AffDGNcuvrajb8KYrWLvsxJSHRHvXcw~ZqrS78YrOGHfKA1yvKHSSeNyshwcmAw0ep2QS4c6jhvlTicyRcez1wKKt6Va14usbZlpr5uP296m7YyG2GCIh8W3~-pH0Xs7eRVKjilt1-jNUr7bliJG9BCPjmo~Dlx7aZRT4CmIk0IdkjaW1TAaDvAWg0Cu64~DNR0bOUaWcGtRZKo7DEzFgR8OV5kKk3ou088SKCfv37IiG5EwXUz9hg6UhJQX81ZIETJNtMS~0WdDoUXp0BXcrqFZvbS6fS463Td4BxUsRFvJJPB1wtnA__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","A House committee voted to recommend passage of House Bill 382 on a voice vote after Representative Stevens described the bill as a temporary measure to manage psilocybin if federal approval arrives.

Representative Stevens, who introduced the measure, told the committee that the bill is intended to give the Board of Pharmacy “emergency powers” so regulators can place newly approved forms of psilocybin into an appropriate controlled‑substance class until the Legislature can act next year. \"Psilocybin... is a drug that comes from mushrooms,\" Stevens said, and said it is being tested for severe depression and post‑traumatic stress disorder.

The bill responds to the annual drug‑update process the committee uses to assign drugs to controlled‑substance classes. Stevens said the committee moves drugs when the Board of Pharmacy and related agencies request changes and that the committee typically updates classifications once a year.

Committee members asked only procedural questions, and a member made a motion recommending the bill move forward; the committee recorded the measure as having \"do pass\" recommendation (LC339807S) following a voice vote. No roll‑call tally or named mover and seconder were recorded in the transcript.

The bill as presented does not change how psilocybin will be classified permanently; it places a temporary administrative mechanism in place pending FDA action and a later legislative rescheduling, the sponsor said.

No legal citation was introduced during the discussion beyond references to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the Board of Pharmacy's routine drug‑update authority.

The committee advanced the bill without additional amendments and recorded a do‑pass recommendation.","A House committee voted to recommend passage of House Bill 382 to allow emergency administrative action by the Board of Pharmacy if FDA approval makes psilocybin available for medical use before the Legislature can reschedule it.","actionData","errors"]

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