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Committee approves statewide health-care provider directory with age/location fields added
Summary
A House committee amended and advanced legislation directing the Georgia Board of Health Care Workforce to create a statewide directory of licensed health-care professionals, adding month/year of birth and city/county/ZIP fields at the request of the Secretary of State's office.
A House committee advanced Senate Bill 131 on Thursday after adding an amendment to require that licensing records include month and year of birth and more precise location information so the state can calculate provider age and map practice locations.
The bill directs the Georgia Board of Health Care Workforce to establish a statewide data system listing licensed health-care professionals by age, language proficiency, gender, practice location and practice type, and to collaborate with the relevant licensing…
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