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Committee advances bill to expand prostate cancer screening coverage for men ages 40–49
Summary
House Bill 373 (LC461095S) was passed out of committee with a due-pass recommendation. The sponsor said the bill seeks earlier screening for men aged 40–49 (PSA and digital exam) to reduce late-stage diagnoses and deaths, citing higher incidence and mortality among men and veterans in Georgia.
House Bill 373, which the sponsor described as an effort to expand early prostate-cancer screening for men ages 40 to 49, was recommended “do pass” by the House Insurance Committee.
Representative Glaze, the bill’s author, told the committee the measure seeks to amend article 1 of chapter 4 of title 33 of the Official Code…
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