- HB
233 floor amend 1
ADOPTED
SENATE
Senator
Hill of the 32nd offered the following amendment to HB 233:
Insert
as new Section 4 and renumber accordingly.
“Title
31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to health, is amended by
adding to the end of Chapter 5A, relating to the Department of Community Health,
a new Code section to read as
follows:
“31-5A-7. Performance and outcome, pricing and other requested data shall be reported to the Department of Community Health on a regular basis for selected medical conditions, services and programs, surgeries and procedures in hospitals, ambulatory surgery centers, nursing and private care homes, pharmacies and rehabilitation centers in Georgia. The Department shall establish a website to provide consumers on the cost and quality of healthcare in Georgia to include but not be limited to cost and quality comparison information on healthcare provided at hospitals, ambulatory surgery centers, nursing homes and rehabilitation centers and other facilities plus similar data for pharmacies in Georgia defined in Title 26 of the Code, and as otherwise is prescribed by the Department’s rules and regulations.”
“31-5A-7. Performance and outcome, pricing and other requested data shall be reported to the Department of Community Health on a regular basis for selected medical conditions, services and programs, surgeries and procedures in hospitals, ambulatory surgery centers, nursing and private care homes, pharmacies and rehabilitation centers in Georgia. The Department shall establish a website to provide consumers on the cost and quality of healthcare in Georgia to include but not be limited to cost and quality comparison information on healthcare provided at hospitals, ambulatory surgery centers, nursing homes and rehabilitation centers and other facilities plus similar data for pharmacies in Georgia defined in Title 26 of the Code, and as otherwise is prescribed by the Department’s rules and regulations.”