Georgia legislation · 2025-2026 Regular Session
Georgia HB1446: Health; transfer responsibility for oversight of emergency medical services from Department of Public Health to Georgia Emergency Medical Services and Trauma Council
Status: In committee, March 6, 2026
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 11 of Title 31 of the O.C.G.A., relating to emergency medical services, so as to transfer responsibility for the oversight of emergency medical services from the Department of Public Health to the Georgia Emergency Medical Services and Trauma Council; to provide for legislative findings; to update terminology and provide for conforming changes; to provide for construction; to amend various titles of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, so as to make conforming changes; to provide for related matters; to provide for effective dates; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
What the bill says
To amend Chapter 11 of Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to emergency medical services, so as to transfer responsibility for the oversight of emergency medical services from the Department of Public Health to the Georgia Emergency Medical Services and Trauma Council; to establish such council and provide for its membership, powers, and duties; to provide certain minimum requirements for such council in transacting business; to provide for the appointment of an executive director of such council…
From the introduced text:
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED To amend Chapter 11 of Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to emergency medical services, so as to transfer responsibility for the oversight of emergency medical services from the Department of Public Health to the Georgia Emergency Medical Services and Trauma Council; to establish such council and provide for its membership, powers, and duties; to provide certain minimum requirements for such council in transacting business; to provide for the appointment of an executive director of such council; to provide for the establishment of emergency medical services regions; to transfer responsibility for designating and contracting with regional emergency medical services from the Board of Public Health to the Board of Community Health; to provide for rules and regulations; to provide for licensure of ambulance providers and emergency medical services personnel by the Georgia Emergency Medical Services and Trauma Council; to revise procedures for licensing and appeals related thereto; to transfer responsibility for designating and certifying stroke centers from the Department of Public Health to the Georgia Emergency Medical Services and Trauma Council; to transfer the Office of Cardiac Care and its employees to such council; to revise and provide for definitions; to provide for legislative findings; to update terminology and provide for conforming changes; to provide for construction; to amend various titles …