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HB795: Create an Infant Wellness Resource Hotline
This bill creates a new phone hotline service for infant wellness within the Department of Public Health, sets up training and promotional materials, allows healthcare professionals to provide telehealth services through it, and grants legal immunity to certain participants.
What This Bill Does
- Establishes an Infant Wellness Resource hotline service within the Department of Public Health.
- Requires creating and sharing materials that promote the new hotline service.
- Provides for training programs for the staff members who will run the hotline.
- Allows the Department of Administrative Services to select healthcare professionals to provide care through telehealth on the line.
- Grants immunity from civil and criminal liability to certain people involved in running the hotline activities.
Who It Names or Affects
- The Georgia Department of Public Health
- Staff members who work for the new hotline service
- Healthcare professionals selected by the Department of Administrative Services
Limits and Unknowns
- The bill text does not state when this law will officially start working.
- The specific rules and regulations needed to run the hotline are authorized but not listed in detail yet.