Georgia Code
Chapter 2 - Department of Community Health
§ 31-2-16. Rural Health System Innovation Center Created; Purposes and Duties; Reporting

History. Code 1981, § 31-2-16 , enacted by Ga. L. 2018, p. 132, § 3B/HB 769; Ga. L. 2019, p. 148, § 2-4/HB 186; Ga. L. 2019, p. 224, § 2/SB 207; Ga. L. 2019, p. 1056, § 31/SB 52.
Effective date. —
This Code section became effective July 1, 2018.
The 2019 amendments. —
The first 2019 amendment, effective July 1, 2019, deleted commas following “including” and “limited to” in the middle of the second sentences of paragraph (b)(11) and subsection (e); in paragraph (b)(11), in the second sentence, deleted “and” following “Department of Human Services” and inserted “and the Office of Health Strategy and Coordination” in the middle; and, in the first sentence of subsection (e), deleted “and” preceding “the Senate Appropriations Committee”, and added “, and the Office of Health Strategy and Coordination” at the end. The second 2019 amendment, effective July 1, 2019, substituted “Georgia Board of Health Care Workforce” for “Georgia Board for Physician Workforce” in paragraph (b)(10). The third 2019 amendment, effective May 12, 2019, part of an Act to revise, modernize, and correct the Code, revised punctuation in subparagraph (b)(12)(B).
Editor’s notes.
Ga. L. 2011, p. 705, § 4-4/HB 214, effective July 1, 2011, redesignated former Code Section 31-2-16 as present Code Section 31-2-11.
Ga. L. 2018, p. 132, § 8(c)/HB 769, not codified by the General Assembly, provided: “(c)(1) Section 3A of this Act shall become effective on July 1, 2018, only if SB 357 or another Act creating the Health Coordination and Innovation Council is enacted by the General Assembly and becomes law in 2018, in which event Section 3B of this Act shall not become effective and shall stand repealed on July 1, 2018.
“(2) If SB 357 or another Act creating the Health Coordination and Innovation Council does not become law in 2018, then Section 3B of this Act shall become effective on July 1, 2018, and Section 3A of this Act shall not become effective and shall stand repealed on July 1, 2018.” SB 357 was passed by the General Assembly but was vetoed by the Governor on May 8, 2018, and did not become law.
Ga. L. 2019, p. 148, § 2-1/HB 186, not codified by the General Assembly, provides: “This part shall be known and may be cited as ‘The Health Act.’

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