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title: Sen Floor Amend 1 AM 52 0103 to HB 1138
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id: amendment:2025-2026/hb1138/248738
cite_as: HB 1138, Sen Floor Amend 1 AM 52 0103
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date: 2026-09-25
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# Sen Floor Amend 1 AM 52 0103 to HB 1138

ADOPTED
Senators Watson of the 1st, Anavitarte of the 31st, Hatchett of the 50th, and Kirkpatrick of
the 32nd offered the following amendment #1:
Amend the Senate Committee on Health and Human Services substitute to HB 1138
(LC 52 1108S) by replacing lines 1 through 12 with the following:
To amend Titles 26, 33, and 49 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to food,
drugs, and cosmetics, insurance, and social services, respectively, so as to authorize
pharmacists in certain circumstances to dispense self-administered hormonal contraceptives
or administer injectable hormonal contraceptives; to provide for a definition; to provide
minimum amounts of certain contraceptives that shall be provided by insurers; to provide for
By replacing lines 17 through 99 with the following:
SECTION 1.
By replacing lines 101 through 103 with the following:
SECTION 2.
Title 26 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to food, drugs, and cosmetics,
is amended in Chapter 4, relating to pharmacists and pharmacies, by adding a new Code
section to read as follows:
By replacing lines 212 through 216 with the following:
<ins>subject to criminal or civil liability."
</ins> SECTION 3.
Title 33 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to insurance, is amended in
Chapter 24, relating to insurance generally, by adding a new Code section to read as follows:
By replacing lines 236 through 238 with the following:
SECTION 4.
Title 49 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to social services, is amended
in Chapter 4, relating to public assistance, by adding a new Code section to read as follows:
By replacing lines 254 through 258 with the following:
SECTION 5.
This Act shall become effective on January 1, 2027, and shall apply to all
By replacing line 261 with the following:
SECTION 6.