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HR 114: Georgia Limb Loss and Limb Difference Awareness Day at the state capitol; 01/28/25; recognize

Last action January 29, 2025 · House Read and Adopted

A Georgia House resolution recognizes January 28, 2025 as Georgia Limb Loss and Limb Difference Awareness Day at the state capitol, honoring Georgians living with limb loss or limb difference.

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In plain language

This resolution does not change any Georgia law. It formally recognizes January 28, 2025 as Georgia Limb Loss and Limb Difference Awareness Day at the state capitol. The resolution's preamble describes the scale of the issue, noting that over 18,000 Georgians lose a limb each year and more than 200,000 live with limb loss, limb difference, or mobility impairments, often due to diabetes, vascular disease, infection, cancer, or trauma. The resolution states that access to prosthetic and orthotic care is medically necessary for daily living, work, hygiene, and physical activity, and frames such care as a rehabilitative health benefit. It directs the Clerk of the House of Representatives to distribute copies of the resolution to the public and press, but it creates no new insurance requirement, funding, or legal obligation.

What the bill does

  • Designates January 28, 2025 as Georgia Limb Loss and Limb Difference Awareness Day at the state capitol.
  • States the House of Representatives' recognition and honor of Georgia residents with limb loss or limb difference and their advocacy work.
  • Directs the Clerk of the House of Representatives to prepare and distribute copies of the resolution to the public and press.
  • Does not create, amend, or repeal any Georgia statute or insurance requirement; it is a symbolic recognition only.

Who it affects

Georgians living with limb loss, limb difference, or mobility impairments, along with advocacy groups for those communities, are honored by this resolution. It has no direct legal effect on insurers, healthcare providers, or state agencies.

Why it matters

While the resolution carries no legal force, it publicly highlights the challenges Georgians with limb loss or limb difference face in getting insurance coverage for prosthetic and orthotic care, potentially raising awareness ahead of future policy discussions on healthcare coverage.

Key provisions

  • The preamble cites that over 18,000 Georgians lose a limb annually and over 200,000 live with limb loss, limb difference, or mobility impairments.
  • The resolution states that prosthetic and orthotic clinical care should be considered a habilitative or rehabilitative health benefit under state or federal essential health benefit requirements.
  • The operative clause formally recognizes January 28, 2025 as Georgia Limb Loss and Limb Difference Awareness Day at the state capitol.
  • The final clause directs the Clerk of the House to distribute copies of the resolution to the public and press.

From the bill

“movement is medicine, and physical activity is a right, not a privilege”

An opening statement in the resolution framing physical activity as essential to health.

“over 18,000 Georgians lose a limb each year, and over 200,000 Georgians live with limb loss, limb difference, and mobility impairments”

The resolution's cited statistics on the scope of limb loss and limb difference in Georgia.

Discussed in meetings (1)

The House and Senate meetings that took this bill up, from their machine transcripts. Each account was written by Georgia Commons with AI and is not part of the record; the video is what was said.

  1. House Rules Committee, March 2, 2026

    From 0:19:11 · Watch on the General Assembly's Vimeo channel

    Summary by Georgia Commons: The chair requested a motion to return HR 114 to Ways and Means and announced approval without opposition. A later exchange referred to a different resolution number, leaving uncertainty about the identity of the resolution being returned. There was no discussion of its substance.

Status timeline

  1. 2025-01-29House Read and Adopted (House)
  2. 2025-01-29House First Readers (House)
  3. 2025-01-29House Hopper (House)

Sponsors

  • David Clark (R, HD-100)Primary sponsor
  • Karen Mathiak (R, HD-82)
  • Danny Mathis (R, HD-133)
  • Carter Barrett (R, HD-24)
  • Katie Dempsey (R, HD-13)
  • Leesa Hagan (R, HD-156)

Topics

  • limb loss awareness
  • disability advocacy
  • healthcare coverage
  • state capitol recognition

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