HR1655: HR1655 House Study Committee on Diabetes Related Amputations; create

This resolution sets up the House Study Committee on Diabetes Related Amputations to look into why Georgians lose limbs to diabetes complications and what could be done about it. The committee would have 13 members appointed by the Speaker of the House: six state representatives and seven others, including medical school representatives, an endocrinologist, a Department of Community Health official, a representative from a federally qualified health center, and two diabetes patients. The committee would study statewide data on amputations, review prevention strategies and care coordination, identify effective clinical practices, and look at barriers to early treatment. It could meet up to four times, and legislative members would get standard expense allowances under Georgia law. The committee must file any findings or a report before it is abolished on December 1, 2026, and that report would be made public.

• Creates a 13-member House Study Committee on Diabetes Related Amputations, with 6 legislators and 7 outside members including medical experts and patients.
• Directs the committee to analyze statewide and regional amputation data and evaluate existing prevention and care coordination practices.
• Limits the committee to no more than four meetings and sets expense allowances for legislative and non-legislative members under existing Georgia code sections.
• Requires the committee to file any approved report or recommendations with the Clerk of the House before it dissolves.
• Abolishes the committee automatically on December 1, 2026, and requires the final report to be made publicly available.

The resolution primarily affects the House members and outside experts appointed to serve on the committee, including endocrinologists, podiatrists, public health officials, and diabetes patients. It also indirectly concerns Georgians living with diabetes, especially in rural and underserved areas, whose care could be shaped by future recommendations.

The resolution does not change any law or fund new programs directly; it creates a temporary body to study a health issue and propose ideas. Any real-world effect on diabetes care or amputation prevention would depend entirely on future legislation the committee might recommend.

• Paragraph (1) creates the House Study Committee on Diabetes Related Amputations.
• Paragraph (2) sets membership at 13: six House members plus seven specified non-legislator members appointed by the Speaker.
• Paragraph (3) charges the committee with studying amputation-related issues and recommending legislation or action.
• Paragraph (4) caps meetings at four, called by the chairperson.
• Paragraph (5) sets allowances: legislative members get standard per diem under O.C.G.A. § 28-1-8, and non-legislator members get expense reimbursement under O.C.G.A. § 45-7-21, capped at four days unless extended.
• Paragraph (6) requires any approved report to be filed with the Clerk of the House before the committee is abolished, or minutes filed if no report is approved.
• Paragraph (7) abolishes the committee on December 1, 2026.
• A further resolved clause requires the final report to be made publicly available.

1. 2026-03-18House Committee Favorably Reported (House)
2. 2026-03-16House Second Readers (House)
3. 2026-03-12House First Readers (House)
4. 2026-03-10House Hopper (House)

• Lee Hawkins (R, HD-027)Primary sponsor
• Danny Mathis (R, HD-133)
• Gerald Greene (R, HD-154)
• Darlene Taylor (R, HD-173)
• Michelle Au (D, HD-050)
• Karlton Howard (D, HD-129)

• diabetes care
• public health
• amputation prevention
• legislative study committee
• rural health