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Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 31. HEALTH · Chapter 11. EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES · Article 6. SYSTEM OF CERTIFIED STROKE CENTERS

31-11-116. Annual reports.

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Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Session of the General Assembly of Georgia.

  1. (a)

    In order to assure that the patients are receiving the appropriate level of care and treatment at each level of stroke center in the state, each hospital identified as a stroke center shall annually report information, as specified by the department in its rules and regulations, to the department.#

  2. (b)

    The department shall collect the information reported pursuant to subsection (a) of this Code section and shall post such information in the form of a report card annually on the department’s website and present such report to the Office of Health Strategy and Coordination. The results of this report card may be used by the department to conduct training with the identified facilities regarding best practices in the treatment of stroke.#

  3. (c)

    In no way shall this article be construed to require disclosure of any confidential information or other data in violation of the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, P.L. 104-191.#

The notes below are printed with the section but are not enacted law (O.C.G.A. § 1-1-1(c)). They are shown apart from the text.

History

Code 1981, § 31-11-116, enacted by Ga. L. 2008, p. 1102, § 2/SB 549; Ga. L. 2016, p. 438, § 1/HB 853; Ga. L. 2019, p. 148, § 2-10/HB 186.

Editor's notes

Ga. L. 2016, p. 438, § 2/HB 853, not codified by the General Assembly, provides: “The department shall begin the rulemaking process to effect the provisions of this Act no later than June 30, 2016.” 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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Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Session of the General Assembly of Georgia.

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