Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 31. HEALTH · Chapter 2A. DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH · Article 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS

31-2A-5. Office of Women’s Health; duties.

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

(a)
There is created in the department the Office of Women’s Health.#
(b)
The Office of Women’s Health shall serve in an advisory capacity to the Office of Health Strategy and Coordination. In particular, the office shall:#
1. (1)
  Raise awareness of women’s nonreproductive health issues;#
2. (2)
  Raise awareness of women’s reproductive health issues;#
3. (3)
  Inform and engage in prevention and education activities relating to women’s nonreproductive health issues; and#
4. (4)
  Serve as a clearing-house for women’s health information for purposes of planning and coordination.#

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, § 31-2A-5, enacted by Ga. L. 2011, p. 705, § 3-1/HB 214; Ga. L. 2019, p. 148, § 2-5/HB 186; Ga. L. 2020, p. 55, § 4/SB 372.

Editor's notes

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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