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title: O.C.G.A. § 31-53-6. Compiling of reports; public dissemination of data.
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# O.C.G.A. § 31-53-6. Compiling of reports; public dissemination of data.

(a) The office shall compile reports received from the following boards, commissions, committees, councils, and offices pursuant to each such entity’s respective statutory reporting requirements:

(1) The Maternal Mortality Review Committee;

(2) The Hemophilia Advisory Board;

(3) The Georgia Council on Lupus Education and Awareness;

(4) The Georgia Trauma Care Network Commission;

(5) The Behavioral Health Coordinating Council;

(6) The Department of Public Health on behalf of the Georgia Coverdell Acute Stroke Registry;

(7) The Office of Cardiac Care; and

(8) The Brain and Spinal Injury Trust Fund Commission.

(b) The office shall maintain a website that permits public dissemination of data compiled by the boards, commissions, committees, councils, and offices listed in subsection (a) of this Code section.

## History

Code 1981, § 31-53-6, enacted by Ga. L. 2019, p. 148, § 2-2/HB 186; Ga. L. 2020, p. 493, § 31/SB 429; Ga. L. 2024, p. 922, § 7-1/SB 341, effective May 6, 2024; Ga. L. 2025, p. 332, § 7-3/SB 96, effective July 1, 2025.

## Amendments

The 2024 amendment, effective May 6, 2024, deleted former paragraphs (a)(2) and (a)(3), which read: “(2) The Office of Women’s Health;

“(3) The Kidney Disease Advisory Committee;”; and redesignated former paragraphs (a)(4) through (a)(11) as paragraphs (a)(2) through (a)(9) (now paragraphs (a)(2) through (a)(8)), respectively.

The 2025 amendment, effective July 1, 2025, deleted former paragraph (a)(4), which read: “The Georgia Palliative Care and Quality of Life Advisory Council;” and redesignated former paragraphs (a)(5) through (a)(9) as present paragraphs (a)(4) through (a)(8), respectively.