• Direct care staff would be required to have initial and annual training.
• Maintain one direct care staff person for every 15 residents during waking hours and one for every 20 residents during non-waking hours.
• Required to have at least two direct care staff at all times and a registered nurse (RN) or licensed practical nurse (LPN) between eight and 40 hours each week.
• Facilities required to provide timely notice to DCH and residents if patient care will be impacted by bankruptcy, property eviction or change in ownership.
• Requires specific staff members be made available for special circumstances.
• Imposes and increases mandatory fines for any violation that causes the death or serious physical injury of a resident.

• House Bill 417, which would provide regulations for trauma scene cleanup services and would require those who offer professional trauma scene cleanup services to register with the Georgia Secretary of State.
• House Bill 463, which would change the description of the type of three-wheeled motor vehicle that a driver with a Class C driver's license is permitted to drive.
• House Bill 555, which would add Division of Family and Children Services case managers to a list of officials for whom an evidentiary hearing is required before issuing an arrest warrant for offenses alleged to have been committed while in performance of their duties;
• House Bill 583, which would create additional regulations for the travel insurance industry to establish uniform meanings of key terms and clarify sales practices and application of Georgia’s unfair trade practice laws.
• House Bill 664, which would allow full-time employees of the Georgia General Assembly’s Office of Legislative Counsel, who are in good standing with the State Bar of Georgia, to become members of the Judicial Retirement System of Georgia (JRS).
• House Bill 752, which would require psychologists, physical therapists and physical therapist assistants to submit a fingerprint record check report conducted by the Georgia Crime Information Center and the Federal Bureau of Investigation in order to receive a Georgia license.
• House Bill 808, which would allow vehicles owned by a dealer to remain exempt from the Title Ad Valorem Tax for up to 45 days when the vehicle is used as a loaner vehicle.
• House Bill 838, which would change the name of the Department of Public Safety’s Office of Public Safety Officer Support to the Office of Public Safety Support.
• House Bill 846, which would create the direct pay reporting program to allow qualified taxpayers to accrue and pay sales and use taxes owed directly to the Department of Revenue.
• House Bill 893, which would reduce the frequency of Special Insurance Fraud Fund assessments from quarterly to annually.

• House Bill 779, which would modify the distribution of proceeds for ad valorem taxes on motor vehicles to counties, municipalities and school districts.
• House Bill 799, which would bring driving under the influence (DUI) of controlled substances and marijuana in line with alcohol DUIs by giving Georgia’s trial judges the discretion to reinstate a driving license early or allow for a limited driving permit.

• Formation of an ad hoc committee to explore and promote best practices for transforming law libraries across the state to assist self-represented litigants.
• Establishment of a cybersecurity committee to identify and mitigate against ransomware attacks on the state’s judicial system.
• Recognition of success with the newly formed Behavioral Health Innovation and Reform Commission, which is working to identify ways behavioral health problems lead to a person’s entanglement in the justice system.
• Success of our state’s mental health courts that work to reduce recidivism rates, save taxpayer dollars and provide alternative solutions for citizens struggling with mental illnesses.
• Initiatives on how to address gang activity among youth by spotlighting Fulton County’s Level Up program; District attorneys/public defenders are working with the juvenile court to identify 13 to 16-year old’s who have committed three non-violent offenses.