Bill creating standards for community health workers in Georgia has stalled

Bill creating standards for community health workers in Georgia has stalled

Rep. Darlene Taylor, a Thomasville Republican, tried to make the case for creating a certification process for community health workers. "You just don't hang out a shingle and say, ‘I'm a community health worker,'” Taylor said. Ross Williams/Georgia RecorderA plan to strengthen health access in rural and underserved communities in Georgia through community health workers is on life support in the Georgia Legislature. The legislation, House Bill …

Bill creating standards for community health workers in Georgia has stalled - Now Georgia

ATLANTA (Georgia Recorder) — A plan to strengthen health access in rural and underserved communities in Georgia through community health workers is on life support in the Georgia Legislature. The legislation, House Bill 291, has passed the House and an amended version passed the Senate Health and Human Services Committee last week. But in Monday’s gatekeeping Senate Rules Committee, it didn’t make the cut to reach the Senate floor this year. The…