Governor Signs HB 198 Sponsored by Rep. Dempsey

ATLANTA – State Representative Katie Dempsey (R-Rome) today announced that House Bill 198 was signed into law by Governor Nathan Deal on Thursday, April 27, 2017. This legislation, sponsored by Rep. Dempsey, will require school systems to distribute information related to influenza, eliminate the Student Health and Physical Education (SHAPE) Act’s sunset provision, place the Georgia Commission on Women under the administration of the Department of Public Health and name a code section in Georgia law that requires high schools to provide students with instruction in cardiopulmonary resuscitation and the use of automated external defibrillators after Cory Joseph Wilson. Continue reading “Governor Signs HB 198 Sponsored by Rep. Dempsey”