Legislative Findings

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  2. Georgia Code
  3. Health
  4. Department of Public Health
  5. Perinatal Facilities
  6. Legislative Findings

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The General Assembly finds and declares that:

  1. Georgia ranks as the forty-ninth worst in the nation for the number of maternal deaths occurring during and one year after pregnancy;
  2. Georgia ranks as the thirty-second worst in the nation for the number of infant deaths occurring before the first birthday;
  3. Georgia ranks as the forty-fifth worst in the nation for the percentage of premature births, a leading cause of infant deaths;
  4. Low birth weight or premature infants are more likely to survive if the birth takes place in a facility which is prepared to handle the risks associated with such deliveries;
  5. Several states have established programs to inspect and designate facilities that have developed the capacity to provide expanded levels of neonatal and maternal care; and
  6. Therefore, it is in the best interest of the residents of this state to establish a program that encourages the improvement of quality of care to create better maternal and neonatal outcomes.

(Code 1981, §31-2A-50, enacted by Ga. L. 2018, p. 344, § 1/HB 909; Ga. L. 2019, p. 1056, § 31/SB 52.)

The 2019 amendment, effective May 12, 2019, part of an Act to revise, modernize, and correct the Code, revised language in paragraph (1).


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