Kids & the 2014

Legislative Session

Polly McKinneyAdvocacy Director

Child HealthPassed:• HB 251 No Nicotine Vapor Products to kids• HB 998 Med Student $ for Rural GA• SB 60 Guns Everywhere

Failed:• HB 290 Family Care Act• SB 397 Autism Insurance• HB 885 Medical Marijuana

Study Committees:• SR 981 Violence Against Health Care Workers

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Child Health

Budget:• $3.6 million Planning for Healthy

Babies

• $414,585 School Nurses

• $3 million Autism

• $853,980 Hearing Aids

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Early Care and Learning/Education

Passed:• HB 826 Non-Firearms in Schools • HB 714 No Unemployment for Seasonal

Workers

Failed:• HB 897 Title 20 Clean up• SB 167 Anti-Common Core/Pro-Privacy

Study Committees:• HR 550 Role of Feds in Education• SR 1200 School Discipline

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Early Care and Learning/Education

Budget

• $314.3 million Georgia’s Pre-K

• $314.3 million Public Schools

• $878,039 Residential Treatment Centers

• $5.5 million Special Needs Scholarships

• $560,000 Positive Behavior Intervention & Supports (PBIS)

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Juvenile Justice/Vulnerable YouthPassed:

• HB 804 Children Closed Circuit TV• HB 898 Interstate Compact on Juveniles• SB 364 Juvenile Code Tech Corrections• SB 365 Adult Code Tech Corrections

Failed:• HB 674 Juvenile Court Funding• HB 1053 Private Provider DFCS Oversight• SB 350 Child Welfare Reform

Study Committees:• HR 1723 Inspections of Child Welfare Providers • SR 973 Child Protection • Child Welfare Reform Council

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Juvenile Justice/Vulnerable Youth

Budget:

• $8.3 million Child Protective Services

• $460,816 Foster Care Clothing Allowance

• $6.25 million (GA) + $1million (Fed) Juvenile Justice Incentive Grants

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Thank You! For more info:

Polly McKinneypmckinney@georgiavoices.org

www.georgiavoices.org