Georgia Maternity Care Desert Reduction Act; enact

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 2A of Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Department of Public Health, so as to establish programs to provide obstetric care in low access to maternity care areas and maternity care deserts; to provide for definitions; to establish a student loan repayment program for certain obstetric providers; to establish a grant program for certain perinatal facilities; to establish a state funded program to assist certain pregnan…

Source: OpenStates · fetched March 6, 2025

• Low-income / working-classdirectModerate impactHigh certainty

  Increases access to obstetric care in areas with limited access to maternity care.

  “to establish programs to provide obstetric care in low access to maternity care areas and maternity care deserts”· Section 1

• Student / education borrowerdirectModerate impactHigh certainty

  Establishes a student loan repayment program for certain obstetric providers, potentially incentivizing them to practice in underserved areas.

  “to establish a student loan repayment program for certain obstetric providers”· Section 1

• Reproductive-age persondirectModerate impactHigh certainty

  Improves access to obstetric and perinatal care, which directly impacts individuals of reproductive age.

  “to establish programs to provide obstetric care in low access to maternity care areas and maternity care deserts”· Section 1

  “to establish a grant program for certain perinatal facilities”· Section 1