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House of Representatives SHARON COOPER MAJORITY CAUCUS CHAIRMAN - EMERITUS REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT 43 STATE CAPITOL ROOM 436 1234 POWERS FERRY ROAD ATLANTA, GA 30334 STANDING COMMITTEES: SUITE 104 (404) 656-5069 HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES, CHAIRMAN MARIETTA, GEORGIA 30067 (404) 651-5829 (FAX) JUDICIARY-NON-CIVIL (770) 956-8357 (O) REGULATED INDUSTRIES (770) 951-2841 (H) RULES (770) 952-8688 (FAX) EMAIL: [email protected] February 5, 2018 HOUSE HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES COMMITTEE ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- M E E T I N G N O T I C E TO: Rep. Lee Hawkins, Vice Chairman Rep. Ed Rynders, Secretary Rep. Timothy Barr Rep. Jodi Lott Rep. Karen Bennett Rep. Karen Mathiak Rep. James Beverly Rep. Billy Mitchell Rep. Katie Dempsey Rep. Howard Mosby Rep. Demetrius Douglas Rep. Mark Newton Rep. Karla Drenner Rep. Don Parsons Rep. Spencer Frye Rep. Allen Peake Rep. Craig Gordon Rep. Jesse Petrea Rep. Buddy Harden Rep. John Pezold Rep. Matt Hatchett Rep. Betty Price Rep. Michelle Henson Rep. Jimmy Pruett Rep. Scott Hilton Rep. Kim Schofield Rep. Wayne Howard Rep. Dexter Sharper Rep. Rick Jasperse Rep. Deborah Silcox Rep. Sheila Jones Rep. Mickey Stephens Rep. Trey Kelley Rep. Pam Stephenson FROM: Representative Sharon Cooper, Chairman Please be advised that a meeting of the House Health & Human Services Committee has been scheduled for Tuesday, February 6th at 2:00 pm in Room 606 CLOB. AGENDA: HB161; Rep. Betty Price Drug related objects; employees of harm reduction organizations are not subject to certain offenses; provide HB636; Rep. Deborah Silcox Genetic Counselors Act; enact HB646; Rep. Katie Dempsey Community Health, Department of pilot program to provide coverage for bariatric surgical procedures; reinstate HB782; Rep. Trey Rhodes Crimes and offenses; provisions relating to permissible users with access to drug monitoring program data base; revise YMCA; Lauren Koontz and Carrie Bugos Overview of the YMCA program which includes childhood obesity and the opioid epidemic cc: Speaker's Office Clerk’s Office Betsy Howerton, Esq., Legislative Counsel Michelle Sloan, Media Services Leo Chancey, Budget & Policy Analyst Sheena Wright, Fiscal Office .

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COBB COUNTY A BUSTLING MARCH/APRIL 2017 PAGE 26 AN INSIDE VIEW INTO GEORGIA’S NEWS, POLITICS & CULTURE THE 2017 MOST INFLUENTIAL GEORGIA LOTTERY CORP. CEO ISSUE DEBBIE ALFORD COLUMNS BY KADE CULLEFER KAREN BREMER MAC McGREW CINDY MORLEY GARY REESE DANA RICKMAN LARRY WALKER The hallmark of the GWCCA Campus is CONNEE CTIVITY DEPARTMENTS Publisher’s Message 4 Floating Boats 6 FEATURES James’ 2017 Most Influential 8 JAMES 18 Saluting the James 2016 “Influentials” P.O. BOX 724787 ATLANTA, GEORGIA 31139 24 678 • 460 • 5410 Georgian of the Year, Debbie Alford Building A Proposed Contiguous Exhibition Facilityc Development on the Rise in Cobb County 26 PUBLISHED BY by Cindy Morley INTERNET NEWS AGENCY LLC 2017 Legislators of the Year 29 Building B CHAIRMAN MATTHEW TOWERY COLUMNS CEO & PUBLISHER PHIL KENT Future Conventtion Hotel [email protected] Language Matters: Building C How We Talk About Georgia Schools 21 CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER LOUIE HUNTER by Dr. Dana Rickman ASSOCIATE EDITOR GARY REESE ADVERTISING OPPORTUNITIES Georgia’s Legal Environment on a PATTI PEACH [email protected] Consistent Downward Trend 23 by Kade Cullefer The connections between Georggia World Congress Center venues, the hotel MARKETING DIRECTOR MELANIE DOBBINS district, and the world’world s busiest aairporirport are key differentiaferentiatorsators in Atlanta’Atlanta’s ability to [email protected] Georgia Restaurants Deliver compete for in-demand conventions and tradeshows. CIRCULATION PATRICK HICKEY [email protected] Signiﬁcant Economic Impact 31 by Karen Bremer CONTRIBUTING WRITERS A ﬁxed gateway between the exhibit halls in Buildings B & C would solidify KADE CULLEFER 33 Atlanta’s place as the world’s premier convention destination.
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