Lawmakers Regulate Pill Mills, Cap Medical Benefits during Session

By Michael Whiteley, Eastern Bureau ChiefBills that would end lifetime medical benefits for all but the most seriously injured workers and require pain clinics to be licensed and wholly owned by physicians are awaiting signatures by Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal.The Georgia Senate voted 44-5 Thursday to pass House Bill 178. The measure would establish the first licensing of pain clinics in the state and allow only physicians to have an ownership interest in pain clinics.The final vote on the so-called "pill-mill bill" closed out debate on one of only two issues being watched by the workers' com...