Georgia - Session 1033
Title: Community Health, Department of; submit a waiver request to the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to authorize the qualification of certain caregivers for Medicaid reimbursement
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 7 of Chapter 4 of Title 49 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to medical assistance generally, so as to direct the Department of Community Health to submit a waiver request to the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to authorize the qualification of certain caregivers for Medicaid reimbursement for the provision of respite care and related services; to provide for implementation upon approval; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
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| Date | Event | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-06 | Introduced | Bill introduced |
| 2026-04-02 | Status | passed_upper |
| 2026-04-02 | Latest Action | House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub As Amended |
| Bill | Title | Status |
|---|---|---|
| HB 1138 | Increasing Access to Contraceptives Act; enact | passed_upper |
| HB 1295 | Physician Assistant Licensure Compact; enter into an interstate compact | passed_upper |
| HB 334 | Sickle Cell Disease Protection Act; enact | passed_upper |
| HB 350 | Domestic relations; safe places for newborns; revise provisions | passed_upper |
| HB 506 | Social services; Medicaid coverage for tobacco cessation treatments; provide | passed_upper |
| HB 659 | Health; rural assistance; expand medical education funding and the service cancelable loan program to include optometrists | passed_upper |
| SB 39 | Employees' Insurance and Benefits Plans; expenses for gender-affirming care under the state health benefit plan or with any state funds; prohibit coverage | in_committee |
| HB 1275 | Medical practice; ensure that stem cell therapies are used to advance medical treatments and improve patient outcomes in an ethical manner that does not involve stem cells derived from aborted fetuses | passed_upper |