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HB1238 House Bill
Passed
2026-03-04

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.

Bill Details

State

Georgia

Session

2025-2026 Regular Session

Chamber

House

Official Source

www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/72959

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Sponsors

Katie Dempsey (Rep - R)
Lee Hawkins (Rep - R)
Mike Cameron (Rep - R)
Omari Crawford (Rep - D)
Sharon Cooper (Rep - R)
Bo Hatchett (Sen - R)

Action History

2026-04-02 H House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub As Amended
2026-03-31 S Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute
2026-03-31 S Senate Third Read
2026-03-19 S Senate Read Second Time
2026-03-18 S Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
2026-03-06 S Senate Read and Referred
2026-03-04 H House Passed/Adopted
2026-03-04 H House Third Readers
2026-02-18 H House Committee Favorably Reported
2026-02-10 H House Second Readers
2026-02-09 H House First Readers
2026-02-06 H House Hopper

Votes

2026-03-04 Passage: House Vote #626 Yea: 167 Nay: 2
2026-03-31 Passage By Substitute: Senate Vote #893 Yea: 46 Nay: 0
2026-04-02 Agree To Senate Sub As Am: House Vote #852 Yea: 165 Nay: 2

Committee Referrals

2026-02-09 H Human Relations and Aging
2026-03-06 S Health and Human Services

Amendments

2026-04-02 Floor Amendment

Bill Text Versions

2026-02-07 Introduced
2026-03-18 Comm Sub

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