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GA SB 461

died on adjournment

Department of Human Services; the single state agency responsible for the administration of the state Medicaid program; provide

Georgia · 2025_26 · upper

Description

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 2 of Title 31 and Chapters 2 and 4 of Title 49 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Department of Community Health, Department of Human Services, and public assistance, respectively, so as to provide for the Department of Human Services to be the single state agency responsible for the administration of the state Medicaid program; to transfer certain powers, functions, and duties from the Department of Community Health to the Department of Human Services; to revise definitions; to provide for transition; to provide for conforming changes; to provide for related matters; to provide for a state plan amendment or waiver request; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Introduced
2026-02-04
Status date
Latest action
2026-02-05 — Senate Read and Referred
Bill type
bill
Last updated

Subjects

Sponsors

  • Blake Tilleryprimary
  • Randy Robertsonprimary
  • Larry Walker, IIIprimary
  • Ben Watsonprimary

Committees

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Action timeline

  1. 2026-02-04

    Senate Hopper

    introduction

  2. 2026-02-05

    Senate Read and Referred

    referral-committee

Versions

Documents

Votes

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Related bills

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Attribution

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