---
type: "Bill"
title: "Medicaid and PeachCare for Kids; certain speech-language pathology services; require reimbursement"
description: "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 require Medicaid and PeachCare for Kids reimbursement for certain speech-language pathology services; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2013_14"
identifier: "HB 240"
citation: "Georgia HB 240 (2013_14)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Doug Holt", "Ellis Black", "John Carson", "Stacey Evans"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2013-02-06"
last_action: "2013-05-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f6f388de-8ee5-41d4-90a5-dbdc70cf8ef7"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "90f68a053086900ed0bca0d3da9699832dcd85e8c7bde6256c8cc63411bf03c2"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ga"]
---

# Georgia HB 240 (2013_14) — Medicaid and PeachCare for Kids; certain speech-language pathology services; require 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 require Medicaid and PeachCare for Kids reimbursement for certain speech-language pathology services; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **HB 240/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/136510.pdf)
2. **LC 33 4975/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/130019.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **159–6** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Doug Holt — primary (person)
- Ellis Black — primary (person)
- John Carson — primary (person)
- Stacey Evans — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2013-02-06** House Hopper
- **2013-02-07** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2013-02-08** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2013-02-28** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-03-05** House Postponed
- **2013-03-07** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2013-03-07** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2013-03-11** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-20** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-03-21** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2013-03-26** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2013-03-26** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2013-04-04** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2013-05-07** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2013-05-07** Veto V4 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f6f388de-8ee5-41d4-90a5-dbdc70cf8ef7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).