---
type: "Bill"
title: "Medicaid; coverage for annual mammograms at no cost to recipient; provide"
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 provide for Medicaid coverage for annual mammograms at no cost to the recipient; to provide for submission of a state plan amendment or waiver, if necessary; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2021_22"
identifier: "HB 937"
citation: "Georgia HB 937 (2021_22)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Sharon Henderson"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 19
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2022-01-24"
last_action: "2022-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/48d94765-6756-4ea4-b684-577bdafed202"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "08b8d5b70fabab0eafbf1701c8912ff69e2abb479bcb740fcc12595516e8fa36"
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 937 (2021_22) — Medicaid; coverage for annual mammograms at no cost to recipient; provide

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 provide for Medicaid coverage for annual mammograms at no cost to the recipient; to provide for submission of a state plan amendment or waiver, if necessary; 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 937/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/211720.pdf)
2. **LC 33 8923/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/203536.pdf)
3. **LC 33 9059S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/208044.pdf)
4. **LC 33 9111S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/209666.pdf)
5. **LC 33 9111S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/209285.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **170–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Sharon Henderson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-24** House Hopper
- **2022-01-25** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2022-01-26** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2022-03-03** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-08** House Withdrawn, Recommitted `referral-committee, withdrawal`
- **2022-03-15** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-15** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2022-03-15** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2022-03-16** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-25** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-28** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2022-04-01** Senate Tabled
- **2022-04-01** Senate Taken from Table
- **2022-04-01** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2022-04-01** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2022-04-06** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-05-06** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2022-05-06** Act 827 `executive-signature`
- **2022-07-01** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/48d94765-6756-4ea4-b684-577bdafed202`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).