---
type: "Bill"
title: "Department of Community Health; conduct a comprehensive review of provider reimbursement rates for home and community based services covered by the waiver programs; require"
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 the Department of Community Health to conduct a comprehensive review of provider reimbursement rates for home and community based services covered by the waiver programs; to provide for input from the public, service providers, and other stakeholders; to provide for proposed rate models and estimated fiscal impact; 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: "SB 610"
citation: "Georgia SB 610 (2021_22)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ben Watson", "Dean Burke", "Gloria Butler", "Kim Jackson", "Larry Walker, III", "Mike Dugan", "Sally Harrell"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 20
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2022-03-04"
last_action: "2022-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/70b3b394-0b18-4806-8696-c4ffa58ef2bc"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "2b6643efac45f7d9c0177aae016721d13ce69ebf50a2b4bbafd45df77faa7d4c"
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 SB 610 (2021_22) — Department of Community Health; conduct a comprehensive review of provider reimbursement rates for home and community based services covered by the waiver programs; require

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 the Department of Community Health to conduct a comprehensive review of provider reimbursement rates for home and community based services covered by the waiver programs; to provide for input from the public, service providers, and other stakeholders; to provide for proposed rate models and estimated fiscal impact; 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. **As introduced LC 33 9056** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/208417.pdf)
2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/209556.pdf)
3. **LC 33 9131S/hss** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/210044.pdf)
4. **LC 33 9157S/hss** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/210901.pdf)
5. **SB 610/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/212135.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **51–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ben Watson — primary (person)
- Dean Burke — primary (person)
- Gloria Butler — primary (person)
- Kim Jackson — primary (person)
- Larry Walker, III — primary (person)
- Mike Dugan — primary (person)
- Sally Harrell — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-03-04** Senate Hopper
- **2022-03-08** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-09** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-11** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2022-03-15** Senate Tabled
- **2022-03-15** Senate Taken from Table
- **2022-03-15** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2022-03-15** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2022-03-16** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2022-03-17** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2022-03-23** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-25** House Withdrawn, Recommitted `referral-committee, withdrawal`
- **2022-03-29** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-01** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2022-04-01** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2022-04-04** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
- **2022-04-07** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-05-09** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2022-05-09** Act 853 `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/70b3b394-0b18-4806-8696-c4ffa58ef2bc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).