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| Bill | Community Health, Department of; submit state plan amendment to implement express lane enrollment in Medicaid; direct | 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 state plan amendment to implement express lane enrollment in Medicaid; to direct the Department of Human Services to automatically enroll and renew eligible children in Medicaid, based on application data received for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | us/states/ga | Georgia General Assembly | 2021_22 | HB 163 | Georgia HB 163 (2021_22) |
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Georgia HB 163 (2021_22) — Community Health, Department of; submit state plan amendment to implement express lane enrollment in Medicaid; direct
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 state plan amendment to implement express lane enrollment in Medicaid; to direct the Department of Human Services to automatically enroll and renew eligible children in Medicaid, based on application data received for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program; 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.
- HB 163/AP* (committee substitute) — source
- LC 33 8546/a (committee substitute) — source
- LC 33 8562S/hcs (committee substitute) — source
- LC 33 8562S/hs (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- PASSAGE — 166–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Eddie Lumsden — primary (person)
- Houston Gaines — primary (person)
- Katie Dempsey — primary (person)
- Mesha Mainor — primary (person)
- Sharon Cooper — primary (person)
- Spencer Frye — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2021-01-28 House Hopper
- 2021-01-29 House First Readers
reading-1 - 2021-02-01 House Second Readers
reading-2 - 2021-02-10 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
committee-passage-favorable - 2021-02-16 House Third Readers
reading-3 - 2021-02-16 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute
passage - 2021-02-17 Senate Read and Referred
referral-committee - 2021-02-25 Senate Committee Favorably Reported
committee-passage-favorable - 2021-02-26 Senate Read Second Time
reading-2 - 2021-03-10 Senate Third Read
reading-3 - 2021-03-10 Senate Passed/Adopted
passage - 2021-04-05 House Sent to Governor
executive-receipt - 2021-05-04 House Date Signed by Governor
executive-signature - 2021-05-04 Act 178
executive-signature - 2021-07-01 Effective Date
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/0b7b9df8-ae02-4036-9f7b-e2c3475ef7f1. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).