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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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Houston Gaines
Katie Dempsey
Mesha Mainor
Sharon Cooper
Spencer Frye
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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.

  1. HB 163/AP* (committee substitute) — source
  2. LC 33 8546/a (committee substitute) — source
  3. LC 33 8562S/hcs (committee substitute) — source
  4. LC 33 8562S/hs (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • PASSAGE — 1660 (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).