republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2021-22/sb-338.md

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Bill	Medicaid; postpartum coverage under Medicaid from six months to one year following birth; increase	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 increase postpartum coverage under Medicaid from six months to one year following birth; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2021_22	SB 338	Georgia SB 338 (2021_22)	bill		enacted	Ben Watson Bill Cowsert Blake Tillery Bo Hatchett Brandon Beach Brian Strickland Bruce Thompson Burt Jones Butch Miller Carden Summers Chuck Hufstetler Dean Burke Ed Harbison Freddie Powell Sims Gloria Butler John Albers Kay Kirkpatrick Larry Walker, III Lee Anderson Lindsey Tippins Marty Harbin Max Burns Mike Dugan Russ Goodman Sonya Halpern	4	17	1	2022-01-14	2022-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/02c00176-c60b-4736-8b0b-71748b2c06d7	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	a727fa3abf491364f6075777e94533b0d57beee99ed98ca189b8579a6c6d3ca1	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia SB 338 (2021_22) — Medicaid; postpartum coverage under Medicaid from six months to one year following birth; increase

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 increase postpartum coverage under Medicaid from six months to one year following birth; 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 8916 (committee substitute) — source
2. As passed Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. Committee sub LC 33 8975S (committee substitute) — source
4. SB 338/AP* (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE BY SUBSTITUTE — 54–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Ben Watson — primary (person)
• Bill Cowsert — primary (person)
• Blake Tillery — primary (person)
• Bo Hatchett — primary (person)
• Brandon Beach — primary (person)
• Brian Strickland — primary (person)
• Bruce Thompson — primary (person)
• Burt Jones — primary (person)
• Butch Miller — primary (person)
• Carden Summers — primary (person)
• Chuck Hufstetler — primary (person)
• Dean Burke — primary (person)
• Ed Harbison — primary (person)
• Freddie Powell Sims — primary (person)
• Gloria Butler — primary (person)
• John Albers — primary (person)
• Kay Kirkpatrick — primary (person)
• Larry Walker, III — primary (person)
• Lee Anderson — primary (person)
• Lindsey Tippins — primary (person)
• Marty Harbin — primary (person)
• Max Burns — primary (person)
• Mike Dugan — primary (person)
• Russ Goodman — primary (person)
• Sonya Halpern — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2022-01-14 Senate Hopper
• 2022-01-24 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2022-02-02 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-02-03 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2022-02-07 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2022-02-07 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2022-02-08 House First Readers reading-1
• 2022-02-10 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2022-03-23 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-03-25 House Withdrawn, Recommitted referral-committee, withdrawal
• 2022-04-04 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-04-04 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2022-04-04 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2022-04-07 Senate Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2022-05-13 Senate Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2022-05-13 Act 870 executive-signature
• 2022-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/02c00176-c60b-4736-8b0b-71748b2c06d7. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).