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type: "Bill"
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title: "\"Hospital Medicaid Financing Program Act\"; enact"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 8 of Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to care and protection of indigent and elderly patients, so as to enact the \"Hospital Medicaid Financing Program Act\"; to authorize the Department of Community Health to assess a provider payment on hospitals for the purpose of obtaining federal financial participation for Medicaid; to provide for definitions; to provide for rules and regulations; to provide for a segregated account within the Indigent Care Trust Fund; to provide for the use of funds; to provide for repeal unless reauthorized; to provide for related matters; to provide effective dates; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
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legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
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session: "2013_14"
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identifier: "SB 24"
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citation: "Georgia SB 24 (2013_14)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Charlie Bethel", "Rick Jeffares", "William Jackson"]
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version_count: 13
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action_count: 15
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2013-01-14"
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last_action: "2013-02-13"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e8da766b-847c-4594-9d59-54da51025933"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "e9ffac53402f45df1809cf52530ebdb56c0932ad540e6c65e06bd1d5586b3ec6"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ga"]
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---
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# Georgia SB 24 (2013_14) — "Hospital Medicaid Financing Program Act"; enact
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 8 of Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to care and protection of indigent and elderly patients, so as to enact the "Hospital Medicaid Financing Program Act"; to authorize the Department of Community Health to assess a provider payment on hospitals for the purpose of obtaining federal financial participation for Medicaid; to provide for definitions; to provide for rules and regulations; to provide for a segregated account within the Indigent Care Trust Fund; to provide for the use of funds; to provide for repeal unless reauthorized; to provide for related matters; to provide effective dates; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Amendment 3 as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/128615.pdf)
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2. **As introduced LC 33-4882-EC** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/128204.pdf)
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3. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/128627.pdf)
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4. **Committee sub LC 33 4889S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/128364.pdf)
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5. **Floor amend 1 AM 37 0200** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/128625.pdf)
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6. **Floor amend 2 AM 33 1263** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/128636.pdf)
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7. **Floor amend 3 AM 33 1266** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/128631.pdf)
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8. **Floor amend 3a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/128594.pdf)
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9. **Floor amend 4 AM 33 1267** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/128635.pdf)
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10. **Floor amend 5 AM 33 1269** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/128644.pdf)
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11. **Floor amend 6 AM 21 3844** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/128646.pdf)
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12. **Floor amend 7** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/128592.pdf)
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13. **SB 24/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/129662.pdf)
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## Votes
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- ADOPTION OF AMENDMENT #3 BY THE SEN. FROM THE 42ND AS AMENDED — **46–5** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Charlie Bethel — primary (person)
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- Rick Jeffares — primary (person)
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- William Jackson — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2013-01-14** Senate Hopper
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- **2013-01-14** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2013-01-16** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2013-01-16** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2013-01-17** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2013-01-17** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2013-01-28** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2013-01-29** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2013-01-30** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2013-02-01** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2013-02-01** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2013-02-11** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2013-02-13** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2013-02-13** Act 1 `executive-signature`
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- **2013-02-13** Effective Date
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e8da766b-847c-4594-9d59-54da51025933`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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