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type: "Bill"
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title: "Social services; aging; transfer oversight of such services to the Department of Community Health"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 6 of Title 49 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to services for the aging, so as to transfer the oversight of such services to the Department of Community Health; to provide for the department to establish a community care unit within the Division of Medical Assistance; to delete certain provisions related to the implementation of a community care system; to provide for an annual community care plan to be incorporated into the State Plan for Medical Assistance; to change references to agency to department; to provide for related matters; 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: "2015_16"
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identifier: "HB 1085"
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citation: "Georgia HB 1085 (2015_16)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Butch Parrish", "Katie Dempsey", "Matt Hatchett", "Penny Houston", "Sharon Cooper", "Terry England"]
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version_count: 2
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action_count: 17
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2016-02-23"
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last_action: "2016-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/71f66ff5-52ef-48e8-a047-d03847ebb252"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "f5065a6ca03d770c1b00f0afe804fa88a7f1c6306c1b41b64b272ca46aef516d"
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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 HB 1085 (2015_16) — Social services; aging; transfer oversight of such services to the Department of Community Health
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 6 of Title 49 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to services for the aging, so as to transfer the oversight of such services to the Department of Community Health; to provide for the department to establish a community care unit within the Division of Medical Assistance; to delete certain provisions related to the implementation of a community care system; to provide for an annual community care plan to be incorporated into the State Plan for Medical Assistance; to change references to agency to department; to provide for related matters; 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. **HB 1085/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/162466.pdf)
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2. **LC 37 2152/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/158531.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **158–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Butch Parrish — primary (person)
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- Katie Dempsey — primary (person)
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- Matt Hatchett — primary (person)
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- Penny Houston — primary (person)
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- Sharon Cooper — primary (person)
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- Terry England — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2016-02-23** House Hopper
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- **2016-02-23** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2016-02-24** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2016-02-24** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2016-02-26** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2016-02-26** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2016-02-29** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2016-03-08** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2016-03-10** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2016-03-22** Senate Tabled
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- **2016-03-24** Senate Taken from Table
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- **2016-03-24** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2016-03-24** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2016-04-05** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2016-05-03** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2016-05-03** Act 547 `executive-signature`
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- **2016-07-01** 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/71f66ff5-52ef-48e8-a047-d03847ebb252`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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