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type: "Bill"
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title: "Community Health, Department of; submit state plan amendment to implement express lane enrollment in Medicaid; direct"
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description: "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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
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legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
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session: "2021_22"
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identifier: "HB 163"
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citation: "Georgia HB 163 (2021_22)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Eddie Lumsden", "Houston Gaines", "Katie Dempsey", "Mesha Mainor", "Sharon Cooper", "Spencer Frye"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 15
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2021-01-28"
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last_action: "2021-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0b7b9df8-ae02-4036-9f7b-e2c3475ef7f1"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "ed28d57d0a63fe3d1096df1a4a64edbf36bccc265836f6ebb17998ad8e5c883b"
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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 163 (2021_22) — Community Health, Department of; submit state plan amendment to implement express lane enrollment in Medicaid; direct
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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.
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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 163/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/200268.pdf)
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2. **LC 33 8546/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/196230.pdf)
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3. **LC 33 8562S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/197725.pdf)
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4. **LC 33 8562S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/197281.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **166–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Eddie Lumsden — primary (person)
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- Houston Gaines — primary (person)
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- Katie Dempsey — primary (person)
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- Mesha Mainor — primary (person)
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- Sharon Cooper — primary (person)
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- Spencer Frye — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-01-28** House Hopper
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- **2021-01-29** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2021-02-01** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2021-02-10** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-02-16** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2021-02-16** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2021-02-17** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2021-02-25** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-02-26** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2021-03-10** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2021-03-10** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2021-04-05** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2021-05-04** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2021-05-04** Act 178 `executive-signature`
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- **2021-07-01** 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/0b7b9df8-ae02-4036-9f7b-e2c3475ef7f1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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