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type: "Bill"
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title: "Medicaid; postpartum coverage under Medicaid from six months to one year following birth; increase"
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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 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."
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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: "SB 338"
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citation: "Georgia SB 338 (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: ["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"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 17
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2022-01-14"
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last_action: "2022-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/02c00176-c60b-4736-8b0b-71748b2c06d7"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "a727fa3abf491364f6075777e94533b0d57beee99ed98ca189b8579a6c6d3ca1"
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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 338 (2021_22) — Medicaid; postpartum coverage under Medicaid from six months to one year following birth; increase
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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 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.
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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. **As introduced LC 33 8916** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/203420.pdf)
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2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/205458.pdf)
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3. **Committee sub LC 33 8975S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/204692.pdf)
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4. **SB 338/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/212165.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE BY SUBSTITUTE — **54–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Ben Watson — primary (person)
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- Bill Cowsert — primary (person)
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- Blake Tillery — primary (person)
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- Bo Hatchett — primary (person)
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- Brandon Beach — primary (person)
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- Brian Strickland — primary (person)
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- Bruce Thompson — primary (person)
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- Burt Jones — primary (person)
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- Butch Miller — primary (person)
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- Carden Summers — primary (person)
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- Chuck Hufstetler — primary (person)
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- Dean Burke — primary (person)
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- Ed Harbison — primary (person)
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- Freddie Powell Sims — primary (person)
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- Gloria Butler — primary (person)
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- John Albers — primary (person)
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- Kay Kirkpatrick — primary (person)
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- Larry Walker, III — primary (person)
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- Lee Anderson — primary (person)
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- Lindsey Tippins — primary (person)
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- Marty Harbin — primary (person)
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- Max Burns — primary (person)
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- Mike Dugan — primary (person)
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- Russ Goodman — primary (person)
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- Sonya Halpern — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2022-01-14** Senate Hopper
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- **2022-01-24** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2022-02-02** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2022-02-03** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2022-02-07** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2022-02-07** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2022-02-08** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2022-02-10** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2022-03-23** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2022-03-25** House Withdrawn, Recommitted `referral-committee, withdrawal`
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- **2022-04-04** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2022-04-04** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2022-04-04** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2022-04-07** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2022-05-13** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2022-05-13** Act 870 `executive-signature`
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- **2022-07-01** 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/02c00176-c60b-4736-8b0b-71748b2c06d7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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