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type: "Bill"
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title: "Department of Community Health; conduct a comprehensive review of provider reimbursement rates for home and community based services covered by the waiver programs; require"
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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 require the Department of Community Health to conduct a comprehensive review of provider reimbursement rates for home and community based services covered by the waiver programs; to provide for input from the public, service providers, and other stakeholders; to provide for proposed rate models and estimated fiscal impact; 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 610"
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citation: "Georgia SB 610 (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", "Dean Burke", "Gloria Butler", "Kim Jackson", "Larry Walker, III", "Mike Dugan", "Sally Harrell"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 20
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2022-03-04"
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last_action: "2022-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/70b3b394-0b18-4806-8696-c4ffa58ef2bc"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "2b6643efac45f7d9c0177aae016721d13ce69ebf50a2b4bbafd45df77faa7d4c"
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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 610 (2021_22) — Department of Community Health; conduct a comprehensive review of provider reimbursement rates for home and community based services covered by the waiver programs; require
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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 require the Department of Community Health to conduct a comprehensive review of provider reimbursement rates for home and community based services covered by the waiver programs; to provide for input from the public, service providers, and other stakeholders; to provide for proposed rate models and estimated fiscal impact; 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 9056** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/208417.pdf)
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2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/209556.pdf)
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3. **LC 33 9131S/hss** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/210044.pdf)
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4. **LC 33 9157S/hss** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/210901.pdf)
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5. **SB 610/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/212135.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **51–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Ben Watson — primary (person)
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- Dean Burke — primary (person)
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- Gloria Butler — primary (person)
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- Kim Jackson — primary (person)
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- Larry Walker, III — primary (person)
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- Mike Dugan — primary (person)
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- Sally Harrell — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2022-03-04** Senate Hopper
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- **2022-03-08** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2022-03-09** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2022-03-11** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2022-03-15** Senate Tabled
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- **2022-03-15** Senate Taken from Table
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- **2022-03-15** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2022-03-15** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2022-03-16** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2022-03-17** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2022-03-23** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2022-03-25** House Withdrawn, Recommitted `referral-committee, withdrawal`
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- **2022-03-29** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2022-04-01** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2022-04-01** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2022-04-04** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
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- **2022-04-07** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2022-05-09** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2022-05-09** Act 853 `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/70b3b394-0b18-4806-8696-c4ffa58ef2bc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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