republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2025-26/sb-428.md

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Bill	Medical Assistance; Department of Community Health to submit a waiver request to the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services; direct	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 waiver request to the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to authorize the qualification for Medicaid reimbursement of certain home and community based services; to provide for implementation upon approval; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2025_26	SB 428	Georgia SB 428 (2025_26)	bill	SOCIAL SERVICES	enacted	Ben Watson Bo Hatchett Drew Echols Kay Kirkpatrick Kim Jackson	4	15	2	2026-01-27	2026-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/9a6c9490-e877-46db-ae85-0056cdbe94e7	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	b48226f8008641e6d76f318e64b8b4b69638af571587cd21ae1f24b49583b5b9	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia SB 428 (2025_26) — Medical Assistance; Department of Community Health to submit a waiver request to the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services; direct

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 waiver request to the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to authorize the qualification for Medicaid reimbursement of certain home and community based services; to provide for implementation upon approval; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. As Passed Senate (committee substitute) — source
2. As introduced LC 60 0239 (committee substitute) — source
3. Committee Sub LC 60 0311S (committee substitute) — source
4. SB 428/AP* (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Senate Vote #577 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 46–0 (pass) · upper
• House Vote #745 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 166–2 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Ben Watson — primary (person)
• Bo Hatchett — primary (person)
• Drew Echols — primary (person)
• Kay Kirkpatrick — primary (person)
• Kim Jackson — primary (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2026-01-27 Senate Hopper introduction
• 2026-01-28 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2026-02-19 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-02-20 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2026-02-24 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2026-02-24 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2026-02-25 House First Readers reading-1
• 2026-02-26 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2026-03-10 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-03-23 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2026-03-23 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2026-04-10 Senate Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2026-05-11 Senate Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2026-05-11 Act 492 executive-signature
• 2026-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/9a6c9490-e877-46db-ae85-0056cdbe94e7. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).