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Introduced Session

AN ACT To amend Chapter 4 of Title 49 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to public assistance, so as to establish the Georgia Medicare for All Program to provide comprehensive universal single payer healthcare coverage and a healthcare cost control system for the benefit of all Georgia residents; to provide for definitions; to establish the Georgia Medicare for All Board and its composition, duties, and responsibilities; to provide for an executive board and an executive director; to establish four public advisory committees and the composition, terms, duties, and responsibilities of such committees; to authorize the board to organize, administer, market, and fund the program; to restrict what policies an insurer can offer during the transition and implementation periods of such program; to provide for the board to make additional proposals for recommended program services; to provide for the collection, transmission, retention, analysis, and disclosure of data to promote transparency and ensure the quality of healthcare services provided to members through the program; to prohibit law enforcement from using program money or property to investigate criminal, civil, or administrative violations; to provide for member enrollment and allow certain nonresidents to enroll in the program; to provide for covered healthcare benefits and ancillary healthcare services; to allow any qualified healthcare provider to participate in the program; to provide for a care coordinator and care coordination in the program; to provide for the approval of care coordinators and the approval of healthcare organizations; to authorize the board to establish payment methodologies for care coordination, healthcare services, and ancillary healthcare services; to authorize the board to establish minimum uniform healthcare standards; to authorize the board to seek all federal waivers and other arrangements to secure federal funding for and support of the program; to establish the Georgia Medicare for All Trust Fund to support the Georgia Medicare for All Program; to authorize appropriation of money to the fund; to allow healthcare providers to enter into collective negotiations to reach agreement on terms and conditions of contracts for the program; to amend Title 49 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to social services, and an Act amending said title, approved April 15, 2014 (Ga. L. 2014, p. 293), so as to repeal provisions regarding prohibition of Medicaid expansion; to amend Titles 31, 42, and 43, relating to health, penal institutions, and professions and businesses, respectively, and an Act amending Titles 31 and 43, approved March 23, 2023 (Ga. L. 2023, p. 6), so as to repeal provisions relating to treatment of gender dysphoria; to amend Titles 1, 15, 16, 19, 20, 31, 33, 43, 45, 48, and 49, relating to general provisions, courts, crimes and offenses, domestic relations, educations, health, insurance, professions and businesses, public officers and employees, revenue and taxation, and social services, respectively, and an Act amending said titles, approved May 7, 2019 (Ga. L. 2019, p. 711), so as to repeal and revise provisions relating to abortion; to provide conforming changes; to repeal legislative findings; to provide for related matters; to provide for contingent effectiveness; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

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Park Cannon (D)*,  Angela Moore (D)*,  Samuel Park (D)*,  Ruwa Romman (D)*,  Gabriel Sanchez (D)*,  Sandra Scott (D)*, 

House Second Readers (on 03/04/2026)

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