House Bill 1002
By: Representatives Camp of the 135th and Hatchett of the 155th
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 transfer Medicaid coverage for foster
children from managed care to fee-for-service; to provide for definitions; to provide for
submission of state plan amendments if necessary; to provide for automatic repeal; to provide
for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other
purposes.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:
SECTION 1.
Article 7 of Chapter 4 of Title 49 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to
medical assistance generally, is amended by adding a new Code section to read as follows:
<ins>"49-4-159.5.
(a) As used in this Code section, the term:
(1) 'Contract' means the agreement in effect on the effective date of this Code section
between the department and a care management organization to provide managed care
medical assistance coverage for foster children.
(2) 'Foster child' means an individual who:
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<ins>(A) Is less than 18 years of age and is in a foster home or otherwise in the foster care
system under the Division of Family and Children Services of the Department of
Human Services; or
(B) Is less than 26 years of age, was in a foster home or otherwise in the foster care
system in this state, and was receiving Medicaid coverage on his or her eighteenth
birthday.
(b) Upon expiration or renewal of the contract, or earlier if authorized under the terms of
the contract, the department shall transfer all medical assistance coverage for foster
children from the care management organization to the fee-for-service Medicaid program.
(c) The department shall submit any Medicaid state plan amendments necessary to fulfill
the requirements of this Code section to the federal Department of Health and Human
Services.
(d) This Code section shall stand repealed on December 31, 2028."
</ins> SECTION 2.
This Act shall become effective upon its approval by the Governor or upon its becoming law
without such approval.
SECTION 3.
All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.