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title: HB 1106. Nursing Home Supplemental Fund; establish and provide a purpose
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date: 2026-02-03
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bill_number: HB 1106
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chamber: House
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status_date: 2026-01-29
last_action: House Second Readers
sponsors:
- Bryce Berry
- Tanya Miller
- Samuel Park
- Imani Barnes
- Karla Drenner
- Teddy Reese
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- nursing homes
- Medicaid funding
- healthcare funding
- state budget
- elder care
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# HB 1106. Nursing Home Supplemental Fund; establish and provide a purpose
## Text
House Bill 1106
By: Representatives Berry of the 56th, Miller of the 62nd, Park of the 107th, Barnes of the 86th,
Drenner of the 85th, and others
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
To amend Chapter 2 of Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the
Department of Community Health, so as to establish and provide a purpose for the Nursing
Home Supplemental Fund; to provide for definitions; to provide for administration of the
fund; to provide for eligibility criteria, terms, and conditions; to provide for an application
process; to provide for rules and regulations; to provide for reporting; to provide for
automatic repeal; to provide for related matters; to provide for a contingent effective date;
to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:
SECTION 1.
Chapter 2 of Title 31 the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Department of
Community Health, is amended by adding a new Code section to read as follows:
"31-2-20.
(a) As used in this Code section, the term:
(1) 'Fund' means the Nursing Home Supplemental Fund established pursuant to
subsection (b) of this Code Section.
(2) 'Nursing home' means any building, facility, or place required to be licensed or
permitted as such by the department under Chapter 7 of this title.
(b) There is established the Nursing Home Supplemental Fund for the purpose of
providing financial assistance, including, but not limited to, loans, loan guarantees, and
grants, to financially distressed nursing homes in accordance with subsection (d) of this
Code section.
(c) The department shall:
(1) Be authorized to apply for, receive, administer, and use any grant or funds made
available to the department from appropriations by the General Assembly or from any
other source for furthering the purposes of the fund;
(2) Establish criteria, terms, and conditions consistent with the provisions of this Code
section for eligible applicants and eligible nursing homes. Such eligibility criteria, terms,
and conditions shall include, but shall not be limited to, documentation demonstrating
actual nursing home revenue losses in excess of $1 million during any fiscal year that are
directly attributable to a reduction in or elimination of federal funding for Medicaid
effective on or after July 4, 2025;
(3) Implement an application process and provide financial assistance consistent with the
provisions of this Code section; and
(d) Beginning October 1, 2027, and annually thereafter, the department shall submit a
detailed report to the Governor and notify members of the General Assembly of the
availability of such report in the manner which it deems to be most effective and efficient.
Such report shall contain the department's findings and recommendations regarding the
administration and implementation of this Code section. Such annual reports shall be
published on the department's website.
(e) The board shall be authorized to promulgate rules and regulations as reasonably
necessary to implement and administer this Code section."
SECTION 2.
This Act shall become effective only upon the effective date of an appropriation of funds for
the purposes of this Act in a line item making specific reference to full funding of this Act
in an appropriations Act enacted by the General Assembly and shall stand repealed by
operation of law on December 31, 2031, if no such appropriation of funds is made prior to
such date.
SECTION 3.
All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.
## Summaries written by Georgia Commons
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A Georgia House bill would create a new state fund to give loans, loan guarantees, or grants to nursing homes that lose significant money from federal Medicaid funding cuts.
### Plain-language summary
This bill would add a new section to Georgia law (O.C.G.A. ยง 31-2-20) establishing the Nursing Home Supplemental Fund inside the Department of Community Health. The fund's purpose is to provide financial assistance, such as loans, loan guarantees, and grants, to nursing homes facing financial distress because of cuts to federal Medicaid funding.
To qualify, a nursing home would need to document actual revenue losses of more than $1 million in a fiscal year that are directly tied to a reduction or elimination of federal Medicaid funding taking effect on or after July 4, 2025. The department would set eligibility rules, run an application process, and report annually to the Governor and legislature starting October 1, 2027. The whole law only takes effect if the General Assembly specifically appropriates money for it, and it would automatically expire December 31, 2031 if that funding never happens.
### What it does
- Creates the Nursing Home Supplemental Fund within the Department of Community Health to help financially distressed nursing homes.
- Allows the fund to provide loans, loan guarantees, and grants, not just direct payments, to eligible nursing homes.
- Requires nursing homes to show revenue losses over $1 million in a fiscal year tied to federal Medicaid funding cuts starting July 4, 2025.
- Directs the department to create eligibility rules, an application process, and regulations to run the program.
- Requires an annual public report to the Governor and General Assembly beginning October 1, 2027.
- Makes the law effective only if the legislature specifically appropriates funding for it, and repeals it automatically by December 31, 2031 if no funding is ever appropriated.
### Who it affects
Nursing homes licensed in Georgia that lose significant Medicaid revenue, the residents and staff who depend on those facilities staying open, the Department of Community Health, which would run the fund, and the General Assembly, which must appropriate money before the program can start.
### Why it matters
If funded, struggling nursing homes could get loans or grants to stay open despite Medicaid funding cuts, which could affect care for residents. But because the law only takes effect with a specific budget appropriation, its real-world impact depends entirely on future legislative funding decisions.
### Key provisions
- Section 1 adds new Code section 31-2-20 defining 'Fund' and 'nursing home' and establishing the Nursing Home Supplemental Fund.
- Subsection (b) states the fund's purpose is financial assistance to financially distressed nursing homes.
- Subsection (c) requires the department to seek and administer grants or funds, set eligibility criteria including documented losses over $1 million tied to Medicaid funding cuts on or after July 4, 2025, and run an application process.
- Subsection (d) requires an annual report to the Governor and General Assembly starting October 1, 2027, published on the department's website.
- Subsection (e) authorizes the board to write rules and regulations to implement the program.
- Section 2 makes the entire Act contingent on a specific budget appropriation and sets automatic repeal on December 31, 2031 if no appropriation is made.
## Status
- Status: Introduced (2026-01-29)
- Last action: House Second Readers (2026-02-03)
- Sponsors: Bryce Berry, Tanya Miller, Samuel Park, Imani Barnes, Karla Drenner, Teddy Reese
- Official page: https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/72625
> The history, votes, and amendments (129 characters) are at https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hb1106.md?full=1