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:
<ins>"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.
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<ins>(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."
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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.