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Committee Reports
House Education Committee
The House Education Committee, chaired by Representative Matt Dubnik (R-Gainesville), met to consider the following legislation today:
SB 59, authored by Senator John Albers (R-Alpharetta), amends Title 20 relating to funding for local charter schools and charter systems. The bill changes the percentages for calculating FTE funding under Code Section 20-2-165.1, and also requires certain federal fund allocation and facility usage or stipends for local charter schools by local education agencies.
Senator Albers presented the bill to the Committee, and the Georgia School Board Association and Georgia Association of Educational Leaders expressed concerns about Section 5 of the bill. Chairman Dubnik held the bill to ensure the language is correct and noted that he intends to act on the bill at the next meeting.
Floor Action
The House took up the following measure today:
SB 5 - Professions and Businesses; patient protection measures for patients undergoing sedation in certain settings; provide- Representative Lee Hawkins (R-Gainesville) presented the legislation, addressing in particular “medispas.” Dentists, which do conscious sedation, are now required to have certain equipment. It does not prohibit a person who is duly licensed as a physician assistant in Georgia, who has completed an anesthesiologist assistant program approved by the Georgia Composite Medical Board from administering conscious sedation nor deem such physician assistant to be engaged in the unlawful practice of dentistry, pursuant to their job description as approved by the Georgia Composite Medical Board, provided that such sedation is administered under the direction and responsibility of an anesthesiologist. The legislation also The bill passed by Substitute with a vote of 160-5; it now requires the Senate to agr
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Health Care Access and Improvement
Elimination of $500,000 for start-up funding for FQHCs.
Addition of $500,000 in start-up grants for FQHCs in Jeff Davis and Marion counties.
Healthcare Facility Regulation
Addition of $7,454,466 to support strategic measures for stabilizing staffing in the nursing home program.
Medicaid - Aged, Blind, and Disabled
Reduction of $74,646,745 in State funds to reflect savings from the temporary FMAP increase through September 30, 2021.
Addition of $25,328,540 to provide a 10% rate increase for home and community-based service providers.
Addition of $11,932,550 to provide a 2% rate increase for skilled nursing centers.
Addition of $3,470,204 for skilled nursing centers to update the general and professional liability, property insurance, and property tax pass-through rate components to current costs.