Social services; transfer Medicaid coverage for foster children from managed care to fee-for-service

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.

Source: OpenStates · fetched February 19, 2026

• Medicaid / public insurancedirectModerate impactMedium certainty

  via Georgians for a Healthy Future

  Would move Medicaid coverage for children in foster care from managed care (Georgia Families 360°) to fee-for-service Medicaid when current contracts expire. While fee-for-service would give direct…

• Low-income / working-classdirectModerate impactMedium certainty

  via Georgians for a Healthy Future

  Would move Medicaid coverage for children in foster care from managed care (Georgia Families 360°) to fee-for-service Medicaid when current contracts expire. While fee-for-service would give direct…