Bills affecting your community in Georgia (2026 session)

Community Health, Department of; submit a waiver request to the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to authorize the qualification of certain caregivers for Medicaid reimbursement

Housing; establish a homelessness prevention program

Medical Assistance; Department of Community Health to submit a waiver request to the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services; direct

Georgia Civil Rights Act of 2025; enact

"Dignity and Pay Act"; enact

Social services; treatment services under Medicaid to persons with HIV; provisions

Veterinarians; student loan repayment; who practice shelter medicine and in nonprofit pet sterilization clinics; provide; create the State Veterinary Education Board for Shelter Medicine and Pet Sterilization

Employees' Insurance and Benefits Plans; expenses for gender-affirming care under the state health benefit plan or with any state funds; prohibit coverage

Harmful Materials to Minors; exemption for libraries and librarians from the provisions of Code Section 16-12-103; repeal

Behavioral Health Care Workforce Data Base; expand to include data from licensed health care professionals

Local Governments; violation of the prohibition on immigration sanctuary policies; waive sovereign and governmental immunities

Retirement; permit public school systems to employ certain beneficiaries of the Teachers Retirement System of Georgia as classroom teachers; extend the program

Ad valorem tax; certain senior citizens who volunteer with local governments; provide homestead exemption

Georgia Insurance Affordability and Claims Integrity Act; enact

Georgia Firefighter's Pension Fund; certain members to retire at age 50; provide

Georgia Maternal Mental Health Improvement Act; enact

Social services; Medicaid coverage for tobacco cessation treatments; provide

Senior Stabilization Act; enact

Retirement; creditable service for certain military service; provide

"PeachCare Plus Act of 2025"; enact