Bills affecting Senior (65+, Medicare/SS) in Georgia — 2026 session

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

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

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

Employees' Retirement System; any member shall be eligible to transfer funds to Judicial Retirement System; provide

Retirement; total percentage of funds that the Employees' Retirement System of Georgia may invest in alternative investments; raise the limit

Georgia Judicial Retirement System; membership in the system for individuals employed as the director of the Prosecuting Attorneys Qualifications Commission; provide

Retirement and Pension; maximum employer contribution to a 401(k) for certain state law enforcement officers; increase

Board of Commissioners of the Judges of the Probate Courts Retirement Fund of Georgia; allow to set monthly dues

Public Retirement Systems Investment Authority Law; provide certain retirement systems the option to invest in real estate

Retirement; creditable service for certain military service; provide

Georgia Legislative Retirement System; board of trustees of the system to increase benefit multipliers for members; provide

Employees' Retirement System of Georgia; semiannual postretirement benefit adjustments for all beneficiaries; provide

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

Magistrates Retirement Fund; early retirement benefit; provide

Health; require long-term care facilities to post a link on their websites to the official website of the office of the long-term care ombudsman

Teachers Retirement System of Georgia; members of the Public School Employees Retirement System to make an irrevocable election to become members; permit certain persons

Employees' Retirement System of Georgia; allow certain sworn law enforcement officers to be eligible for retirement benefits at age 55; provisions

Judicial Retirement System; payment of monthly retirement benefits for creditable service as a district attorney at the age of 65 years; provide