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Pink ties and red dresses abounded in the State Capitol on Tuesday as legislators and lobbyists celebrated Valentine’s Day engaging in the romance of the legislative process. Despite...
House Resolution 78 aims to declare racism a public health crisis in Georgia. Sponsors of the legislation believe that structural racism manifests in differential access by race to opportunities and resources within the country's medical and public health systems;
Why are there limitations to the growth of Black women in state legislatures? Kamala Harris at a health care rally in 2017. (Wikimedia Commons) This past November, we witnessed a historic moment in politics with the election of Vice President Kamala Harris, an Indian American and Black woman. This, coupled with the record number of Black women candidates and newly elected officials may mark the beginning of a shift. However, too many Americans believed that “we have overcome.” The victories shifted the conversation but unfortunately have not moved the needle enough on Black women’s rep...
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 t...
Committee Reports Energy Subcommittee of the House Energy, Utilities, and Telecommunications Committee The Energy Subcommittee of the House Energy, Utilities, and Telecommunications Committee, chaired by Representative Chuck Martin (R-Alpharetta), met this morning to consider two measures. HB 76, authored by Representative John Carson (R-Marietta), amends O.C.G.A. § 46-4-164 to increase the percentage limitation of EMC investments in a gas affiliate. Current law allows investments up to 15%. This bill increases that amount to 60%. The subcommittee took no testimony on the bill and moved the ...