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GA HB971
Bill
Status
Introduced
2/10/2016
Primary Sponsor
Tommy Benton
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AI Summary
- Georgia Department of Human Services would be required to provide kinship caregivers and the children in their care the same medical assistance and health insurance coverages currently available to foster parents and foster children
- "Kinship caregiver" is defined as a grandparent, aunt, uncle, great aunt, great uncle, cousin, sibling, or close family friend who has assumed responsibility for raising a child after the parents lost or abdicated the ability to provide care or basic necessities
- Coverage must be provided at the same rate, for the same periods of time, and under the same conditions as those afforded to foster parents and children in foster care
- Amends Chapter 1 of Title 49 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated by adding new Code Section 49-1-8, applying to both informal, noncustodial, and guardianship caregiving arrangements
Legislative Description
Human Services, Department of; medical assistance and health insurance coverages to kinship caregivers and children in their care; provide
Last Action
House Second Readers
2/16/2016
Full Bill Text
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