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GA SR506
Resolution
Status
Engrossed
3/27/2018
Primary Sponsor
Michael Dugan
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AI Summary
- Creates a Senate Study Committee to examine excessive and duplicative regulatory oversight of community-based intellectual and developmental disability (IDD) services in Georgia, where over 8,000 citizens are on a waiting list for home and community-based programs
- Committee consists of 5 members appointed by the President of the Senate: 3 Senate members and 2 nonlegislative members who are representatives of IDD service providers in Georgia
- Charged with studying the multiple layers of costly administrative audits, compliance reviews, service monitoring, quality assessments, and duplicative certifications imposed by the Georgia Department of Community Health, the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities, and multiple private contractors
- Committee members may receive allowances and expenses for up to 5 days, funded from Senate appropriations, with the committee authorized to recommend any action or proposed legislation it deems appropriate
- Committee shall stand abolished on December 1, 2018, and any final report must be approved by a majority vote of a quorum and filed with the Secretary of the Senate prior to that date
Legislative Description
Senate Study Committee on the Excessive and Duplicative Regulatory Oversight of Community Based Intellectual and Developmental Disability (IDD); create
Last Action
Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute
3/27/2018
Full Bill Text
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