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Legislative Updates for Georgia
2/17/07:
Senate Bills
SB 10: Georgia Special Needs Scholarship Act; provide public school students with disabilities to attend eligible private schools. Sponsor: Johnson, E. 1st Status: Senate Passed/Adopted committee substitute, House Second Readers
SB 13: Labor; minimum wage law; so as to provide for a substantive and comprehensive reform of provisions regarding the minimum wage law; to provide for annual minimum wage increases to match the rising cost of living. Sponsor: Brown, R. 26th Status: Referred to Insurance and Labor
SB 20: Sexual Offenses; so as to provide that it shall be unlawful to have carnal knowledge with a disabled person who is incapable of granting consent; to provide for penalties. Sponsors: Hill, J. 32nd; Thompson, S. 33rd Status: Referred to Judiciary
SB 28: Insuring Georgia's Families Act; to comprehensively revise the laws of Georgia, so as to provide for the development of consumer driven health insurance plans by the Commissioner of Insurance. Sponsors: Hill, J. 32nd; Thomas, D. 54th; Rogers, C. 21st; Goggans, G. 7th; Hudgens, R. 47th; Williams, T. 19th Status: Referred to Insurance and Labor
SB 29: Budget/Financial Affairs; so as to require the creation of an Internet website on which the public can view the state budget; to provide for the content and capabilities of such website. Sponsors: Staton, C. 18th; Shafer, D. 48th; Rogers, C. 21st; Tolleson, R. 20th; Chapman, J. 3rd; Schaefer, N. 50th Status: Referred to Appropriations
SB 39: Charter Systems Act; to provide for the establishment of charter systems; and other matters. Sponsors: Weber, D. 40th; Moody, D. 56th; Williams, T. 19th; Tarver, E. 22nd; Carter, J. 13th; Pearson, C. 51st Status: House Second Readers
SB 49: Department of Labor; transfer of rehabilitation services; to provide for the delivery of certain services and techniques to deaf-blind individuals by an organization knowledgeable on deaf- blind issues. Sponsors: Thomas, R. 2nd; Harp, S. 29th; Johnson, E. 1st; Hudgens, R. 47th Status: House First Readers
SB 51: relating to the Department of Human Resources, so as to permit the department to obtain national criminal history background data on owners of personal care homes, private home care providers, and child welfare agencies. Sponsors: Smith, P. 52nd; Goggans, G. 7th; Hudgens, R. 47th; Hamrick, W. 30th; Harp, S. 29th Status: Referred to Health and Human Services
SB 61: Child-Placing Agency; require petitioner to submit to a criminal history records check. Sponsors: Mullis, J. 53rd; Whitehead, Sr., J. 24th; Seay, V. 34th; Butler, G. 55th; Staton, C. 18th Status: House Second Readers
SB 68: Career Academies Act of 2007; to provide for the disbursement of funds by the State Board of Technical and Adult Education for career academies established as charter schools. Sponsors: Weber, D. 40th; Carter, J. 13th; Douglas, J. 17th; Moody, D. 56th; Thomas, D. 54th; Mullis, J. 53rd Status: House Second Readers
SB 78: Department of Community Health; powers, duties and functions; change certain provisions; to require hospitals and medical facilities to make certain information available on their Internet websites; to provide estimates of charges to patients; to provide for the collection and dissemination of certain information by the Department of Human Resources. Sponsors: Hamrick, W. 30th; Hill, J. 32nd Status: Referred to Health and Human Services
SB 85: Equal Access to Extracurricular Activities;to provide that home school students and private school students may participate in extracurricular activities of public schools. Sponsors: Schaefer, N. 50th; Rogers, C. 21st; Shafer, D. 48th; Pearson, C. 51st; Douglas, J. 17th; Chapman, J. 3rd Status: Referred to Education and Youth
SB 122: Education; annual performance evaluations; to require that the annual evaluation is signed by the evaluator and provided to the certificated person. Sponsors: Hill, J. 32nd; Rogers, C. 21st; Weber, D. 40th Status: Referred to Education and Youth
SB 148: Saving the Cure Act; to create the Newborn Umbilical Cord Blood Bank for postnatal tissue and fluid; to provide for donations and information concerning donations; to provide for the creation of the Georgia Commission for Saving the Cure and the membership, appointment, terms of office, and duties of such commission; to provide for certain funding mechanisms. Sponsors: Shafer, D. 48th; Staton, C. 18th; Thomas, C. 54th; Roger, C. 21st; Heath, B. 31st; Carter, J. 13th Status: Referred to Science and Technology
SB 153: To provide for the development of consumer driven health insurance plans by the Commissioner of Insurance; to allow such plans to include wellness and health promotion programs. Sponsors: Hill, J. 32nd Status: Referred to Insurance and Labor
SB 155: Immunization; human papillomarvirus; to require immunization against human papillomavirus for female students entering the sixth grade. Sponsors: Balfour, D. 9th Status: Referred to Health and Human Services
SB 168: Relating to educational programs under the "Quality Basic Education Act," so as to enact the "Deaf Child's Bill of Rights Act"; to require that a school system will take into account the specific communication needs of a deaf student; to provide for the explanation of options to the parent or guardian of a deaf student; to provide that a deaf student shall not be denied the opportunity for instruction in a particular communication mode or language. Sponsors: Smith, P. 52nd; Butler, G. 55th; Moody, D. 56th; Mullis, J. 53rd; Seay, V. 34th; Reed, K. 35th Status: Senate Hopper[/b[
SR 4: Electoral Process; right to register and vote; procedures: Proposing an amendment to the Constitution so as to provide that the General Assembly may provide by law for procedures for voting to ensure the integrity and accuracy of the electoral process. Sponsor: Staton, C. 18 th Status: Referred to State and Local Government Operations
SR 6: State Children's Health Insurance Plan; urge U.S. Congress to provide funding and ensure reauthorization of the State Children´s Health Insurance Plan (S-CHIP); and for other purposes. Sponsor: Goggans, G. 7th Status: House Read and Referred
SR 20: Taxation; Proposing an amendment to the Constitution so as to provide for limitations on state government taxation and expenditures; to provide for the submission of this amendment for ratification or rejection; and for other purposes. Sponsors: Rogers, M. 21st; Seabaugh, M. 28th; Person, C. 51st; Wiles, J. 37th; Hill, J. 32nd; Heath, B. 31st Status: Senate Third Read Lost
Budget Overview - FY 2008
Funding for Fiscal Year 2008, running from July 1, 2007 to June 30th, 2008
We have only listed the key budget items the Council is tracking. For additional budget items, please visit: www.gcdd.org/publicpolicy/moving/index2007.htm
Department of Community Health:
Increase the reimbursement rate for SOURCE enhanced case management by $25 per member per month; $900,873
Consolidate Medicaid funds from Aged, Blind and Disabled, Low Income Medicaid, Nursing Home Provider Fees, and projected quality assessment fees from the Indigent Care Trust Fund to one fund; $2,118,562,926
Implement the Money Follows Person Grant to balance the distribution of services between institutions and the community; YES
Department of Early Care and Learning:
Fund an additional 3,000 slots in the Pre-K program, bringing enrollment to 78,000; $12,628,598
Department of Education:
Expand graduation coaches to middle schools; $21,101,588
Adjust funds for training and experience for HS graduation coaches and add funds for G.C. at 12 new HS and the state schools; $8,075,069
Increase funds for training new graduation coaches; $250,000
Transfer funds from State Reading and Math Program and Central Office to GLRS to provide targeted training for teachers of students with disabilities; $2,250,000
Add funds to the Preschool handicapped program; $1,089,418
Fund additional behavior support specialists for SED network; YES
Augment budget for state schools; repairs to buildings, travel for PINES, 5 new instructors at Atlanta School for the Deaf, compensation for training and experience; $2,200,913
Department of Human Resources:
Realign funds to reflect program restructuring for FY 2008 to allow for provision of services to Georgia citizens by combining Adult addictive disease services, adult developmental disabilities services, adult forensic services, adult mental health services, adult nursing homes services in the Adult Services Program; $419,096,313 total $609,357,207
Child and Adolescent Services Program; $93,482,191; total $127,001,984
Fund 1330 waiver slots for consumers on the MR/DD waiting list in the Adult Services [$9,494,160] and Child and Adolescent Services [$1,944,587]; State, $11,438,747 Total, $26,050,279
Redirect $802,733 state funds to fund an additional 170 slots for the MR/DD waiting list; YES
Annualize the cost of 1,500 waiver slots from 2007 for the MR/DD waiting list; State, $9,513,473 Total, $24,225,745
Transfer funds for treatment of child and adolescent therapeutic services from Out of Home Care program to Child and Adolescent Services Program; $33,024,017
Upgrade state hospital facilities; HVAC, roofs, etc; $1,970,000
Provide funds for 500 slots in the Community Care Services Program for elderly clients; $2,079,800
Provide funds for 1,000 slots in non- Medicaid eligible elderly clients for Home and Community Based Supports; $2,700,000
Leadership
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Senate Leadership—
Presiding: Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle
President Pro Tempore: Eric Johnson, 1st
Majority Leader: Tommy Williams, 19th
Majority Whip: Mitch Seabaugh, 28th
Minority Leader: Robert Brown, 26th
Minority Whip: David Adelman, 42nd
House Leadership—
Speaker, Glenn Richardson, 19th
Speaker Pro Tempore: Mark Burkhalter, 50th
Majority Leader: Jerry Keen, 179th
Majority Whip: Barry Fleming, 117th
Minority Leader: Dubose Porter, 143rd
Minority Whip: Carolyn Hugley, 133rd
Senate Appropriations: Jack Hill, 4th
House Appropriations: Ben Harbin, 118th
House Bills
HB 9: Electronic recording voting systems; permanent paper record. Sponsor: Bearden, T. 68th Status: House Second Readers
HB 24: Georgia Advance Directive for Health Care Act; enact. relating to health, so as to provide for an advance directive for health care which combines provisions of a living will and a durable power of attorney for health care. Sponsor: Tumlin, S. 38th Status: House Passed/Adopted
HB 73: Department of Community Health; emergency transportation services; permits; require the Department of Community Health to provide emergency transportation services during a declared state of emergency for the elderly, disabled, and children residing in certain state licensed facilities. Sponsors: Day, B. 163rd; Horne, B. 71st; Neal, J. 1st Status: House Second Readers
HB 108: Patient Right to Participate Act; relating to physicians, to provide for notice of hearings to patients whose care is the subject of a complaint and an opportunity to participate in investigations and actions against a physician. Sponsors: Keown, M. 173rd; Tumlin, S. 38th; Freeman, A. 140th; Setzler, E. 35th; Lane, R. 167th Status: House Second Readers
HB 133: Education; so as to change certain provisions relating to salary increases for persons receiving certification from the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards. Sponsors: Casas, D. 103rd; Chambers, J. 81st; Jamieson, J. 28th; Cox, C. 102nd Status: House Second Readers
HB 199:Georgia Scholarships for Students with Disabilities Act; House companion to SB 10. Sponsors: Casas, D. 103rd; May, J. 11th; Butler, M. 18th; Scott, M. 2nd; Graves, T. 12th Status: House Second Readers
HB 208: School Councils; to provide that the parent members make up a majority on the school council; to provide that the chairperson shall be a parent member. Sponsors: Jones, J. 46th; Lindsey, E. 54th; Chambers, J. 81st; Talton, W. 145th; Coan, M. 101st Status: House Second Readers
HB 210: Certificate of Need; to provide for extensive revision of the certificate of need program. Sponsors: Scott, A. 153rd Status: House Second Readers
HB 233: Long-term Care Facility Resident Abuse Reporting Act; relating to protection of disabled adults and elder persons; to revise the definition of the term "exploitation"; to change provisions relating to criminal penalties. Sponsors: Ralston, D. 7th; Mumford, R. 95th; Bearden, T. 68th; Oliver, M. 83rd Status: House Second Readers
HB 235: Incapacitated persons; to provide that a surrogate decision-making panel shall be included as a last resort entity that is authorized to consent to surgical or medical treatment on behalf of an incapacitated person. Sponsors: Shipp, R. 58th; Tumlin, S. 38th; Porter, D. 143rd; Cooper, S. 41st, Hugley, C. 133rd; Jenkins, C. 8th Status: House Second Readers
HB 252: Special license plates; to provide a special license plate supporting programs for the treatment of autism. Sponsors: Scott, A. 153rd Status: House Second Readers
HB 262: Flexibility for Excellence in Education Act; to provide for a full-day kindergarten program for a minimum of 170 days per school year; to change the minimum number of required days in a school year for public elementary and secondary schools to 170 days. Sponsors: Martin, C. 47th; Stephens, R. 164th Status: House Second Readers
HB 279: Katie Beckett waiver program; to require certain procedures for determinations relating to eligibility for medical assistance through the Katie Beckett waiver program for children with Spina Bifida who have Myelomeningocele. Sponsors: Collins, D. 27th; Cooper, S. 41st; Burkhalter, M. 50th; Lundford, J. 110th; Ralston, D. 7th; Ehrhart, E. 36th Status: House Second Readers
HB 310: Death investigations; to provide for certain notification requirements. Sponsors: Sims, C. 169th Status: House Second Readers
HB 324: The Children's Health Insurance Act; to provide for the creation of the PeachCare for All Kids health care insurance plan; to provide for eligibility, health care services, and payment of premiums and copayments; to provide for accessing federal matching funds; to provide for health care provider enrollment; to provide for rules and regulations. Sponsors: Manning, J. 32nd; Gardner, P. 57th; Butler, M. 18th; Stephens, R. 164th; Teilhet, R. 40th; Smith, L. 70th Status: House Second Readers
HB 332: Relating to program weights, maximum class size, and reporting requirements under the "Quality Basic Education Act," so as to delay the implementation of certain maximum class size requirements. Sponsors: Coleman, B. 97th; Millar, F. 79th; Hembree, B. 67th; Jones, J. 46th; Maxwell, H. 17th; Bearden, T. 68th Status: House Second Readers
HB 340: To revise the threshold income amount for eligibility for PeachCare to 200 percent of the federal poverty level. Sponsors: Richardson, G. 19th; Golick, R. 34th; Ehrhart, E. 36th; Keen, J. 179th; Burkhalter, M. 50th Status: House Second Readers
HB 343: Psychiatric Advance Directive Act; relating to mental health, so as to provide a means for a competent adult to control either directly through instructions written in advance or indirectly through appointing an agent to make mental health care decisions on behalf of such person according to a written psychiatric advance directive. Sponsors: Gardner, P. 57th; Tumlin, S. 38th; Stephenson, P. 92nd; Teilhet, R. 40th; McKillip, D. 115th; Ashe, K. 56th Status: House Second Readers
HB 347: Educational programs; to provide for grants for pilot projects to encourage the lengthening of the school year and the conditions and procedures relating thereto. Sponsors: Ashe, K. 56th; Hugley, C. 133rd; Teilhet, R. 40th; Porter, D. 143rd; Smyre, C. 132nd; Randall, N. 138th Status: House Second Readers
HB 350: PeachCare Restoration Act; to provide for a limited period of time that the exemption for sales for off-premises human consumption or use of eligible foods and beverages shall cease to apply; to provide an exception whereby such exemption shall continue to apply during such period of time for persons who have attained a certain age or are the recipient of certain social services benefits. Sponsors: Sims, C. 169th Status: House Second Readers
HB 366: Guide or service dog; to provide that every person engaged in the raising of a dog for training as a guide or service dog shall have the right to be accompanied by such dog in the same manner as a totally or partially blind, deaf, or physically disabled person under certain conditions. Sponsors: Bearden, T. 68th; Meadows, J. 5th; Tumlin, S. 38th Status: House Second Readers
HB 385: State and Local Tax Revision Act of 2007; to provide for the comprehensive revision of provisions relating to state and local taxation. Sponsors: O'Neal, L. 146th Status: House Second Readers
HB 423: to require mental health care coverage in any health benefits for members, employees, and retirees of the Board of Regents through the Department of Community Health. Sponsors: Gardner, P. 57th; Buckner, D. 130th; Oliver, M. 83rd; Wilkinson, J. 52nd; Lindsey, E. 54th; Frazier, G. 123rd Status: House First Readers
HB 461: Department of Human Resources; to require the privatization of one or more state facilities for the treatment of mental illness; to provide for contracts; to provide for requirements for the operation of the treatment facility or facilities; to provide for the continued employment for current employees. Sponsors: Sheldon, D. 105th; Burkhalter, M. 50th; Stephens, R. 164th; Butler, M. 18th; Graves, T. 12th Status: House Hopper
HR 144: A RESOLUTION honoring and commending the life and advocacy of family caregivers, especially mothers who are taking care of their children with developmental disabilities. Sponsors: Cooper, S. 41st; Burkhalter, M. 50th; Lewis, J. 15th; Walker, L. 107th; Millar, F. 79th Status: House Read and Adopted
HR 157: A RESOLUTION creating the Joint Study Committee on the Continuing Education of Special Needs Individuals. Sponsors: Bruce, R. 64th; Willard, W. 49th; Keown, M. 173rd; Williams, E. 89th; Stephenson, P. 92nd; Manning, J. 32nd Status: House First Readers
For additional information, visit Track Activities at the Georgia General Assembly at www.gcdd.org
See you at Disability Day on February 22nd!
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Date: Thu, 8 Mar 2007 14:44:12 -0500 (EST)
From: "Governor's Council on Developmental Disabilities (GCDD)" <pnobbie@dhr.state.ga.us> Add to Address Book Add Mobile Alert
To: nkolsmom@yahoo.com
Subject: Moving Forward - GCDD - March 9, 2007
Moving Forward The Developmental Disabilities Advocates'
Guide to Legislation
March 9, 2007 - Volume 12 - Issue 10
:: Legislative Update
:: Leadership
:: Budget Overview - FY 2008
Today, Georgia Department of Community Health Commissioner Dr. Rhonda Medows informed the Board of Community Health that PeachCare for Kids will no longer accept new enrollees to the program as of March 11, 2007. The program will run out of funds by the end of March, and state officials are hopeful that Congress will step in to help. The shortfall amounts to $131,000,000. Over a dozen other states are also facing shortfalls, but Georgia's is first in line. A few members of Georgia's congressional delegation have been working on including an appropriation in the emergency supplemental spending bill which would also include an Iraq allocation, but it could be a few more weeks until that measure passes both Houses.
Thursday, March 15th is Self-Advocates Day at the Capitol. Senator Steve Tumlin will address the group. The issues of interest are Money Follows Person and legislation related to end of life issues such as the Food and Water Bill.
HR 473 schedules legislative days out to April 17th.
Fri. March 2 through Sun. March 18th: Adjourned
Monday, March 19th: Day 28
Tuesday, March 20th: Day 29
Wed. March 21 through Mon. March 26: Adjourned
Tues, March 27th: Day 30
Wed, March 28th: Day 31
Thurs, March 29th: Day 32
Fri, March 30th: Day 33
Sat, March 31 through Mon, April 9: Adjourned
Tues, April 10th: Day 34
Wed, April 11th: Day 35
Thurs, April 12th: Day 36
Fri April 13 through Monday April 16th: Adjourned
Tues, April 17th: Day 37
It remains to be seen what happens with the last 3 days!
Legislative Update
Senate Bills
SB 10: Georgia Special Needs Scholarship Act; provide public school students with disabilities to attend eligible private schools. Sponsor: Johnson, E. 1st Status: Senate Passed/Adopted committee substitute, House Second Readers
SB 13: Labor; minimum wage law; so as to provide for a substantive and comprehensive reform of provisions regarding the minimum wage law; to provide for annual minimum wage increases to match the rising cost of living. Sponsor: Brown, R. 26th Status: Referred to Insurance and Labor
SB 20: Sexual Offenses; so as to provide that it shall be unlawful to have carnal knowledge with a disabled person who is incapable of granting consent; to provide for penalties. Sponsors: Hill, J. 32nd; Thompson, S. 33rd Status: Referred to Judiciary
SB 28: Insuring Georgia's Families Act; to comprehensively revise the laws of Georgia, so as to provide for the development of consumer driven health insurance plans by the Commissioner of Insurance. Sponsors: Hill, J. 32nd; Thomas, D. 54th; Rogers, C. 21st; Goggans, G. 7th; Hudgens, R. 47th; Williams, T. 19th Status: Referred to Insurance and Labor
SB 29: Budget/Financial Affairs; so as to require the creation of an Internet website on which the public can view the state budget; to provide for the content and capabilities of such website. Sponsors: Staton, C. 18th; Shafer, D. 48th; Rogers, C. 21st; Tolleson, R. 20th; Chapman, J. 3rd; Schaefer, N. 50th Status: House First Readers
SB 39: Charter Systems Act; to provide for the establishment of charter systems; and other matters. Sponsors: Weber, D. 40th; Moody, D. 56th; Williams, T. 19th; Tarver, E. 22nd; Carter, J. 13th; Pearson, C. 51st Status: House Second Readers
SB 49: Department of Labor; transfer of rehabilitation services; to provide for the delivery of certain services and techniques to deaf-blind individuals by an organization knowledgeable on deaf- blind issues. Sponsors: Thomas, R. 2nd; Harp, S. 29th; Johnson, E. 1st; Hudgens, R. 47th Status: House Second Readers
SB 51: relating to the Department of Human Resources, so as to permit the department to obtain national criminal history background data on owners of personal care homes, private home care providers, and child welfare agencies. Sponsors: Smith, P. 52nd; Goggans, G. 7th; Hudgens, R. 47th; Hamrick, W. 30th; Harp, S. 29th Status: Referred to Health and Human Services
SB 61: Child-Placing Agency; require petitioner to submit to a criminal history records check. Sponsors: Mullis, J. 53rd; Whitehead, Sr., J. 24th; Seay, V. 34th; Butler, G. 55th; Staton, C. 18th Status: House Second Readers
SB 68: Career Academies Act of 2007; to provide for the disbursement of funds by the State Board of Technical and Adult Education for career academies established as charter schools. Sponsors: Weber, D. 40th; Carter, J. 13th; Douglas, J. 17th; Moody, D. 56th; Thomas, D. 54th; Mullis, J. 53rd Status: House Committee Favorably Reported
SB 78: Department of Community Health; powers, duties and functions; change certain provisions; to require hospitals and medical facilities to make certain information available on their Internet websites; to provide estimates of charges to patients; to provide for the collection and dissemination of certain information by the Department of Human Resources. Sponsors: Hamrick, W. 30th; Hill, J. 32nd Status: Referred to Health and Human Services
SB 85: Equal Access to Extracurricular Activities;to provide that home school students and private school students may participate in extracurricular activities of public schools. Sponsors: Schaefer, N. 50th; Rogers, C. 21st; Shafer, D. 48th; Pearson, C. 51st; Douglas, J. 17th; Chapman, J. 3rd Status: Referred to Education and Youth
SB 122: Education; annual performance evaluations; to require that the annual evaluation is signed by the evaluator and provided to the certificated person. Sponsors: Hill, J. 32nd; Rogers, C. 21st; Weber, D. 40th Status: Referred to Education and Youth
SB 148: Saving the Cure Act; to create the Newborn Umbilical Cord Blood Bank for postnatal tissue and fluid; to provide for donations and information concerning donations; to provide for the creation of the Georgia Commission for Saving the Cure and the membership, appointment, terms of office, and duties of such commission; to provide for certain funding mechanisms. Sponsors: Shafer, D. 48th; Staton, C. 18th; Thomas, C. 54th; Roger, C. 21st; Heath, B. 31st; Carter, J. 13th Status: Senate Read Second Time
SB 153: To provide for the development of consumer driven health insurance plans by the Commissioner of Insurance; to allow such plans to include wellness and health promotion programs. Sponsors: Hill, J. 32nd Status: Senate Recommitted
SB 155: Immunization; human papillomarvirus; to require immunization against human papillomavirus for female students entering the sixth grade. Sponsors: Balfour, D. 9th Status: Senate Read Second Time
SB 168: Relating to educational programs under the "Quality Basic Education Act," so as to enact the "Deaf Child's Bill of Rights Act"; to require that a school system will take into account the specific communication needs of a deaf student; to provide for the explanation of options to the parent or guardian of a deaf student; to provide that a deaf student shall not be denied the opportunity for instruction in a particular communication mode or language. Sponsors: Smith, P. 52nd; Butler, G. 55th; Moody, D. 56th; Mullis, J. 53rd; Seay, V. 34th; Reed, K. 35th Status: Senate Read Second Time
SB 190: Relating to issues of insanity and mental incompetency in pretrial proceedings; to provide that the committing court may have discretion to allow evaluation in the community for certain defendants. Sponsors: Harp, S. 29th; Meyer von Bremen, M. 12th; Moody, D. 56th; Goggans, G. 7th; Thomas, D. 54th; Cowsert, B. 46th Status: Referred to Judiciary
SB 206: Relating to educational programs under the "Quality Basic Education Act," so as to provide that American Sign Language may be accepted for elective credit or foreign language credit for any student. Sponsors: Thomas, R. 2nd; Butler, G. 55th; Tate, H. 38th; Seay, V. 34th; Brown, R. 26th; Stoner, D. 6th Status: Referred to Education and Youth
SB 218: Relating to ad valorem taxation of property, so as to provide for an exemption on the homestead of certain disabled persons for the total value of the homestead; to provide that motor vehicles owned by certain disabled persons shall be exempt from ad valorem taxation. Sponsor: Tarver, E. 22nd Status: Referred to Finance
SR 4: Electoral Process; right to register and vote; procedures: Proposing an amendment to the Constitution so as to provide that the General Assembly may provide by law for procedures for voting to ensure the integrity and accuracy of the electoral process. Sponsor: Staton, C. 18 th Status: Referred to State and Local Government Operations
SR 6: State Children's Health Insurance Plan; urge U.S. Congress to provide funding and ensure reauthorization of the State Children´s Health Insurance Plan (S-CHIP); and for other purposes. Sponsor: Goggans, G. 7th Status: House Read and Referred
SR 20: Taxation; Proposing an amendment to the Constitution so as to provide for limitations on state government taxation and expenditures; to provide for the submission of this amendment for ratification or rejection; and for other purposes. Sponsors: Rogers, M. 21st; Seabaugh, M. 28th; Person, C. 51st; Wiles, J. 37th; Hill, J. 32nd; Heath, B. 31st Status: Senate Reconsidered
House Resolutions
HR 144: A RESOLUTION honoring and commending the life and advocacy of family caregivers, especially mothers who are taking care of their children with developmental disabilities. Sponsors: Cooper, S. 41st; Burkhalter, M. 50th; Lewis, J. 15th; Walker, L. 107th; Millar, F. 79th Status: House Read and Adopted
HR 157: A RESOLUTION creating the Joint Study Committee on the Continuing Education of Special Needs Individuals. Sponsors: Bruce, R. 64th; Willard, W. 49th; Keown, M. 173rd; Williams, E. 89th; Stephenson, P. 92nd; Manning, J. 32nd Status: House Second Readers
HR 322: A RESOLUTION creating the Joint Study Committee on Continuing Education and Collegiate Sports Programs for Students with Disabilities. Sponsors: Harbin, B. 118th; Smith, B. 113th; Burkhalter, M. 50th Status: House Committee Favorably Reported
HR 350: A RESOLUTION creating the Joint Study Committee on the State Health System. Sponsors: Harbin, B. 118th; Butler, M. 18th; Ehrhart, E. 36th; Stephens, R. 164th; Parrish, B. 156th; Channell, M. 116th Status: House Second Readers
HR 380: A RESOLUTION recognizing and commending the advocacy efforts on behalf of all current, former, and future youth in foster care by the Youth Advocates of Georgia: the Metro Atlanta Youth Opportunities Initiative (MAYOI), the Youth Advisory Board of the Multi-Agency Alliance for Children (MAAC), and For Youth, By Youth (FYBY). Sponsors: Manning, J. 32nd; Neal, J. 1st; May, J. 111th; Ashe, K. 56th; Jerguson, S. 22nd; Carter, A. 175th Status: House Read and Adopted
Budget Overview - FY 2008
Funding for Fiscal Year 2008, running from July 1, 2007 to June 30th, 2008
We have only listed the key budget items the Council is tracking. For additional budget items, please visit: www.gcdd.org/publicpolicy/moving/index2007.htm
Department of Community Health:
Increase the reimbursement rate for SOURCE enhanced case management by $25 per member per month; $900,873
Consolidate Medicaid funds from Aged, Blind and Disabled, Low Income Medicaid, Nursing Home Provider Fees, and projected quality assessment fees from the Indigent Care Trust Fund to one fund; $2,118,562,926
Implement the Money Follows Person Grant to balance the distribution of services between institutions and the community; YES
Department of Early Care and Learning:
Fund an additional 3,000 slots in the Pre-K program, bringing enrollment to 78,000; $12,628,598
Department of Education:
Expand graduation coaches to middle schools; $21,101,588
Adjust funds for training and experience for HS graduation coaches and add funds for G.C. at 12 new HS and the state schools; $8,075,069
Increase funds for training new graduation coaches; $250,000
Transfer funds from State Reading and Math Program and Central Office to GLRS to provide targeted training for teachers of students with disabilities; $2,250,000
Add funds to the Preschool handicapped program; $1,089,418
Fund additional behavior support specialists for SED network; YES
Augment budget for state schools; repairs to buildings, travel for PINES, 5 new instructors at Atlanta School for the Deaf, compensation for training and experience; $2,200,913
Department of Human Resources:
Realign funds to reflect program restructuring for FY 2008 to allow for provision of services to Georgia citizens by combining Adult addictive disease services, adult developmental disabilities services, adult forensic services, adult mental health services, adult nursing homes services in the Adult Services Program; $419,096,313 total $609,357,207
Child and Adolescent Services Program; $93,482,191; total $127,001,984
Fund 1330 waiver slots for consumers on the MR/DD waiting list in the Adult Services [$9,494,160] and Child and Adolescent Services [$1,944,587]; State, $11,438,747 Total, $26,050,279
Redirect $802,733 state funds to fund an additional 170 slots for the MR/DD waiting list; YES
Annualize the cost of 1,500 waiver slots from 2007 for the MR/DD waiting list; State, $9,513,473 Total, $24,225,745
Transfer funds for treatment of child and adolescent therapeutic services from Out of Home Care program to Child and Adolescent Services Program; $33,024,017
Upgrade state hospital facilities; HVAC, roofs, etc; $1,970,000
Provide funds for 500 slots in the Community Care Services Program for elderly clients; $2,079,800
Provide funds for 1,000 slots in non- Medicaid eligible elderly clients for Home and Community Based Supports; $2,700,000
Leadership
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Senate Leadership—
Presiding: Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle
President Pro Tempore: Eric Johnson, 1st
Majority Leader: Tommy Williams, 19th
Majority Whip: Mitch Seabaugh, 28th
Minority Leader: Robert Brown, 26th
Minority Whip: David Adelman, 42nd
House Leadership—
Speaker, Glenn Richardson, 19th
Speaker Pro Tempore: Mark Burkhalter, 50th
Majority Leader: Jerry Keen, 179th
Majority Whip: Barry Fleming, 117th
Minority Leader: Dubose Porter, 143rd
Minority Whip: Carolyn Hugley, 133rd
Senate Appropriations: Jack Hill, 4th
House Appropriations: Ben Harbin, 118th
House Bills
HB 9: Electronic recording voting systems; permanent paper record. Sponsor: Bearden, T. 68th Status: House Second Readers
HB 24: Georgia Advance Directive for Health Care Act; enact. relating to health, so as to provide for an advance directive for health care which combines provisions of a living will and a durable power of attorney for health care. Sponsor: Tumlin, S. 38th Status: House Passed/Adopted, Senate referred to Judiciary
HB 73: Department of Community Health; emergency transportation services; permits; require the Department of Community Health to provide emergency transportation services during a declared state of emergency for the elderly, disabled, and children residing in certain state licensed facilities. Sponsors: Day, B. 163rd; Horne, B. 71st; Neal, J. 1st Status: House Second Readers
HB 108: Patient Right to Participate Act; relating to physicians, to provide for notice of hearings to patients whose care is the subject of a complaint and an opportunity to participate in investigations and actions against a physician. Sponsors: Keown, M. 173rd; Tumlin, S. 38th; Freeman, A. 140th; Setzler, E. 35th; Lane, R. 167th Status: House Second Readers
HB 133: Education; so as to change certain provisions relating to salary increases for persons receiving certification from the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards. Sponsors: Casas, D. 103rd; Chambers, J. 81st; Jamieson, J. 28th; Cox, C. 102nd Status: House Second Readers
HB 199:Georgia Scholarships for Students with Disabilities Act; House companion to SB 10. Sponsors: Casas, D. 103rd; May, J. 11th; Butler, M. 18th; Scott, M. 2nd; Graves, T. 12th Status: House Second Readers
HB 208: School Councils; to provide that the parent members make up a majority on the school council; to provide that the chairperson shall be a parent member. Sponsors: Jones, J. 46th; Lindsey, E. 54th; Chambers, J. 81st; Talton, W. 145th; Coan, M. 101st Status: House Passed/Adopted
HB 210: Certificate of Need; to provide for extensive revision of the certificate of need program. Sponsors: Scott, A. 153rd Status: House Second Readers
HB 233: Long-term Care Facility Resident Abuse Reporting Act; relating to protection of disabled adults and elder persons; to revise the definition of the term "exploitation"; to change provisions relating to criminal penalties. Sponsors: Ralston, D. 7th; Mumford, R. 95th; Bearden, T. 68th; Oliver, M. 83rd Status: House Passed, Senate Referred to Judiciary
HB 235: Incapacitated persons; to provide that a surrogate decision-making panel shall be included as a last resort entity that is authorized to consent to surgical or medical treatment on behalf of an incapacitated person. Sponsors: Shipp, R. 58th; Tumlin, S. 38th; Porter, D. 143rd; Cooper, S. 41st, Hugley, C. 133rd; Jenkins, C. 8th Status: House Second Readers
HB 252: Special license plates; to provide a special license plate supporting programs for the treatment of autism. Sponsors: Scott, A. 153rd Status: House Second Readers
HB 262: Flexibility for Excellence in Education Act; to provide for a full-day kindergarten program for a minimum of 170 days per school year; to change the minimum number of required days in a school year for public elementary and secondary schools to 170 days. Sponsors: Martin, C. 47th; Stephens, R. 164th Status: House Second Readers
HB 279: Katie Beckett waiver program; to require certain procedures for determinations relating to eligibility for medical assistance through the Katie Beckett waiver program for children with Spina Bifida who have Myelomeningocele. Sponsors: Collins, D. 27th; Cooper, S. 41st; Burkhalter, M. 50th; Lundford, J. 110th; Ralston, D. 7th; Ehrhart, E. 36th Status: House Committee Favorably Reported
HB 310: Death investigations; to provide for certain notification requirements. Sponsors: Sims, C. 169th Status: House Second Readers
HB 324: The Children's Health Insurance Act; to provide for the creation of the PeachCare for All Kids health care insurance plan; to provide for eligibility, health care services, and payment of premiums and copayments; to provide for accessing federal matching funds; to provide for health care provider enrollment; to provide for rules and regulations. Sponsors: Manning, J. 32nd; Gardner, P. 57th; Butler, M. 18th; Stephens, R. 164th; Teilhet, R. 40th; Smith, L. 70th Status: House Second Readers
HB 332: Relating to program weights, maximum class size, and reporting requirements under the "Quality Basic Education Act," so as to delay the implementation of certain maximum class size requirements. Sponsors: Coleman, B. 97th; Millar, F. 79th; Hembree, B. 67th; Jones, J. 46th; Maxwell, H. 17th; Bearden, T. 68th Status: House Committee Favorably Reported
HB 340: To revise the threshold income amount for eligibility for PeachCare to 200 percent of the federal poverty level. Sponsors: Richardson, G. 19th; Golick, R. 34th; Ehrhart, E. 36th; Keen, J. 179th; Burkhalter, M. 50th Status: House Second Readers
HB 343: Psychiatric Advance Directive Act; relating to mental health, so as to provide a means for a competent adult to control either directly through instructions written in advance or indirectly through appointing an agent to make mental health care decisions on behalf of such person according to a written psychiatric advance directive. Sponsors: Gardner, P. 57th; Tumlin, S. 38th; Stephenson, P. 92nd; Teilhet, R. 40th; McKillip, D. 115th; Ashe, K. 56th Status: House Second Readers
HB 347: Educational programs; to provide for grants for pilot projects to encourage the lengthening of the school year and the conditions and procedures relating thereto. Sponsors: Ashe, K. 56th; Hugley, C. 133rd; Teilhet, R. 40th; Porter, D. 143rd; Smyre, C. 132nd; Randall, N. 138th Status: House Second Readers
HB 350: PeachCare Restoration Act; to provide for a limited period of time that the exemption for sales for off-premises human consumption or use of eligible foods and beverages shall cease to apply; to provide an exception whereby such exemption shall continue to apply during such period of time for persons who have attained a certain age or are the recipient of certain social services benefits. Sponsors: Sims, C. 169th Status: House Second Readers
HB 366: Guide or service dog; to provide that every person engaged in the raising of a dog for training as a guide or service dog shall have the right to be accompanied by such dog in the same manner as a totally or partially blind, deaf, or physically disabled person under certain conditions. Sponsors: Bearden, T. 68th; Meadows, J. 5th; Tumlin, S. 38th Status: House Committee Favorably Reported
HB 385: State and Local Tax Revision Act of 2007; to provide for the comprehensive revision of provisions relating to state and local taxation. Sponsors: O'Neal, L. 146th Status: House Second Readers
HB 423: to require mental health care coverage in any health benefits for members, employees, and retirees of the Board of Regents through the Department of Community Health. Sponsors: Gardner, P. 57th; Buckner, D. 130th; Oliver, M. 83rd; Wilkinson, J. 52nd; Lindsey, E. 54th; Frazier, G. 123rd Status: House Second Readers
HB 456: to require the Department of Community Health and managed care organizations with whom it contracts to include county health departments as providers; to exempt Babies Can’t Wait from participation in CMOs; Sponsor: Stephens, R. 164th; Status: House Second Readers
HB 461: Department of Human Resources; to require the privatization of one or more state facilities for the treatment of mental illness; to provide for contracts; to provide for requirements for the operation of the treatment facility or facilities; to provide for the continued employment for current employees. Sponsors: Sheldon, D. 105th; Burkhalter, M. 50th; Stephens, R. 164th; Butler, M. 18th; Graves, T. 12th Status: House Second Readers
HB 514: To create a State Commission on Government Health Services Reform. Sponsors: Butler, M. 18th; Channell, M. 116th; Ehrhart, E. 36th; Cooper, S. 41st; Stephens, R. 164th; Harbin, B. 118th Status: House Second Readers
HB 535: To create a patient advocacy board and the position of Patient Advocate General to investigate fatalities and allegations of abuse, neglect, or improper treatment occurring in facilities operated by, subjection to certification by, or under contact with the Division of Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities, and Addictive Diseases. Sponsor: Butler, M. 18th Status: House Second Readers
HB 542: To create the Georgia Legislative Youth Advisory Council to advise the legislature on issues relating to youth. Sponsors: Hugley, C. 133rd; Porter, D. 143rd; Randall, N. 138th Status: House Second Readers
HB 549: To establish requirements for basic therapy services for children with disabilities; to provide certain requirements relating to administrative prior approval for services and appeals; to provide for a modification to the state plan for medical assistance regarding the rate of payment to providers of medical assistance services. Sponsors: Burkhalter, M. 50th Status: House Second Readers
HB 568: To enact the "Health Care Competition, Transparency and Improvement Act"; to provide for extensive revision of the certificate of need program; to revise the declaration of policy for state health planning; to establish the Health Strategies Advisory Council as the successor to the Health Strategies Council; to revise provisions relating to the Department of Community Health; to provide for a temporary moratorium on certificate of need applications under certain circumstances. Sponsors: Golick, R. 34th; Cooper, S. 41st; Scott, A. 153rd; Smith, V. 129th; Cole, J. 125th; Rice, T. 51st Status: House Second Readers
HB 572: To require the State of Georgia and certain employers who contract with or receive financial assistance from the state or a state agency to pay its employees a living wage. Sponsors: Beasley-Teague, S. 65th; Brooks, T. 63rd; Mitchell, B. 88th; Mangham, R. 94th; Stephenson, P. 92nd Status: House Second Readers
HB 620: To enact the "PeachCare for Kids Protection Act of 2007"; to revise the PeachCare for Kids Program to be designated in two parts known as PeachCare A and PeachCare B; to provide that if sufficient federal funds are not available for PeachCare, the program will be administered pursuant to Title XIX of the Social Security Act; to provide that premiums to participate in the program may be imposed by the department but are not mandatory. Sponsors: Stephens, R. 164th; Gardner, P. 57th; Jenkins, C. 8th; Heard, K. 114th; Hembree, B. 67th; Buckner, D. 130th Status: House Second Readers
HB 646: Relating to community trusts for handicapped persons, so as to provide for various revisions to prohibit discrimination regarding the use of community trusts based on the age of an impaired person. Sponsors: Walker, L. 107th; Oliver, M. 83rd; Benfield, S. 85th Status: House First Readers
HB 652: To enact the 'Blind Persons' Braille Literacy Rights and Education Act'; to require Braille instruction in the individualized education program of a student who is a blind or visually impaired child; to provide requirements for the individualized education program; to provide requirements for textbook publishers; to provide requirements relating to Braille for certain teachers. Sponsors: Manning, J. 32nd; Reece, B. 11th Status: House First Readers
HB 655: To change certain provisions relating to a definition of hearing impaired person; and the Georgia Service Center for Hearing Impaired Persons; to create the Georgia Commission on Hearing Impaired and Deaf Persons. Sponsors: Smith, B. 113th; Holt, D. 112th; Amerson, A. 9th Status: House first Readers
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