Volume 2, Issue 6Insider Highlights
The countdown has begun - only four more legislative days left. Today Monday, March 14 is legislative day 36, and Sine Die is scheduled for Thursday, March 24. Last week, the Senate passed its version of the FY 2017 budget. There were no new NOW/COMP...
Volume 2, Issue 3Insider Highlights
Over the last two weeks, GCDD held two very successful advocacy days: "We Need More DD Waivers" (January 20) and "Independent Care Waiver - Raise the Rate" (January 27) days. The big focus of the upcoming week is for the House to begin working on the...
Special Edition • 2016 Legislative Primer • Volume 2, Issue 2Insider Highlights
This marks the second week of the Georgia General Assembly. Last week Governor Nathan Deal gave his annual State of the State. Governor Deal focused on the progress being made in the Georgia economy;...
Special Edition • 2016 Legislative Primer • Volume 2, Issue 1Upcoming Legislative Session
Happy New Year from the Georgia Council on Developmental Disabilities! The countdown for the 2016 Georgia legislative session has begun! The first day of the legislative session will be on...
**Special Sine Die edition of Public Policy for the People: highlights of the budget and bills **Look for the next edition of Public Policy for the People in the summer!INSIDER HIGHLIGHTS
On late Thursday night, April 2 (okay so technically it was a few minutes past midnight), the Georgia...
**Conference committee met Monday, March 30 late in the day. Check out this issue's Budget 101 section to see the status of ICWP rate increase and number of NOW/COMP waivers!**Medical Cannabis Bill (HB 1), known as Haleigh's Hope, passed the House 160-1 last week. It is now on its way to the...
****Breaking news: New House Resolution to create an Employment First policy Joint Study Committee!!**The Georgia Inclusive Post-Secondary Education Consortium (GAIPSEC) thanks the Georgia General Assembly for its support of Inclusive Post-Secondary Programs in Georgia!**The rain didn't dampen...
**House adds 75 new NOW/COMP waiver slots and adds 50 cent increase to ICWP**HB 1 (Haleigh's Hope) passes the House 157-2INSIDER HIGHLIGHTS
Despite the winter weather this week, the Georgia General Assembly has been hard at work. This week the House passed its version of the budget, and...
**House votes to transfer the Division of Aging Services to the Georgia Adult and Aging Services Agency (HB 86); Senate vote is pending.**Employment First Advocacy Day a HUGE Success!INSIDER HIGHLIGHTSOver the course of the last week, the House really began to dig in to the "Big Budget"...
**GCDD's First Two Advocacy Days a Success!INSIDER HIGHLIGHTSLast week the General Assembly was in recess all week following the MLK holiday but committees met to discuss the FY2015 Amended Budget. As of publication time for this newsletter, the House was set to vote on the FY2015 Amended...
