The Senate Health and Human Services Committee passed legislation Tuesday to allow Gov. Brian Kemp to pursue health care waivers from the federal government.
The panel’s 9-4 vote came after Senate Minority Leader Steve Henson, D-Stone Mountain, sought to open up the bill’s Medicaid waiver request to cover more Georgians.
Henson’s bid to amend Senate Bill 106, though, was not allowed by committee Chairman Ben Watson, R-Savannah.
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