The state House passed a high-profile bill Monday that would allow Gov. Brian Kemp to seek health care “waivers’’ from the federal government to expand and improve coverage in Georgia.
And in another big vote, the Senate approved a bill to change Georgia’s controversial certificate-of-need system regulating medical providers.
These votes were part of a flurry of action Monday on major legislation affecting health care in Georgia, including on issues such as HIV, prescription drugs, services for seniors and a Medicaid budget hole.
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