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Advocates and state council press for thousands more NOW/COMP waivers as waiting list grows
2366707 · February 21, 2025
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Summary
The Georgia Council on Developmental Disabilities and multiple family advocates urged lawmakers to expand NOW and COMP Medicaid waivers, citing a waiting list of roughly 7,900 people and repeated testimony on the financial and social returns of waivering supports.
Darcy Robb, executive director of the Georgia Council on Developmental Disabilities (GCDD), told the subcommittee that Georgia’s waiting list for NOW/COMP Medicaid waivers has grown and that advocates, providers and a bipartisan legislative study previously recommended a large increase in new waiver…
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