Atlanta, GA - Today, Governor Brian P. Kemp and the Georgia Department of Community Health (DCH) announced the state’s “Georgia Postpartum Extension” section 1115 demonstration waiver has been approved by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), extending Medicaid state plan benefits from 60 days to six months to postpartum women with incomes up to 220 percent of the federal poverty level.

Individuals wishing to comment on the proposed Quality Strategy Plan for State Fiscal Year 2021 through State Fiscal Year 2023 may do so on or before April 30, 2021. All written comments should be sent to the Department of Community Health, 2 Peachtree Street, N.W., 36th Floor, Atlanta, Georgia 30303, Attn: Dr. Gloria Beecher.

For the most up-to-date information on Georgia’s COVID-19 vaccination plan, please visit the Georgia Department of Public Health’s (DPH) website and read the state’s interim draft outlining plans for a phased approach to vaccination, critical populations, vaccination provider enrollment and recruitment, and more: Interim COVID-19 vaccination plan.