Washington, D.C. — U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff is championing a bipartisan bill to help sick children get faster medical care.
Sen. Ossoff is pushing to pass bipartisan legislation he co-sponsored that would ensure kids covered by Medicaid in Georgia face fewer delays when receiving specialty care.
The bipartisan Accelerating Kids’ Access to Care Act would streamline the process for pediatric providers to enroll in another state’s Medicaid program if they meet certain requirements so they can provide care to children with complex needs, regardless of where the child lives and where the care is received.
The bipartisan bill was first introduced by Senators Chuck Grassley (R-IA) and Michael Bennet (D-CO).
“No child should have to face burdensome delays when in need of life-saving care,” Sen. Ossoff said. “This bipartisan bill will help ensure kids in Georgia and across the Nation have fast and reliable access to the medical care they need and deserve.”
Sen. Ossoff continues working to support the health of Georgia’s children.
In February, Sen. Ossoff introduced an amendment to protect children’s and maternal health care through Medicaid that Senate Republicans blocked.
This spring, Sens. Ossoff and Todd Young (R-IN) introduced the bipartisan Youth Sports Facilities Act to help build and upgrade sports facilities across Georgia, giving kids and families safe spaces to play while also supporting student mental health and boosting economic growth.
Last year, Sen. Ossoff delivered over 1.7 million through the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act to help hire and train more mental health counselors for students in Georgia schools and also delivered $1,205,656 in Federal funding through the Children’s Hospital Graduate Medical Education (CHGME) program to help Egleston Children’s Hospital at Emory University train and retain more pediatric physicians.
Click here to read the Accelerating Kids’ Access to Care Act.
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