Lawmakers cut Department of Community Health by $236.8 million and increased support for the Department of Behavioral Health & Developmental Disabilities by 9.3 percent. There are no cuts to Medicaid or PeachCare eligibility; the budget has new revenue from a provider fee to increase reimbursement rates to hospitals. The budget is heavily reliant on enhanced Medicaid funds from the federal Recovery Act that are about to expire. Download the PDF.
GBPI Responds to Gov. Kemp’s Budget Instructions to Keep State Spending Flat
Daniel Kanso, PhD
July 30, 2026
Over the past eight years (Fiscal Year 2020 to Fiscal Year 2027), Georgia’s per-person state
