ATLANTA – State Representative Marvin Lim (D-Norcross) is asking Governor Brian Kemp to convene a task force that, under O.C.G.A § 20-2-161, is required to review the program weights used in the state’s Quality Basic Education (QBE) funding formula.
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ATLANTA – State Representative Marvin Lim (D-Norcross) is asking the Georgia Department of Human Services (DHS) to consider additional changes as they work to lower Georgia’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) payment error rate.
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ATLANTA – State Representative Marvin Lim (D-Norcross) is encouraging Georgians to add an emergency contact to their Georgia Department of Driver Services (DDS) record following a new statewide DDS education campaign he says grew out of a recommendation from a constituent in his district.
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ATLANTA – State Representative Marvin Lim (D-Norcross) welcomes new guidance from the Georgia State Board of Pharmacy confirming the core interpretation of Georgia law that Rep. Lim and other state representatives urged state officials to recognize nearly a year ago: COVID-19 vaccines may be administered by pharmacists under valid vaccine protocol agreements to Georgians ages 13 and older because COVID-19 is an illness that “has resulted in a public health emergency,” even though that emergency is no longer in effect.
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ATLANTA – State Representative Marvin Lim (D-Norcross) recently sent a letter to the Georgia Department of Community Health (DCH) asking the agency to explain certain mental health parity reports submitted by Amerigroup, Caresource and Peach State Health Plan. Rep. Lim emphasizes that the reports raise questions for him about whether the Care Management Organizations (CMOs) correctly identified the medical-necessity standards they use and whether DCH independently verified compliance before publicly reporting that the plans had identified no violations.
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