GA HB173 | 2017-2018 | Regular Session
Status
Sponsorship: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 4-1)
Status: Introduced on January 30 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-02-01 - House Second Readers
Pending: House Health and Human Services Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Status: Introduced on January 30 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-02-01 - House Second Readers
Pending: House Health and Human Services Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Summary
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 37 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to mental health, so as to authorize marriage and family therapists to perform certain acts which physicians, psychologists, and others are authorized to perform regarding emergency examinations of persons for involuntary evaluation and treatment for mental illness or alcohol or drug abuse; to define certain terms; to provide for related matters; to provide for multiple effective dates; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Title
Mental health; marriage and family therapists to perform certain acts; authorize
Sponsors
| Rep. Joyce Chandler [R] | Rep. Paulette Rakestraw [R] | Rep. Amy Carter [R] | Rep. Howard Maxwell [R] |
| Rep. James Beverly [D] |
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2017-02-01 | House | House Second Readers |
| 2017-01-31 | House | House First Readers |
| 2017-01-30 | House | House Hopper |
Georgia State Sources
| Type | Source |
|---|---|
| Summary | https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/50044 |
| Text | https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20172018/163846 |
