Georgia House Bill 258 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 5-1)
Status: Introduced on February 16 2011 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2011-02-17 - House Second Readers
Pending: House Health and Human Services Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

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 extend certain requirements of a peace officer to a member of the mobile crisis response team relating to emergency admissions of persons who are mentally ill; to authorize a licensed professional counselor to perform certain acts which physicians, psychologists, and others are authorized to perform regarding emergency examinations of persons who are mentally ill or alcoholic or drug dependent; to define certain terms; to require a clinical social worker or licensed professional counselor to secure certification to perform certain acts from the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Mental health; extend peace officer requirements to crisis response team members; provisions

Rep. Sharon Cooper [R]	Rep. Katie Dempsey [R]	Rep. Penny Houston [R]	Rep. John Meadows [R]
Rep. Jay Neal [R]	Rep. Mary Oliver [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2011-02-17		House Second Readers
2011-02-16		House First Readers

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/32772
Text	http://www1.legis.ga.gov/legis/2011_12/versions/hb258_LC_37_1147_a_2.htm