Georgia House Bill 339 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on February 10 2009 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2009-04-03 - House Withdrawn, Recommitted
Text: Latest bill text (Comm Sub) [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 provide a means for a competent adult to control either directly through instructions written in advance or indirectly through appointing an agent to make mental health care decisions on behalf of such person according to a written psychiatric advance directive; to provide for the responsibilities and duties of physicians and other mental health care providers and agents under psychiatric advance directives; to provide a statutory psychiatric advance directive form; to provide for construction of such form; to provide for applicability; to provide for statutory construction of chapter; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Mental health; competent adult to control directly or indirectly mental health care decisions; provisions

Rep. Patricia Gardner [D]	Rep. Mike Jacobs [R]	Rep. Edward Lindsey [R]	Rep. Mary Oliver [D]
Rep. David Ralston [R]	Rep. Pam Stephenson [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2009-04-03		House Withdrawn, Recommitted
2009-03-12		House Committee Favorably Reported
2009-02-11		House Second Readers
2009-02-10		House First Readers

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/26771
Text	http://www1.legis.ga.gov/legis/2009_10/versions/hb339_LC_33_2811_a_2.htm
Text	http://www1.legis.ga.gov/legis/2009_10/versions/hb339_LC_21_0420S_hs_4.htm