Georgia House Bill 591 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 5-2)
Status: Passed on May 10 2021 - 100% progression
Action: 2021-05-10 - Effective Date 2021-07-01
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

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 repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Mental health; marriage and family therapists to perform certain acts which physicians and others are authorized to perform; authorize

Rep. Don Hogan [R]	Rep. Noel Williams [R]	Rep. Steven Meeks [R]	Rep. Debbie Buckner [D]
Rep. J Collins [R]	Rep. Mary Oliver [D]	Sen. Kay Kirkpatrick [R]

2021-03-31 - House - Agree Sen Sub: House Vote #439 (Y: 163 N: 1 NV: 10 Abs: 6) [PASS]
2021-03-31 - Senate - Passage By Substitute: Senate Vote #428 (Y: 35 N: 14 NV: 1 Abs: 6) [PASS]
2021-03-05 - House - Passage: House Vote #173 (Y: 157 N: 3 NV: 6 Abs: 13) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2021-05-10		Effective Date 2021-07-01
2021-05-10		Act 280
2021-05-10	House	House Date Signed by Governor
2021-04-07	House	House Sent to Governor
2021-03-31	House	House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
2021-03-31	Senate	Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute
2021-03-31	Senate	Senate Taken from Table
2021-03-29	Senate	Senate Tabled
2021-03-29	Senate	Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
2021-03-29	Senate	Senate Third Read
2021-03-29	Senate	Senate Taken from Table
2021-03-29	Senate	Senate Tabled
2021-03-25	Senate	Senate Read Second Time
2021-03-25	Senate	Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
2021-03-08	Senate	Senate Read and Referred
2021-03-05	House	House Passed/Adopted
2021-03-05	House	House Third Readers
2021-03-03	House	House Committee Favorably Reported
2021-02-24	House	House Second Readers
2021-02-23	House	House First Readers
2021-02-22	House	House Hopper

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/59958
Text	https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20212022/198386
Text	https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20212022/201381
Text	https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20212022/201989
Text	https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20212022/202538
Roll Call	https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/59958#18359
Roll Call	https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/59958#18930
Roll Call	https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/59958#18826