Georgia House Bill 607 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on March 20 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-03-24 - House Second Readers
Pending: House Health and Human Services Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 37 of the O.C.G.A., relating to mental health, so as to provide for a psychiatric advance directive; to provide for a competent adult to express his or her mental health care treatment preferences and desires directly through instructions written in advance and indirectly through appointing an agent to make mental health care decisions on behalf of that person; to provide for construction of such form; to amend Code Section 16-5-5 and Title 31 of the O.C.G.A., relating to assisted suicide and notification of licensing board regarding violation and health, respectively, so as to include cross-references to the psychiatric advance directive and provide for consistent terminology; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Psychiatric Advance Directive Act; enact

Rep. Patricia Gardner [D]	Rep. Mary Oliver [D]	Rep. Wendell Willard [R]	Rep. David Dreyer [D]
Rep. Andrew Welch [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-03-24	House	House Second Readers
2017-03-22	House	House First Readers
2017-03-20	House	House Hopper

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/51555
Text	https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20172018/168833