Georgia House Bill 9 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)
Status: Introduced on December 21 2022 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2023-02-07 - House Second Readers
Pending: House Health Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 1 of Title 37 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions related to governing and regulation of mental health, so as to statutorily require the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities to create, operate, and maintain the Georgia Crisis and Access Line; to provide for definitions; to provide certain requirements and functionality of the access line; to provide for behavioral health care provider data; to require that the access line support calls with sufficient access to behavioral health services and supports; to require any state-operated registry of available inpatient psychiatric beds, crisis residential beds, or substance use disorder beds to report data for purposes of the access line; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities, Department of; create and maintain Georgia Crisis and Access Line; statutorily require

Rep. Sandra Scott [D]	Rep. Viola Davis [D]	Rep. Doreen Carter [D]	Rep. Sheila Jones [D]
Rep. Kim Schofield [D]	Rep. Shelly Hutchinson [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-02-07	House	House Second Readers
2023-02-06	House	House First Readers
2023-02-02	House	House Hopper
2022-12-21	House	House Prefiled

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/63477
Text	https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20232024/212369
Text	https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20232024/213633