Health; reassign licensing and oversight of certain treatments and programs from Departments of Community Health to Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities
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Officially: “A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Titles 26, 31, and 37 of the O.C.G.A., relating to food, drugs, and cosmetics, health, and mental health, respectively, so as to reassign licensing and oversight of drug abuse treatment and education programs, narcotic treatment programs, community living...” Read the full text
2025-2026 regular session
What it does
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Titles 26, 31, and 37 of the O.C.G.A., relating to food, drugs, and cosmetics, health, and mental health, respectively, so as to reassign licensing and oversight of drug abuse treatment and education programs, narcotic treatment programs, community living arrangements, and adult residential mental health programs from the Department of Community Health to the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities; to provide for related matters; to p
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Where it is
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House Hopper · Feb 21, 2025
House First Readers · Feb 24, 2025
House Second Readers · Feb 26, 2025
House Committee Favorably Reported · Feb 27, 2025
House Third Readers · Mar 4, 2025
House Passed/Adopted · Mar 4, 2025
Senate Read and Referred · Mar 6, 2025
Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute · Mar 13, 2025
Senate Read Second Time · Mar 18, 2025
Senate Third Read · Mar 20, 2025
Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute · Mar 20, 2025
House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub · Mar 28, 2025
House Sent to Governor · Apr 8, 2025
House Date Signed by Governor · May 1, 2025
Act 44 · May 1, 2025
Effective Date · Jan 1, 2026
The numbers
7
sponsors on the bill
Sponsors
Recorded votes
Agree to Senate SubstituteHouse · 2025-03-28 · yea 163, nay 0, notVoting 4, excused 13
PASSAGE BY SUBSTITUTESenate · 2025-03-20 · yea 52, nay 0, notVoting 0, excused 4
PASSAGEHouse · 2025-03-04 · yea 171, nay 0, notVoting 3, excused 6
Roll-call results shown verbatim from the Georgia legislature’s records. A result reflects that roll call’s own motion, not the bill’s overall outcome.
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