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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Mental health; adult mental health programs; provide licensure"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 3 of Title 37 of the O.C.G.A., relating to examination, treatment, etc., for mental illness, so as to provide for the licensure of adult mental health programs; to provide for inspection by the Department of Community Health; to provide for an annual report; to provide for criminal background checks; to provide for oversight by the disability services ombudsman; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
+legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
+session: "2021_22"
+identifier: "HB 1069"
+citation: "Georgia HB 1069 (2021_22)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Bruce Williamson", "Butch Parrish", "Mary Oliver", "Matt Hatchett", "Sharon Cooper", "Todd Jones"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2022-01-27"
+last_action: "2022-07-01"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/12ef0fca-0179-41ba-add4-6eb898ccd7a7"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "665acfb92d67a651347ffa2801d79cafc31bd02c4a06273aa94bc94fd5416dce"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ga"]
+---
+
+# Georgia HB 1069 (2021_22) — Mental health; adult mental health programs; provide licensure
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 3 of Title 37 of the O.C.G.A., relating to examination, treatment, etc., for mental illness, so as to provide for the licensure of adult mental health programs; to provide for inspection by the Department of Community Health; to provide for an annual report; to provide for criminal background checks; to provide for oversight by the disability services ombudsman; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **HB 1069/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/210780.pdf)
+2. **LC 33 8945/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/204252.pdf)
+3. **LC 33 9088S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/209175.pdf)
+4. **LC 33 9088S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/208866.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **152–1** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Bruce Williamson — primary (person)
+- Butch Parrish — primary (person)
+- Mary Oliver — primary (person)
+- Matt Hatchett — primary (person)
+- Sharon Cooper — primary (person)
+- Todd Jones — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2022-01-27** House Hopper
+- **2022-02-01** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2022-02-02** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2022-03-09** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2022-03-11** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2022-03-11** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
+- **2022-03-15** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2022-03-23** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2022-03-25** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
+- **2022-03-29** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
+- **2022-03-29** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2022-04-06** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2022-05-06** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2022-05-06** Act 829 `executive-signature`
+- **2022-07-01** Effective Date
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/12ef0fca-0179-41ba-add4-6eb898ccd7a7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+