---
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).