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| Bill | "Georgia Long-term Care Background Check Program" enact; public safety; promote | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 31 of the O.C.G.A., relating to health, so as to enact the "Georgia Long-term Care Background Check Program" and to promote public safety and provide for comprehensive criminal background checks for owners, applicants for employment, and employees providing care or owning a personal care home, assisted living community, private home care provider, home health agency, hospice care, nursing home, skilled nursing facility, or an adult day care as recommended by the Georgia Council on Criminal Justice from liability; to amend Article 1 of Chapter 2 of Title 49 of the O.C.G.A., relating to general provisions for the Department of Human Services; to provide for related matters; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | us/states/ga | Georgia General Assembly | 2017_18 | SB 406 | Georgia SB 406 (2017_18) |
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Georgia SB 406 (2017_18) — "Georgia Long-term Care Background Check Program" enact; public safety; promote
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 31 of the O.C.G.A., relating to health, so as to enact the "Georgia Long-term Care Background Check Program" and to promote public safety and provide for comprehensive criminal background checks for owners, applicants for employment, and employees providing care or owning a personal care home, assisted living community, private home care provider, home health agency, hospice care, nursing home, skilled nursing facility, or an adult day care as recommended by the Georgia Council on Criminal Justice from liability; to amend Article 1 of Chapter 2 of Title 49 of the O.C.G.A., relating to general provisions for the Department of Human Services; to provide for related matters; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Votes
- PASSAGE BY SUBSTITUTE — 52–1 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- Brian Strickland — primary (person)
- Butch Miller — primary (person)
- Jesse Stone — primary (person)
- John Kennedy — primary (person)
- Lawrence Walker III — primary (person)
- P. K. Martin IV — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2018-02-08 Senate Hopper
- 2018-02-12 Senate Read and Referred
referral-committee - 2018-02-22 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
committee-passage-favorable - 2018-02-23 Senate Read Second Time
reading-2 - 2018-02-26 Senate Third Read
reading-3 - 2018-02-26 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute
passage - 2018-02-28 House First Readers
reading-1 - 2018-03-01 House Second Readers
reading-2 - 2018-03-09 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
committee-passage-favorable - 2018-03-15 House Third Readers
reading-3 - 2018-03-15 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute
passage - 2018-03-29 Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
- 2018-04-05 Senate Sent to Governor
executive-receipt - 2018-05-07 Senate Date Signed by Governor
executive-signature - 2018-05-07 Act 420
executive-signature - 2019-10-01 Effective Date
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/4c95a629-74ac-4cfd-9b87-0a0e998f3b71. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).