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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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Brian Strickland
Butch Miller
Jesse Stone
John Kennedy
Lawrence Walker III
P. K. Martin IV
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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 — 521 (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).