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| Bill | Mental health; marriage and family therapists to perform certain acts which physicians and others are authorized to perform; authorize | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 37 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to mental health, so as to authorize marriage and family therapists to perform certain acts which physicians, psychologists, and others are authorized to perform regarding emergency examinations of persons for involuntary evaluation and treatment for mental illness or alcohol or drug abuse; to define certain terms; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | us/states/ga | Georgia General Assembly | 2021_22 | HB 591 | Georgia HB 591 (2021_22) |
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4 | 21 | 1 | 2021-02-22 | 2021-07-01 | openstates | ocd-bill/63e72303-76c9-495c-9c14-ad5764632aa2 | http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl | 141ee8ec4cb5fa5de958130c785cae151e526720d7e8d9eba28e7f8450c3b549 | 2026-07-01 | https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump | 2026-07-06 | reported |
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Georgia HB 591 (2021_22) — Mental health; marriage and family therapists to perform certain acts which physicians and others are authorized to perform; authorize
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 37 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to mental health, so as to authorize marriage and family therapists to perform certain acts which physicians, psychologists, and others are authorized to perform regarding emergency examinations of persons for involuntary evaluation and treatment for mental illness or alcohol or drug abuse; to define certain terms; 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.
- HB 591/AP* (committee substitute) — source
- LC 33 8644/a (committee substitute) — source
- Sen ctee sub LC 41 3162S (committee substitute) — source
- Sen ctee sub LC 41 3183S (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- PASSAGE — 157–3 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Debbie Buckner — primary (person)
- Don Hogan — primary (person)
- J Collins — primary (person)
- Mary Oliver — primary (person)
- Noel Williams, Jr. — primary (person)
- Steven Meeks — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2021-02-22 House Hopper
- 2021-02-23 House First Readers
reading-1 - 2021-02-24 House Second Readers
reading-2 - 2021-03-03 House Committee Favorably Reported
committee-passage-favorable - 2021-03-05 House Third Readers
reading-3 - 2021-03-05 House Passed/Adopted
passage - 2021-03-08 Senate Read and Referred
referral-committee - 2021-03-25 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
committee-passage-favorable - 2021-03-25 Senate Read Second Time
reading-2 - 2021-03-29 Senate Tabled
- 2021-03-29 Senate Taken from Table
- 2021-03-29 Senate Third Read
reading-3 - 2021-03-29 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
committee-passage-favorable - 2021-03-29 Senate Tabled
- 2021-03-31 Senate Taken from Table
- 2021-03-31 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute
passage - 2021-03-31 House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
- 2021-04-07 House Sent to Governor
executive-receipt - 2021-05-10 House Date Signed by Governor
executive-signature - 2021-05-10 Act 280
executive-signature - 2021-07-01 Effective Date
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/63e72303-76c9-495c-9c14-ad5764632aa2. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).