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Bill Psychiatric Advance Directive Act; enact A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 37 of the O.C.G.A., relating to mental health, so as to provide for a psychiatric advance directive; to provide for a competent adult to express his or her mental health care treatment preferences and desires directly through instructions written in advance and indirectly through appointing an agent to make mental health care decisions on behalf of that person; to amend Titles 16, 29, 31, 37, and 49 of the O.C.G.A., relating to crimes and offenses, guardian and ward, health, mental health, and social services, respectively, so as to provide for interaction and relationship with advance directives for health care; to provide for application; to provide for statutory construction; to provide for conforming references and consistent terminology; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. us/states/ga Georgia General Assembly 2021_22 HB 752 Georgia HB 752 (2021_22)
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Katie Dempsey
Lee Hawkins
Mary Oliver
Matt Hatchett
Sharon Cooper
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Georgia HB 752 (2021_22) — Psychiatric Advance Directive Act; enact

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 37 of the O.C.G.A., relating to mental health, so as to provide for a psychiatric advance directive; to provide for a competent adult to express his or her mental health care treatment preferences and desires directly through instructions written in advance and indirectly through appointing an agent to make mental health care decisions on behalf of that person; to amend Titles 16, 29, 31, 37, and 49 of the O.C.G.A., relating to crimes and offenses, guardian and ward, health, mental health, and social services, respectively, so as to provide for interaction and relationship with advance directives for health care; to provide for application; to provide for statutory construction; to provide for conforming references and consistent terminology; 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 752/AP* (committee substitute) — source
  2. LC 33 8749/a (committee substitute) — source
  3. LC 33 8933S/hcs (committee substitute) — source
  4. LC 33 8933S/hs (committee substitute) — source
  5. Sen ctee sub LC 33 9134S (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • PASSAGE — 1650 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Don Hogan — primary (person)
  • Katie Dempsey — primary (person)
  • Lee Hawkins — primary (person)
  • Mary Oliver — primary (person)
  • Matt Hatchett — primary (person)
  • Sharon Cooper — primary (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

  • 2021-03-10 House Hopper
  • 2021-03-11 House First Readers reading-1
  • 2021-03-15 House Second Readers reading-2
  • 2022-01-26 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
  • 2022-02-03 House Third Readers reading-3
  • 2022-02-03 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
  • 2022-02-07 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
  • 2022-03-25 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
  • 2022-03-28 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
  • 2022-03-30 Senate Third Read reading-3
  • 2022-03-30 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
  • 2022-04-01 House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
  • 2022-04-08 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
  • 2022-05-09 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
  • 2022-05-09 Act 836 executive-signature
  • 2022-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/81a6dec6-de91-4915-885a-0a4e1ba423f5. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).