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type: "Bill"
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title: "Mental health; adult mental health programs; provide licensure"
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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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
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legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
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session: "2021_22"
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identifier: "HB 1069"
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citation: "Georgia HB 1069 (2021_22)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Bruce Williamson", "Butch Parrish", "Mary Oliver", "Matt Hatchett", "Sharon Cooper", "Todd Jones"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 15
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2022-01-27"
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last_action: "2022-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/12ef0fca-0179-41ba-add4-6eb898ccd7a7"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "665acfb92d67a651347ffa2801d79cafc31bd02c4a06273aa94bc94fd5416dce"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ga"]
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---
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# Georgia HB 1069 (2021_22) — Mental health; adult mental health programs; provide licensure
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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.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **HB 1069/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/210780.pdf)
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2. **LC 33 8945/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/204252.pdf)
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3. **LC 33 9088S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/209175.pdf)
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4. **LC 33 9088S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/208866.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **152–1** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Bruce Williamson — primary (person)
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- Butch Parrish — primary (person)
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- Mary Oliver — primary (person)
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- Matt Hatchett — primary (person)
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- Sharon Cooper — primary (person)
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- Todd Jones — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2022-01-27** House Hopper
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- **2022-02-01** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2022-02-02** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2022-03-09** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2022-03-11** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2022-03-11** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2022-03-15** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2022-03-23** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2022-03-25** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2022-03-29** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2022-03-29** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2022-04-06** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2022-05-06** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2022-05-06** Act 829 `executive-signature`
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- **2022-07-01** Effective Date
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## Source
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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).
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