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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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Debbie Buckner
Don Hogan
J Collins
Mary Oliver
Noel Williams, Jr.
Steven Meeks
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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.

  1. HB 591/AP* (committee substitute) — source
  2. LC 33 8644/a (committee substitute) — source
  3. Sen ctee sub LC 41 3162S (committee substitute) — source
  4. Sen ctee sub LC 41 3183S (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • PASSAGE — 1573 (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).