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type: "Bill"
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title: "Mental health; marriage and family therapists to perform certain acts which physicians and others are authorized to perform; authorize"
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description: "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."
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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 591"
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citation: "Georgia HB 591 (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: ["Debbie Buckner", "Don Hogan", "J Collins", "Mary Oliver", "Noel Williams, Jr.", "Steven Meeks"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 21
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2021-02-22"
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last_action: "2021-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/63e72303-76c9-495c-9c14-ad5764632aa2"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "141ee8ec4cb5fa5de958130c785cae151e526720d7e8d9eba28e7f8450c3b549"
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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 591 (2021_22) — Mental health; marriage and family therapists to perform certain acts which physicians and others are authorized to perform; authorize
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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.
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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 591/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/202538.pdf)
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2. **LC 33 8644/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/198386.pdf)
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3. **Sen ctee sub LC 41 3162S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/201381.pdf)
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4. **Sen ctee sub LC 41 3183S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/201989.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **157–3** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Debbie Buckner — primary (person)
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- Don Hogan — primary (person)
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- J Collins — primary (person)
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- Mary Oliver — primary (person)
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- Noel Williams, Jr. — primary (person)
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- Steven Meeks — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-02-22** House Hopper
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- **2021-02-23** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2021-02-24** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2021-03-03** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-03-05** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2021-03-05** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2021-03-08** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2021-03-25** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-03-25** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2021-03-29** Senate Tabled
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- **2021-03-29** Senate Taken from Table
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- **2021-03-29** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2021-03-29** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-03-29** Senate Tabled
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- **2021-03-31** Senate Taken from Table
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- **2021-03-31** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2021-03-31** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
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- **2021-04-07** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2021-05-10** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2021-05-10** Act 280 `executive-signature`
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- **2021-07-01** 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/63e72303-76c9-495c-9c14-ad5764632aa2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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