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GA · HB584FINAL · 7 COSPONSORS

Health; reassign licensing and oversight of certain treatments and programs from Departments of Community Health to Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities

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Plain-English Summary

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Titles 26, 31, and 37 of the O.C.G.A., relating to food, drugs, and cosmetics, health, and mental health, respectively, so as to reassign licensing and oversight of drug abuse treatment and education programs, narcotic treatment programs, community living arrangements, and adult residential mental health programs from the Department of Community Health to the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities; to provide for related matters; to p…

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Who it affects
Mental health service userindirect

Programs providing adult residential mental health services will be subject to new licensing and oversight by the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities, rather than the Department of Community Health.

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Who This AffectsAI analysis
  • Mental health service userindirectModerate impactHigh certainty

    Programs providing adult residential mental health services will be subject to new licensing and oversight by the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities, rather than the Department of Community Health.

    “so as to reassign licensing and oversight of drug abuse treatment and education programs, narcotic treatment programs, community living arrangements, and adult residential mental health programs from the Department of Community Health to the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities”· O.C.G.A. Title 37
What the Bill Does
  • Reassigns licensing and oversight of drug abuse treatment, narcotic treatment, community living arrangements, and adult residential mental health programs.
  • Transfers these responsibilities from the Department of Community Health to the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities.
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