Mental health; criminal background, license status, and registry checks for owners, applicants, and employees of certain mental health facilities; provide

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 provide for criminal background, license status, and registry checks for owners, applicants, and employees of certain mental health facilities; to provide for the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities to submit fingerprints to the Federal Bureau of Investigation and Georgia Crime Information Center for the purpose of background checks to find disq…

Source: OpenStates · fetched April 10, 2026

• Mental health service userindirectMinor impactMedium certainty

  Individuals seeking or receiving mental health services may be indirectly affected by enhanced background checks on facility staff, potentially leading to a more secure care environment but also possibly impacting staffing levels or hiring processes.

  “relating to mental health, so as to provide for criminal background, license status, and registry checks for owners, applicants, and employees of certain mental health facilities”· Title 37