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Mental health; re-creation of community service boards; 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 the re-creation of community service boards; to reconstitute the governing boards of community service boards; to provide for conforming changes; to amend Code Section 50-14-1 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to meetings open to the public, limitation on action to contest agency action, recording, notice of time and place, access to minutes,…
Restructures governance of Georgia's community service boards by transferring the authority to appoint local executive directors from local governing boards to the DBHDD Commissioner, removing a key mechanism for community input into local behavioral health priorities and reducing the influence of consumers and families who participate in CSB governance through local board membership.
Did not pass in 2025 session. Community Service Boards deliver behavioral health and developmental disability services across Georgia.