2023-2024 Regular SessionGeorgia Legislature

HB913: EmPATH Georgia Act; enact

Legislative Summary

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 establishment of a grant program for the purpose of creating emergency psychiatric assessment, treatment, and healing (EmPATH) units in hospitals; to provide for definitions; to provide for a short title; to provide for administration of such grant program; to provide for rules and regulations; to provide for certification of EmPATH units; to provide for an appropriations contingency; to provide for funding or gifts in kind; to provide for exclusions; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

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Bill History

1/10/2024
House Hopper
House of Representatives
1/11/2024
House First Readers
House of Representatives
1/12/2024
House Second Readers
House of Representatives

Status Information

Current Status
Introduced(1/10/2024)
Chamber
House of Representatives
Committee
Public Health(House of Representatives)
Sine Die

Documents

Introduced
Bill Text1/10/202479.6 KB