2025-2026 Regular SessionGeorgia Legislature

HB219: Professions and businesses; establish a professional health program to provide for monitoring and rehabilitation of impaired healthcare professionals; authorize

Legislative Summary

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to professions and businesses, so as to authorize the Georgia Composite Board of Professional Counselors, Social Workers, and Marriage and Family Therapists to establish a professional health program to provide for monitoring and rehabilitation of impaired healthcare professionals; to authorize the Georgia Board of Nursing to establish a professional health program to provide for monitoring and rehabilitation of impaired healthcare professionals; to provide for funding or gifts in kind; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

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Bill History

2/3/2025
House Hopper
House of Representatives
2/4/2025
House First Readers
House of Representatives
2/5/2025
House Second Readers
House of Representatives
2/26/2025
House Committee Favorably Reported
House of Representatives
3/4/2025
House Third Readers
House of Representatives
3/4/2025
House Passed/Adopted
House of Representatives
3/6/2025
Senate Read and Referred
Senate
3/13/2025
Senate Committee Favorably Reported
Senate
3/18/2025
Senate Read Second Time
Senate
4/2/2025
Senate Tabled
Senate

Roll Call Votes

Passage: House Vote #174
3/4/2025
168
Yea
0
Nay
4
Not Voting
8
Absent
Result: PASSED

Status Information

Current Status
Engrossed(3/4/2025)
Chamber
Senate

Sponsors

Documents

Introduced
Bill Text2/4/202584.4 KB