SR404: SR404 Emory Healthcare Veterans Program; recognize

This resolution from the Georgia Senate commends the Emory Healthcare Veterans Program, a mental health treatment center founded in 2015 by Emory University and Emory Healthcare with support from the Wounded Warrior Project. The program treats veterans and active-duty service members for post-traumatic stress, traumatic brain injury, military sexual trauma, anxiety, and depression. The resolution notes the program has served more than 3,500 veterans and service members over ten years, with nearly 2,000 of them from Georgia. It highlights the program's two-week Accelerated Brain Health Program, offered free of charge to post-9/11 veterans and their families, and its role in state suicide prevention efforts. The Senate directs its Secretary to send a copy of the resolution to the program as a formal recognition.

• Formally recognizes and commends the Emory Healthcare Veterans Program for its work over the past ten years.
• States the Senate's appreciation for the program's mental health treatment of veterans and active-duty service members.
• Directs the Secretary of the Senate to prepare and distribute a copy of the resolution to the program.
• Does not create any new law, funding, or regulatory requirement; it is a commemorative statement only.

The resolution directly names the Emory Healthcare Veterans Program, Emory University, and Emory Healthcare. It also references veterans and active-duty service members, particularly the nearly 2,000 Georgians who have received treatment through the program.

While the resolution carries no legal force or funding, it is an official statement from the Georgia Senate acknowledging the program's mental health work with veterans, which the text says has treated thousands of Georgians and contributed to state suicide prevention initiatives.

• The resolution's whereas clauses describe the program's founding in 2015 and its treatment of over 3,500 veterans and service members nationwide.
• It notes nearly 2,000 Georgians have received treatment, more than from any other state.
• It states that treatment, transportation, meals, and lodging are provided at no cost to post-9/11 veterans and their families.
• The resolved clause formally recognizes the program for its impact on veterans' lives.
• A further resolved clause directs the Secretary of the Senate to distribute a copy of the resolution to the program.

1. 2025-03-20Senate Read and Adopted (Senate)
2. 2025-03-18Senate Hopper (Senate)

• Josh McLaurin (D, SD-014)Primary sponsor
• Chuck Payne (R, SD-054)
• Ed Harbison (D, SD-015)
• Kay Kirkpatrick (R, SD-032)
• Nabilah Islam Parkes (D, SD-007)
• Jason Anavitarte (R, SD-031)
• Sonya Halpern (D, SD-039)
• Shawn Still (R, SD-048)

• veterans affairs
• mental health
• military suicide prevention
• Emory Healthcare