--- title: HR 1110. General Assembly; support enactment of legislation to establish and maintain a comprehensive electronic inpatient psychiatric bed registry; urge collection: bills id: 2025-2026/hr1110 cite_as: HR 1110, 2025-2026 Regular Session (Ga.) canonical_url: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hr1110 md_url: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hr1110.md text_url: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hr1110/text source_url: https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/72495 date: 2026-02-02 status: introduced corpus_version: bills-2026-09-13 license: Public record of the Georgia General Assembly, via LegiScan; see about.md publisher: Georgia Commons, an independent project of Georgia Civic Data. Not the State of Georgia. Not legal advice. up: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026.md previous: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hr1109.md next: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hr1111.md index: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/index.md omitted: votes and history omitted_chars: 129 omitted_url: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hr1110.md?full=1 bill_number: HR 1110 session: 2025-2026 Regular Session session_slug: 2025-2026 chamber: House bill_type: resolution status_date: 2026-01-28 last_action: House Second Readers sponsors: - Sandra Scott - Viola Davis - Kim Schofield text_version: Introduced has_text: true legiscan_url: https://legiscan.com/GA/bill/HR1110/2025 upstream_id: 2100910 summaries_model: claude-sonnet-5 topic_tags: - mental health care - psychiatric bed registry - behavioral health policy - hospital capacity - health data privacy --- # HR 1110. General Assembly; support enactment of legislation to establish and maintain a comprehensive electronic inpatient psychiatric bed registry; urge ## Text House Resolution 1110 By: Representatives Scott of the 76th, Davis of the 87th, and Schofield of the 63rd A RESOLUTION Urging the General Assembly to support the enactment of legislation to establish and maintain a comprehensive electronic inpatient psychiatric bed registry in Georgia as provided in the proposed bill described herein; and for other purposes. WHEREAS, Georgia, like many states, faces challenges in ensuring timely access to inpatient psychiatric care; and WHEREAS, emergency departments, community mental health providers, law enforcement agencies, crisis hotlines, health plans, and families often lack up-to-date information about where psychiatric beds are available, leading to delays, transfer problems, and increased costs; and WHEREAS, several other states have implemented or are implementing electronic psychiatric bed registries, which have led to improvements in locating available beds, reduced wait times, and improved coordination of care; and WHEREAS, legislation proposed in the 2026 session of the General Assembly seeks to establish, operate, and maintain an electronic inpatient psychiatric bed registry with required data reporting, real-time updates, and access for end users including crisis lines, advisory and oversight mechanisms, and privacy protections; and WHEREAS, such a registry has the potential to improve public health outcomes, reduce the burden on emergency services, improve efficiency and utilization of psychiatric facilities, and help the state better plan and allocate mental health resources. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA that the members of this body: (1) Strongly support the enactment of legislation to establish and maintain a comprehensive electronic inpatient psychiatric bed registry in Georgia as provided in the proposed bill described herein; (2) Recognize that the legislation discussed herein should include strong privacy protections, real-time data updating requirements, enforcement mechanisms, adequate funding, and inclusion of both public and private providers; (3) Urge that this registry be structured so as to produce transparent reporting, address regional disparities in access, and be accessible to patients, families, and practitioners in need; and (4) Call upon the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities to work expeditiously to implement the registry following passage of the bill described herein, in consultation with stakeholders, and to provide regular reports to the General Assembly on its progress. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Clerk of the House of Representatives is authorized and directed to transmit an appropriate copy of this resolution to the Governor and to the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities. ## Summaries written by Georgia Commons The following was written by claude-sonnet-5 from the text above and is not part of the resolution. Quote the text, not the summary. A Georgia House resolution urges lawmakers to pass legislation creating a statewide electronic registry that tracks available inpatient psychiatric beds in real time. ### Plain-language summary This resolution does not create the registry itself. Instead, it formally expresses the Georgia House of Representatives' support for separate legislation, described as proposed in the 2026 session, that would establish and maintain an electronic inpatient psychiatric bed registry. The resolution explains that hospitals, mental health providers, law enforcement, crisis hotlines, and families often cannot find up-to-date information on where psychiatric beds are open, causing delays and higher costs. The resolution asks that any such registry legislation include strong privacy protections, real-time data updates, enforcement mechanisms, adequate funding, and coverage of both public and private psychiatric facilities. It also calls on the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities to implement the registry quickly once the underlying bill passes, working with stakeholders and reporting progress to the General Assembly. A copy would be sent to the Governor and the department. ### What it does - Formally states the House's support for separate legislation that would create a statewide electronic inpatient psychiatric bed registry. - Recommends that the underlying registry legislation include privacy protections, real-time data updates, enforcement mechanisms, and funding. - Urges the registry cover both public and private psychiatric providers and address regional gaps in bed access. - Directs the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities to implement the registry quickly and report progress to lawmakers once the related bill becomes law. - Directs the Clerk of the House to send a copy of the resolution to the Governor and the department. ### Who it affects Psychiatric hospitals and treatment facilities, emergency departments, community mental health providers, crisis hotlines, law enforcement agencies, health plans, patients and families seeking psychiatric care, and the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities. ### Why it matters The resolution itself creates no new registry or legal requirement, but it signals legislative support that could shape a future bill meant to help emergency rooms, families, and providers quickly locate open psychiatric beds, potentially reducing delays and costs tied to psychiatric care access in Georgia. ### Key provisions - Paragraph (1) states the members' strong support for enacting legislation to create a comprehensive electronic inpatient psychiatric bed registry. - Paragraph (2) recommends the future legislation include privacy protections, real-time data updating, enforcement mechanisms, adequate funding, and coverage of public and private providers. - Paragraph (3) urges the registry produce transparent reporting, address regional access disparities, and remain accessible to patients, families, and practitioners. - Paragraph (4) calls on the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities to implement the registry after the related bill passes and report progress to the General Assembly. - The closing resolution directs the Clerk of the House to transmit copies to the Governor and the department. ## Status - Status: Introduced (2026-01-28) - Last action: House Second Readers (2026-02-02) - Sponsors: Sandra Scott, Viola Davis, Kim Schofield - Official page: https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/72495 > The history, votes, and amendments (129 characters) are at https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hr1110.md?full=1