Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 26. FOOD, DRUGS, AND COSMETICS · Chapter 5. DRUG ABUSE TREATMENT AND EDUCATION PROGRAMS · Article 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS

26-5-23. Publication of annual report.

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Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

Effective January 1, 2026.In force today: Effective January 1, 2026.

The department shall publish an annual report using data from the department’s central registry data base on the number of patients in enrolled treatment, the number of patients discharged from treatment, each patient’s state of residence, and any other information as determined by the department. Such published report shall exclude patient identifying information and be compliant with state and federal laws.

The notes below are printed with the section but are not enacted law (O.C.G.A. § 1-1-1(c)). They are shown apart from the text.

History

Code 1981, § 26-5-23, enacted by Ga. L. 2017, p. 319, § 5-1/HB 249; Ga. L. 2018, p. 1112, § 26/SB 365; Ga. L. 2019, p. 1056, § 26/SB 52; Ga. L. 2025, p. 177, § 1-5/HB 584, effective January 1, 2026.

Delayed effective date

Code Section 26-5-23 is set out twice in this Code. This version is effective January 1, 2026. For version effective until January 1, 2026, see the preceding version.

Amendments

The 2025 amendment, effective January 1, 2026, in the first sentence, substituted “The department” for “The Department of Community Health and the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities” at the beginning and substituted “and any other information as determined by the department” for “and other information determined by the departments” at the end.

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Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

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Effective until January 1, 2026.No longer in force as printed (Effective until January 1, 2026.)

The Department of Community Health and the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities shall publish an annual report using data from the department’s central registry data base on the number of patients in enrolled treatment, the number of patients discharged from treatment, each patient’s state of residence, and other information determined by the departments. Such published report shall exclude patient identifying information and be compliant with state and federal laws.

The notes below are printed with the section but are not enacted law (O.C.G.A. § 1-1-1(c)). They are shown apart from the text.

History

Code 1981, § 26-5-23, enacted by Ga. L. 2017, p. 319, § 5-1/HB 249; Ga. L. 2018, p. 1112, § 26/SB 365; Ga. L. 2019, p. 1056, § 26/SB 52.

Delayed effective date

Code Section 26-5-23 is set out twice in this Code. This version is effective until January 1, 2026. For version effective January 1, 2026, see the following version.

Read the official page (the state's PDF, opened at the page this text was read from).

Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

Text read from t25-t26-(v21)-pdf.pdf, Volume V21, 2023 edition, 2025 supplement, page 90; merge action: replaced; file SHA-256 dee9b563c5d6.