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Title 37. MENTAL HEALTH · Chapter 1. GOVERNING AND REGULATION OF MENTAL HEALTH · Article 6. BEHAVIORAL HEALTH REFORM AND INNOVATION COMMISSION

37-1-115. Subcommittees.

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

Repealed effective December 31, 2026.In force today: Repealed effective December 31, 2026.
  1. (a)

    Except as otherwise provided in this Code section, the chairperson of the commission shall appoint members of the following subcommittees from among the membership of the commission and may also appoint up to two other noncommission-member persons as he or she may determine to be necessary as relevant to and consistent with this article:#

    1. (1)

      Children and Adolescent Behavioral Health;#

    2. (2)

      Addictive Diseases;#

    3. (3)

      Hospital and Short-Term Care Facilities;#

    4. (4)

      Mental Health Courts and Corrections; and#

    5. (5)

      Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities.#

  2. (b)

    The chairperson, at his or her discretion, may designate and appoint other subcommittees from among the membership of the commission and may also appoint up to two other noncommission-member persons as he or she may determine to be necessary as relevant to and consistent with this article.#

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, § 37-1-115, enacted by Ga. L. 2019, p. 614, § 1/HB 514; Ga. L. 2025, p. 764, § 2/SB 233, effective May 14, 2025.

Amendments

The 2025 amendment, effective May 14, 2025, in subsection (a), substituted “Except as otherwise provided in this Code section, the” for “The” at the beginning and inserted “members of” following “appoint”; substituted “Addictive Diseases” for “Involuntary Commitment” in paragraph (a)(2), and substituted “Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities” for “Workforce and System Development” in paragraph (a)(5).

Law reviews

For article, “HB 1013: Georgia Mental Health Parity Act,” see 39 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 145 (2022).

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

Text read from t37-t39-(v28)-pdf.pdf, Volume V28, 2021 edition, 2025 supplement, pages 22 to 23; merge action: replaced; file SHA-256 6e7899178423.