Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 37. MENTAL HEALTH · Chapter 12. GEORGIA BEHAVIORAL HEALTH AND PEACE OFFICER CO-RESPONDER PROGRAMS

37-12-13. Liability.

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Any peace officer, law enforcement agency, community service board, community service board team member, public safety agency, communications officer, or any employee or contractor thereof, who acts in good faith in compliance with the provisions of this chapter shall be immune from civil or criminal liability for his or her actions in connection with any of the following decisions: to dispatch or not dispatch a co-responder team, to incarcerate an individual, to transport an individual to an emergency receiving facility, or not take an individual into custody.

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.

Code 1981, § 37-12-13, enacted by Ga. L. 2022, p. 722, § 5/SB 403.

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Text read from t37-t39-(v28)-pdf.pdf, Volume V28, 2021 edition, 2025 supplement, pages 151 to 152; merge action: added; file SHA-256 6e7899178423.