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title: O.C.G.A. § 37-12-4. Contracting with behavioral health professionals for participation as community service board team member; list of emergency receiving facilities.
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date: 2025
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heading_path: MENTAL HEALTH / GEORGIA BEHAVIORAL HEALTH AND PEACE OFFICER CO-RESPONDER PROGRAMS
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# O.C.G.A. § 37-12-4. Contracting with behavioral health professionals for participation as community service board team member; list of emergency receiving facilities.

(a) Each community service board shall employ or contract with behavioral health professionals who are licensed in this state to provide counseling services, or to provide other support services to individuals and their families regarding a behavioral health disorder, and whose responsibilities include participation as a community service board team member on a co-responder team. The community service board shall designate a sufficient number of individuals to serve as community service board team members to partner with the law enforcement agencies located within the community service board’s service area, with on-call availability at all times.

(b) The department shall maintain a current, written list of emergency receiving facilities within each community service board area where an individual experiencing a behavioral health crisis may be transported by or at the direction of an officer or team member. The written list shall be maintained by each community service board and provided to each law enforcement agency.

## History

Code 1981, § 37-12-4, enacted by Ga. L. 2022, p. 722, § 5/SB 403.