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Title 37. MENTAL HEALTH · Chapter 3. EXAMINATION, TREATMENT, ETC., FOR MENTAL ILLNESS · Article 7. ADULT RESIDENTIAL MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES LICENSING

37-3-206. Licensing requirement; funding contingency.

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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.
  1. (a)

    On and after January 1, 2026, no governing body shall operate an adult residential mental health program without having a valid license or provisional license issued pursuant to this article; provided, however, that hospitals licensed in accordance with Chapter 7 of Title 31 are exempt from this article unless the hospital is operating an adult residential mental health program that is separate and distinct from the licensed hospital.#

  2. (b)

    This Code section shall become effective only upon the effective date of a specific appropriation of funds for purposes of this article, as expressed in a line item making specific reference to this article in a General Appropriations Act enacted by the General Assembly.#

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, § 37-3-206, enacted by Ga. L. 2022, p. 587, § 1/HB 1069, effective May 19, 2023; Ga. L. 2024, p. 382, § 2/HB 1083, effective April 23, 2024; Ga. L. 2025, p. 177, § 3-4/HB 584, effective January 1, 2026.

Delayed effective date

Code Section 37-3-206 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 2024 amendment, effective April 23, 2024, substituted “July 1, 2025” for “January 1, 2024” near the beginning of subsection (a). The 2025 amendment, effective January 1, 2026, substituted “January 1, 2026” for “July 1, 2025” in subsection (a).

Editor's notes

Ga. L. 2022, p. 587, § 1/HB 1069, as reflected in subsection (b) of this Code section, provides that this Code section becomes effective only when funds are specifically appropriated for the purposes of the Act in an Appropriations Act making specific reference to this Act. Funds were appropriated at the 2023 session of the General Assembly.

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 t37-t39-(v28)-pdf.pdf, Volume V28, 2021 edition, 2025 supplement, pages 89 to 90; merge action: added; file SHA-256 6e7899178423.

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No longer in force as printed (Effective until January 1, 2026.)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

    On and after July 1, 2025, no governing body shall operate an adult residential mental health program without having a valid license or provisional license issued pursuant to this article; provided, however, that hospitals licensed in accordance with Chapter 7 of Title 31 are exempt from this article unless the hospital is operating an adult residential mental health program that is separate and distinct from the licensed hospital.#

  2. (b)

    This Code section shall become effective only upon the effective date of a specific appropriation of funds for purposes of this article, as expressed in a line item making specific reference to this article in a General Appropriations Act enacted by the General Assembly.#

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, § 37-3-206, enacted by Ga. L. 2022, p. 587, § 1/HB 1069, effective May 19, 2023; Ga. L. 2024, p. 382, § 2/HB 1083, effective April 23, 2024.

Delayed effective date

Code Section 37-3-206 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.

Amendments

The 2024 amendment, effective April 23, 2024, substituted “July 1, 2025” for “January 1, 2024” near the beginning of subsection (a).

Editor's notes

Ga. L. 2022, p. 587, § 1/HB 1069, as reflected in subsection (b) of this Code section, provides that this Code section becomes effective only when funds are specifically appropriated for the purposes of the Act in an Appropriations Act making specific reference to this Act. Funds were appropriated at the 2023 session of the General Assembly.

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 t37-t39-(v28)-pdf.pdf, Volume V28, 2021 edition, 2025 supplement, page 89; merge action: added; file SHA-256 6e7899178423.