Georgia - Session 1033
Title: Mental Health and Penal Institutions; grant program to create peer support programs in hospitals; establish
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 37 and Title 42 of the Official Code of Georgia, relating to mental health and penal institutions, respectively, so as to establish a grant program to create peer support programs in hospitals; to create peer support programs for individuals in penal institutions; to provide for quarterly and annual reports; to provide for consultation and cooperation with agencies, courts, organizations, and any entity which interacts with individuals who are incarcerated, on parole, or on probation to establish peer mentor programs; to provide for rules and regulations; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
| Date | Event | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-04-02 | Introduced | Bill introduced |
| 2025-04-02 | Status | in_committee |
| 2025-04-02 | Latest Action | Senate Read and Referred |
| Bill | Title | Status |
|---|---|---|
| HB 1131 | Criminal procedure; personal service of process for notice of a warrant application hearing; provide | passed_upper |
| HB 1138 | Increasing Access to Contraceptives Act; enact | passed_upper |
| SB 207 | Professions and Businesses; a preclearance process in the licensing of individuals with criminal records who make application to or are investigated by certain licensing boards and commissions; create | passed_upper |
| HB 1238 | Community Health, Department of; submit a waiver request to the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to authorize the qualification of certain caregivers for Medicaid reimbursement | passed_upper |
| HB 1295 | Physician Assistant Licensure Compact; enter into an interstate compact | passed_upper |
| HB 334 | Sickle Cell Disease Protection Act; enact | passed_upper |
| HB 350 | Domestic relations; safe places for newborns; revise provisions | passed_upper |
| HB 506 | Social services; Medicaid coverage for tobacco cessation treatments; provide | passed_upper |