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HB1368 • 2025

Mental health; re-creation of community service boards; provide

Mental health; re-creation of community service boards; provide

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Sponsor
Cooper, Sharon
Last action
2026-03-06
Official status
Senate Read and Referred
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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HB1368: Re-creating Community Service Boards for Mental Health

This bill re-establishes community service boards in Georgia, sets up their governing groups, and updates rules about how they hold meetings.

What This Bill Does

  • Recreates the system of community service boards that handle mental health services.
  • Sets new requirements for forming the governing boards of these agencies.
  • Updates state laws to allow these boards to conduct teleconference meetings under certain circumstances.

Who It Names or Affects

  • Community service boards in Georgia
  • The governing members of community service boards

Terms To Know

Community Service Boards
Agencies related to mental health that are being re-created by this bill.
Teleconference meetings
Board meetings conducted using technology, authorized under certain circumstances.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The official text does not list the specific rules for when teleconferences are allowed.
  • The exact date this law takes effect is not provided in the source material.

Bill History

  1. 2026-03-06 Georgia General Assembly

    Senate Read and Referred

Official Summary Text

Mental health; re-creation of community service boards; provide