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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.