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HB564 • 2025

Georgia Prevention and Plan Act; enact

Georgia Prevention and Plan Act; enact

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Sponsor
Berry, Bryce
Last action
2025-02-24
Official status
House Second Readers
Effective date
Not listed

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Georgia Prevention and Plan Act

This bill requires the Georgia Department of Education to create a plan for quickly providing mental health services to students after violence, threats, natural disasters, or other crises.

What This Bill Does

  • Requires the Department of Education to develop a mental health crisis plan.
  • Sets up rules to provide fast mental health services when incidents of violence, threats, natural disasters, or other crises happen.
  • Allows for the creation and sharing of training programs, teaching materials (curricula), and promotional items about these plans.
  • Gives the Department of Education the power to write official rules and regulations.

Who It Names or Affects

  • The Georgia Department of Education
  • Students in Georgia schools

Limits and Unknowns

  • The provided text does not state when the law will officially start working.
  • The summary lists general goals but does not list specific steps for every type of crisis.

Bill History

  1. 2025-02-24 Georgia General Assembly

    House Second Readers

Official Summary Text

Georgia Prevention and Plan Act; enact