Georgia Code
Article 2 - Powers and Duties of the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities
§ 37-1-20. Obligations of the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities

The department shall:
History. Code 1933, §§ 88-601, 88-602, 88-603, enacted by Ga. L. 1964, p. 499, § 1; Code 1933, § 88-603, enacted by Ga. L. 1976, p. 953, § 1; Ga. L. 1982, p. 3, § 37; Ga. L. 1987, p. 3, § 37; Ga. L. 1993, p. 1445, § 7; Ga. L. 2002, p. 1324, § 1-6; Ga. L. 2003, p. 558, §§ 5, 6; Ga. L. 2008, p. 263, § 2/SB 469; Ga. L. 2009, p. 8, § 37/SB 46; Ga. L. 2009, p. 453, § 3-1/HB 228; Ga. L. 2014, p. 309, § 1/SB 349; Ga. L. 2015, p. 1361, § 1/HB 512; Ga. L. 2022, p. 26, § 5-1/HB 1013; Ga. L. 2022, p. 611, § 2-21/HB 752.
The 2022 amendments.
The first 2022 amendment, effective July 1, 2022, added the second sentence in paragraph (21); deleted “and” from the end of subparagraph (22)(D), added “and” at the end of subparagraph (22)(E), added subparagraph (22)(F); rewrote paragraph (24); substituted “boards and no later than October 1, 2023, and annually thereafter, provide to the Office of Health Strategy and Coordination annual reports regarding the performance and fiscal status of each community service board;” for “boards; and” in paragraph (26); substituted “for behavioral health, addictive diseases, and disability services and programs; and” for “for disability services and programs.” in paragraph (27); and added paragraph (28). The second 2022 amendment, effective July 1, 2022, in paragraph (18), substituted “that” for “which” in the third sentence, substituted “shall contract” for “contract” in the fourth sentence, and rewrote the fifth sentence.
Code Commission notes.
The amendment of this Code section by Ga. L. 2009, p. 8, § 37, irreconcilably conflicted with and was treated as superseded by Ga. L. 2009, p. 453, § 3-1. See County of Butts v. Strahan, 151 Ga. 417 (1921).
Editor’s notes.
Ga. L. 1993, p. 1445, § 18.1, not codified by the General Assembly, provides: “Nothing in this Act shall be construed to repeal any provision of Chapter 5 of Title 37 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, the ‘Community Services Act for the Mentally Retarded.’ ”
Ga. L. 1993, p. 1445, § 19, not codified by the General Assembly, provides: “This Act shall become effective on July 1, 1994; provided, however, that provisions relating to the establishment of regional and community service board boundaries and the appointments of regional boards and community service boards shall become effective on July 1, 1993, or upon whatever date is stipulated in the Act and provided, further, that the provisions authorizing a county board of health to agree to serve as the lead county board of health for only that county shall become effective upon the approval of this Act by the Governor or upon its becoming law without such approval.” The Act was approved by the Governor on April 27, 1993.
Ga. L. 1993, p. 1445, which amends this Code section, provides, in § 19.1, not codified by the General Assembly, that the amendment is repealed on June 30, 1999; however, Ga. L. 1998, p. 870, § 1, struck § 19.1 of Ga. L. 1993, p. 1445, which would have repealed the 1993 amendment to this Code section.

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