Georgia Code
Article 1 - General Provisions
§ 37-2-4. Behavioral Health Coordinating Council; Membership; Meetings; Obligations

History. Code 1933, § 88-611, enacted by Ga. L. 1976, p. 953, § 1; Ga. L. 1982, p. 3, § 37; Ga. L. 1986, p. 1213, § 1; Ga. L. 1993, p. 1445, § 16; Ga. L. 2002, p. 1324, § 1-7; Ga. L. 2009, p. 453, § 3-1/HB 228; Ga. L. 2010, p. 286, § 6/SB 244; Ga. L. 2011, p. 705, § 5-21/HB 214; Ga. L. 2015, p. 422, § 5-58/HB 310; Ga. L. 2015, p. 617, § 1/HB 288; Ga. L. 2019, p. 148, § 2-17/HB 186; Ga. L. 2022, p. 26, § 4-9/HB 1013.
The 2019 amendment, effective July 1, 2019, in paragraph (h)(1), inserted “no later than October 1” and substituted “its implementation to the Office of Health Strategy and Coordination” for “their implementation to the Governor and the General Assembly” at the end.
The 2022 amendment, effective July 1, 2022, inserted “the commissioner of early care and learning;”, “the commissioner of the Technical College System of Georgia;”, “a behavioral health expert employed by the University System of Georgia, designated by the chancellor of the university system;”, and “the Child Advocate for the Protection of Children; an expert on early childhood mental health, appointed by the Governor; an expert on child and adolescent health, appointed by the Governor; a pediatrician, appointed by the Governor;” in subsection (a); inserted “from among its members” in the second sentence in subsection (b); in subsection (c), inserted “or electronic” in the third sentence, added “, and minutes or transcripts of each meeting shall be posted on the state agency website of each council member designee” at the end of the fifth sentence, and added the last sentence; in paragraph (e)(1), inserted “in writing and publicly available” and substituted “delivery of behavioral health services, increase access to behavioral health services, and improve outcome for individuals, including children, adolescents, and adults,” for “services delivery and outcome for individuals”; substituted “individuals, including children, adolescents, and adults, serviced by the various departments” for “individuals serviced by at least two departments” in paragraph (e)(2), inserted “and recommendations” in paragraph (e)(3), added “that are to be utilized for and represented in the annual report to the council” at the end of paragraph (e)(4); substituted “shall” for “may” in paragraph (f)(1); inserted “and any recommendations for funding” and “, the Governor, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and the Lieutenant Governor” in paragraph (h)(1), and inserted “and the annual reports of the council” and “at a publicly scheduled meeting” in paragraph (h)(2).
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.
Ga. L. 2015, p. 422, § 6-1/HB 310, not codified by the General Assembly, provides: “This Act shall become effective July 1, 2015, and shall apply to sentences entered on or after such date.”
Ga. L. 2019, p. 148, § 2-1/HB 186, not codified by the General Assembly, provides: “This part shall be known and may be cited as ‘The Health Act.’ ”
Law reviews.
For article on the 2011 amendment of this Code section, see 28 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 147 (2011).
For article on the 2015 amendment of this Code section, see 32 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 231 (2015).
For annual survey of administrative law, see 67 Mercer L. Rev. 1 (2015).

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