Mental health; pilot program to support clinical research of certain veterans and first responders suffering from certain conditions; provide
Summary
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 1 of Title 37 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions for governing and regulation of mental health, so as to provide for a pilot program to support clinical research of certain eligible breakthrough treatments and provide such treatments to certain veterans and first responders suffering from certain conditions; to provide for definitions; to provide for funding and use of funds; to provide for eligibility; to provide for an annual report; to provide for rules and regulations; to provide for termination and automatic repeal; to provide for related matters; to provide for contingent effectiveness upon appropriation of funds; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2026
Committee Review
Mar 2026
House Passage
Mar 2026
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Feb 12, 2026
Last action Mar 6, 2026
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The bill text was reformatted from a committee substitute proposal to an official committee substitute version. The header was updated to reflect the official committee substitute designation with sponsoring representatives listed, while the page numbering and introductory committee language were removed. No substantive policy changes were made to the bill's actual content.
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Header formatting changed from committee substitute proposal language to official committee substitute designation with sponsor information
Introductory committee language and page numbering removed as part of document standardization
Floor votes · House Mar 4, 2026
How they voted
144–0
Passed · 7 other
Total votes 151
Mar 4, 2026
D
Democratic64
96% Yea
R
Republican87
94% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
8
Key actions
2
Committee
3
Mar 6, 2026
Committee
Senate Read and Referred
upper
Mar 4, 2026
Lower · Passed
House Passed/Adopted By Substitute
lower
Feb 25, 2026
Lower · Passed
House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
lower
Feb 18, 2026
Committee
House Withdrawn, Recommitted
lower
Feb 12, 2026
Introduced
House Hopper
lower
6 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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