Professions and businesses; establish a professional health program to provide for monitoring and rehabilitation of impaired healthcare professionals; authorize
Summary
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to professions and businesses, so as to authorize the Georgia Composite Board of Professional Counselors, Social Workers, and Marriage and Family Therapists to establish a professional health program to provide for monitoring and rehabilitation of impaired healthcare professionals; to authorize the Georgia Board of Nursing to establish a professional health program to provide for monitoring and rehabilitation of impaired healthcare professionals; to provide for funding or gifts in kind; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
Feb 2026
House Passage
Mar 2025
Senate Passage
Mar 2026
Signed into Law
May 2026
Introduced Feb 3, 2025
Signed May 5, 2026
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The bill text was updated to reflect its passage by both the House and Senate, and the line numbering was adjusted to match the new version. The substantive legal content regarding the professional health program for impaired healthcare professionals remains unchanged.
Scope change
The bill's scope and applicability remain unchanged; the text now indicates it has passed both legislative chambers.
TECHNICAL
The header was updated to include '(AS PASSED HOUSE AND SENATE)' and the line numbers were renumbered to reflect the new version.
Floor votes · Senate Mar 12, 2026 · House Mar 4, 2025
How they voted
40–1
Passed · 7 other
Total votes 48
Mar 12, 2026
D
Democratic19
73% Yea
R
Republican29
89% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
18
Key actions
7
Committee
5
May 5, 2026
Signed into law
Act 381
upper
May 5, 2026
Signed into law
House Date Signed by Governor
lower
Mar 12, 2026
Upper · Passed
Senate Passed/Adopted
upper
Feb 2, 2026
Upper · Passed
Senate Committee Favorably Reported
upper
Jan 12, 2026
Committee
Senate Recommitted
upper
Mar 13, 2025
Upper · Passed
Senate Committee Favorably Reported
upper
Mar 6, 2025
Committee
Senate Read and Referred
upper
Mar 4, 2025
Lower · Passed
House Passed/Adopted
lower
Feb 26, 2025
Lower · Passed
House Committee Favorably Reported
lower
Feb 3, 2025
Introduced
House Hopper
lower
3 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
David Clark
RRepublican
P
Ron Stephens
RRepublican
P
Viola Davis
DDemocratic
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