Sweeping reforms to Georgia’s mental health system will soon be law.
On Wednesday, the General Assembly passed a massive bipartisan package to bolster mental health care and substance abuse treatment in Georgia. The state is currently ranked among the worst in the country for access to mental health.
“Few of you will ever cast a vote as consequential as your vote to pass house bill 1013,” said House Speaker David Ralston this term, who wiped away tears as he presided over the final passage. “And today it was you who gave hope to many Georgians.”
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