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A Senate committee Monday unanimously approved a rewrite of key provisions in the House’s mental health bill championed by powerful Georgia House Speaker David Ralston.
The revised version of the legislation, passed by the Senate Health and Human Services Committee, backs off the House’s stronger language on determining “medical necessity’’ of treatment, and on involuntary commitment of someone exhibiting mental health problems.
The senators’ action sets up a dramatic chain of events over the final days of the Georgia General Assembly. The legislative session ends next Monday. Republicans control both houses in Georgia.
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