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Zoning for Halfway Houses and Drug Rehabilitation Centers

Take away extra hearing and notice provisions for halfway houses, drug rehabilitation centers, and other drug treatment facilities.


Drug Repository Program

Make sure there are enough pharmacists for the number of pharmacy technicians, that reverse drug distributors need to try to give away unused medicine instead of throwing it away, and that drugs can be substituted for the one prescribed.


Changes to the Behavioral Health Coordinating Council

Allow for certain Behavioral Health Coordinating Council members to be represented by a delegate or agent.


Low Income Housing Tax Credit Revisions

Change the name to Georgia Affordable Housing Tax Credits, and make changes to the distribution of credits for certain project types.


Public Officers and employees paid parental leave

Increase the number of hours permitted for paid parental leave to all public offices and employees, and to clarify that people employed full time by education agencies also qualify for this.


Opioid Agonists in Government Buildings

Require that certain government buildings, courthouses, and university buildings have opioid agonists like Narcan accessible and provide training on how to administer it.


Professional Counselors Licensing

Authorize applicants currently enrolled in a master’s program to take the master’s social work exam in the final semester of their program.


Professions and businesses; authority to certain nurses and physician assistants to prescribe Schedule II controlled substances; authorize

Allow for physicians to pass the duty of prescribing Schedule II controlled substances on to certain advanced nurse practitioners or physician assistants.


Secretary of state; division director to issue licences in certain instances; authorize

When licensing requirements have been met but the professional licensing board does not act within a certain amount of time, the Secretary of State can issue licenses.


Georgia Board of Health Care Workforce; grant program to provide funding to eligible institutions for additional behavioral health workforce training positions; create

Create a grant program to provide funding for extra behavioral health training positions.


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