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Committee advances bill expanding who may evaluate proposed wards in guardianship cases
Summary
House Bill 36, which would add physician assistants, nurse practitioners and certain licensed counselors to the list of professionals who may perform evaluations in probate guardianship and conservatorship proceedings, passed the House Judiciary Committee after extended testimony both for and against the expansion.
The House Judiciary Committee advanced House Bill 36 after extended testimony from probate judges, medical and mental-health professionals and disability advocates about who should be permitted to evaluate proposed wards in guardianship and conservatorship proceedings.
Representative (Chairman) Leverett, the bill’s sponsor, said the measure would expand the list of professionals who may provide competency evaluations in probate court to include physician assistants, nurse practitioners, clinical nurse specialists in psychiatric/mental health, licensed professional counselors and licensed marriage and family therapists. "We're adding... physician's assistants, nurse practitioners or clinical nurse specialists in psychiatric and mental health... and then marriage and family therapists or professional counselors," Representative Leverett said.
Supporters including the Georgia Association for Marriage and Family Therapy, the United Advanced Practice Registered Nurses of…
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