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Committee advances DBHDD measure to standardize community service boards
Summary
A committee passed a DBHDD agency bill to standardize community service board (CSB) governance across Georgia, changing definitions, bylaws requirements, executive director roles and allowing reconstitution options; motion carried unanimously.
A state Health and Human Services committee voted unanimously to advance a Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities (DBHDD) agency bill that would impose a more consistent governance framework for Georgia’s 22 community service boards. The bill was presented as a way to strengthen oversight and improve how regional mental health providers function.
The bill’s sponsor (speaker 4) told the committee the measure revises statutory definitions for community service boards and service areas, revises…
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