This legislation transfers the Division of Aging Services from the Department of Human Services to a newly created agency called the Georgia Adult and Aging Services Agency.  

This legislation requires DFCS to acknowledge in writing to the informant within 24 hours of receiving information about suspected child abuse and the completion of investigation. This legislation specifies that in the absence of a DFCS agency, the law enforcement agency or prosecuting attorney shall acknowledge receipt of report, and the results of any investigation.  This legislation should have no impact on the counties with DFCS offices, for those without a DFCS office the responsibility will fall to local law enforcement.

This legislation allows the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities to create local mental health, developmental disabilities, and addictive disease offices, rather than requiring the Department to create regional offices.  This bill also changes the regional boards to advisory councils.  This legislation requires the county governing authority with a  population of 50,000 or less shall appoint one person to the newly created advisory council and one additional person for every 50,000 of population, by July 1.

This legislation establishes the use of an electronic system that can track required information on sale of over the counter products used in the production of methamphetamine. The system has real time interaction with law enforcement and will be offered to retail establishments and law enforcement free of charge.

This legislation adds those with developmental disabilities to the list of victims of trafficking for labor or sexual servitude. HB 770 also prevents a defendant from using the fact that an undercover operative or law enforcement officer is used as a defense to this crime.

This legislation changes the duties of law enforcement when processing evidence related to rape. This bill requires that every law enforcement agency create a list of evidence resulting from a rape that is in their possession by July 1, 2016.  All stored evidence shall be transmitted to the GBI by November 1, 2016.

The language contained in this bill was added to SB 304, which passsed the House and Senate.

This legislation allows the Department of Public Health to implement a program by which the donation of certain unused prescription drugs can be made for use by indigent patients through local health departments.

This legislation specifically allows those with access to an electronic database of prescription medication obtained by an individual to report suspected abuse, misuse or underutilization of certain drugs.

This legislation provides for tax credits for contributions to rural "health care organizations," defined as health organizations located in rural counties, participating in both Medicaid and Medicare, providing health care to primarily indigent patients, and receiving at least 10 percent of their gross net revenues from the treatment of indigent patients.  Aggregate tax credits are capped at $100 million per year.

 NOTE:  The language of this bill was added to SB 258.

 This legislation requires that one member of the Board of Community Health also be a member of the State Health Benefit Plan.  Additionally language was added that allows the manufacturers of low THC oil to ship to a person properly registered with the Department of Public Health, and expands the list of conditions for which low THC oil can be administered.  Moreover, SB 145 includes language to include low THC oil into the code regarding DUI.