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GA SR657
Resolution
Status
Passed
2/22/2024
Primary Sponsor
Kay Kirkpatrick
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AI Summary
- Recognizes the 25th anniversary of Georgia's Peer Support initiative, first launched in 1999 by the Department of Human Resources (now the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities) as the first statewide Peer Support program in the nation
- Acknowledges that Georgia's Peer Support model has been adopted by nearly every U.S. state and multiple international countries for integrating Certified Peer Specialists into the behavioral health workforce
- Credits three certifying partner organizations for strengthening the program: the Georgia Mental Health Consumer Network, the Georgia Council for Recovery, and the Georgia Parent Support Network
- Honors nine individuals for their contributions to the program: Larry Fricks, Carroll Benson, Pat Clifford (posthumously), Wendy Tiegreen, Mark Trail, Sherry Jenkins Tucker (posthumously), Neil Campbell, Sue Smith, and Ike Powell
- Directs the Secretary of the Senate to distribute a copy of the resolution to the Georgia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities
Legislative Description
Peer Support and the Associated Certified Peer Specialists Workforce; recognize
Last Action
Senate Read and Adopted
2/22/2024
Full Bill Text
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