2021 Georgia Code
Title 49 - Social Services
Chapter 5 - Programs and Protection for Children and Youth
Article 10 - Children and Adolescents With Severe Emotional Problems
§ 49-5-227. Governor's Office for Children and Families to Comment on Plan for Coordinated System of Care and Provide Recommendations

The Governor's Office for Children and Families shall:

1. Annually review and comment on the State Plan for the Coordinated System of Care, and submit its comments to the House and Senate Appropriations Committees, the House Education Committee, the Senate Education and Youth Committee, the House Health and Human Services Committee, the Senate Health and Human Services Committee, the Governor, the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities, and the Department of Education; and
2. Annually identify and recommend fiscal, policy, and program initiatives and revisions in the state coordinated system of care to the House and Senate Appropriations Committees, the House Education Committee, the Senate Education and Youth Committee, the House Health and Human Services Committee, the Senate Health and Human Services Committee, the Governor, the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities, and the Department of Education.

(Code 1981, §49-5-227, enacted by Ga. L. 1990, p. 1798, § 1; Ga. L. 1991, p. 435, § 18; Ga. L. 2005, p. 48, § 7/HB 309; Ga. L. 2008, p. 568, § 12/HB 1054; Ga. L. 2009, p. 303, §§ 9, 14/HB 117; Ga. L. 2009, p. 453, § 3-2/HB 228.)

- Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 1990, the subsection (a) designation was deleted at the beginning of the present undesignated introductory language.

- Ga. L. 2008, p. 568, § 1/HB 1054, not codified by the General Assembly, provides: "This Act may be cited as the 'Children and Family Services Strengthening Act of 2008.'"

Ga. L. 2008, p. 568, § 2/HB 1054, not codified by the General Assembly, provides: "The General Assembly finds that well-intentioned efforts over the years have resulted in the creation of several agencies focused on preventing child abuse and juvenile delinquency, on serving at-risk families and troubled youth, and on promoting the improvement of our state's child welfare system. The General Assembly further finds that the work of some of these agencies overlaps, and that the at-risk families and troubled children of Georgia will be more efficiently and effectively served by consolidating the Children and Youth Coordinating Council with the Children's Trust Fund Commission, by placing the functions of the Georgia Child Fatality Review Panel under the supervision of the Child Advocate for the Protection of Children, and by encouraging these consolidated agencies to collaborate to create a consistent vision for serving the needs of our state's families in need."

Ga. L. 2009, p. 303, § 20/HB 117, not codified by the General Assembly, provides that: "This Act is intended to reflect the current internal organization of the Georgia Senate and House of Representatives and is not otherwise intended to change substantive law. In the event of a conflict with any other Act of the 2009 General Assembly, such other Act shall control over this Act."

- For note on 1991 amendment of this Code section, see 8 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 21 (1992).