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Bill Number
2
Session
2025 - 2026
Chamber
Senate
Sponsor
Sen. Harvey S. Peeler Jr.
Sen. Thomas C. Alexander
Sen. Thomas C. "Tom" Davis
Category
Mental health
Committee
Senate Medical Affairs Committee
Status
Favorable
Staff Summary

Summary of the bill as introduced: Establishes the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities. 

Senate Subcommittee Action

02.06.2025 A Senate Medical Affairs subcommittee gave this bill a favorable report as amended. The amendment merges the Department of Mental Health, the Department of Disabilities and Special Needs and the Department of Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse Services. 

Senate Committee Action

02.20.2025 The Senate Medical Affairs Committee gave this bill a favorable report as amended. The amendment makes employees of the agency at will and removes them from the protections of Title 8.