# Georgia HB 219: Professions and businesses; establish a professional health program to provide for monitoring and rehabilitation of impaired healthcare professionals; authorize Georgia HB 219, Professions and businesses; establish a professional health program to provide for monitoring and rehabilitation of impaired healthcare professionals; authorize, is a 2025-2026 Regular Session House bill sponsored by David Clark (Republican), Viola Davis (Democrat), Ron Stephens (Republican); status signed, last action 2026-07-01 (Effective Date); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-12). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/GA-HB219-2025-2026 - As of: 2026-10-12 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Georgia HB 219 - State: Georgia - Session: 2025-2026 Regular Session - Title: Professions and businesses; establish a professional health program to provide for monitoring and rehabilitation of impaired healthcare professionals; authorize - Status: signed - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2025-02-03 - Last action: 2026-07-01, Effective Date - Sponsors: David Clark (Republican), Viola Davis (Democrat), Ron Stephens (Republican) - Cosponsors: 1 - Subjects: Regulated Industries, Regulated Industries and Utilities, General Bill - Touches household money: yes - Roll calls: 2 (214 yes, 1 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 4 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - Rehabilitation programs for nurses and counselors: benefit, low. Georgia's nursing board and its board for counselors, social workers, and marriage and family therapists can run rehabilitation programs. Programs cover professionals licensed, certified, or permitted by these boards whose illness, substance use, or mental or physical condition prevents safe practi… - Healthcare professionals pay all program costs: cost, medium. Impaired healthcare professionals who participate in either board's health program must pay all costs associated with participation. This applies to nurses, counselors, social workers, and marriage and family therapists covered by these boards. The law sets no dollar amount, payment formula, cost c… - Program contractors gain protection from liability: mixed, low. Contractors running either board's professional health program receive protection from civil and criminal liability for their contracted work. Protection applies only when they follow both the contract and the law's program requirements. This protects qualifying contractors but limits legal recours… - Private program records limit public access: mixed, low. Both boards can choose to share relevant professional information with program contractors, despite the cited state confidentiality restrictions. Contractors can use that information to conduct the program. Information and records supplied to or produced by contractors are confidential and legally… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: David Clark (Republican), House - Sponsor: Viola Davis (Democrat), House - Sponsor: Ron Stephens (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Chuck Hufstetler (Republican), Senate ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026-03-12 | Senate | PASSAGE | pass | 46 | 1 | 5 | | 2025-03-04 | House | PASSAGE | pass | 168 | 0 | 4 | ## Actions (19) - 2026-07-01: Effective Date - 2026-05-05: House Date Signed by Governor (House) - 2026-05-05: Act 381 - 2026-04-06: House Sent to Governor (House) - 2026-03-12: Senate Third Read (Senate) - 2026-03-12: Senate Passed/Adopted (Senate) - 2026-02-02: Senate Committee Favorably Reported (Senate) - 2026-01-12: Senate Taken from Table (Senate) - 2026-01-12: Senate Recommitted (Senate) - 2025-04-02: Senate Tabled (Senate) - 2025-03-18: Senate Read Second Time (Senate) - 2025-03-13: Senate Committee Favorably Reported (Senate) - 2025-03-06: Senate Read and Referred (Senate) - 2025-03-04: House Third Readers (House) - 2025-03-04: House Passed/Adopted (House) - 2025-02-26: House Committee Favorably Reported (House) - 2025-02-05: House Second Readers (House) - 2025-02-04: House First Readers (House) - 2025-02-03: House Hopper (House) ## Bill text - HB 219/AP* (v3): [PDF](https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20252026/245878) ## Related bills - SB 160: Reckless Stunt Driving; a motor vehicle involved in a second offense of reckless stunt driving; replace the forfeiture penalty (signed) - SB 384: Motor Vehicle; optional five-year motor vehicle registration and revalidation for certain motor vehicles; provide (signed) - SB 76: License Plates; specialty license plate benefitting the Georgia Veterans Service Foundation; establish (signed) - SB 406: "Georgia Property Owners' Bill of Rights Act"; enact (signed) - HB 1391: Specialty license plates; honor public safety officers; establish (signed) - HB 1344: Georgia Insurance Affordability and Claims Integrity Act; enact (signed) ## Sources - [HB 219/AP* (v3) (PDF)](https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20252026/245878) ## Related - [SB 160: Reckless Stunt Driving; a motor vehicle involved in a second offense of reckles…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/GA-SB160-2025-2026) - [SB 384: Motor Vehicle; optional five-year motor vehicle registration and revalidation f…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/GA-SB384-2025-2026) - [SB 76: License Plates; specialty license plate benefitting the Georgia Veterans Servic…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/GA-SB76-2025-2026) - [SB 406: "Georgia Property Owners' Bill of Rights Act"; enact](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/GA-SB406-2025-2026) - [HB 1391: Specialty license plates; honor public safety officers; establish](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/GA-HB1391-2025-2026) - [HB 1344: Georgia Insurance Affordability and Claims Integrity Act; enact](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/GA-HB1344-2025-2026) - [Georgia bills](https://policyrisk.com/states/georgia/bills) - [Georgia state hub](https://policyrisk.com/states/georgia) - [All state legislation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bills) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/GA-HB219-2025-2026 (as of 2026-10-12).