Georgia legislation · 2025-2026 Regular Session
Georgia SB439: "Fair Business Practices Act of 1975"; regulation of referral agencies for assisted living communities and personal care homes; provide
Status: Signed into law, May 11, 2026
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 2 of Article 15 of Chapter 1 of Title 10 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, the "Fair Business Practices Act of 1975," so as to provide for regulation of referral agencies for assisted living communities and personal care homes; to provide for disclosures to prospective residents and acknowledgments of receipt; to provide for charging and collection of fees; to require verification of licensing of assisted living communities and personal care homes by referral agencies; to provide for definitions; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
What the bill says
From the introduced text:
Floor Amend 1 AM 44 0248 ADOPTED Senators Still of the 48th and Watson of the 1st offered the following amendment #1: Amend the Senate Committee on Health and Human Services substitute to SB 439 (LC 3482S) by deleting "to provide for charging and collection of fees;" in lines 4 and 5. By replacing line 17 with: (2) 'Authorized representative' means an individual who is directly involved in the search for, is responsible for a resident entering into, or may become a party to an agreement for a resident to move into an assisted living community or personal care home. (3) 'Personal care home' means any dwelling, whether operated for profit or not, which By redesignating paragraphs (3), (4), and (5) on lines 22, 29, and 38 as (4), (5), and (6), respectively. By deleting "documented" in lines 42 and 59. By replacing lines 66 through 75 with: (d) Referral agencies shall not charge or collect a fee from an assisted living community or personal care home: (1) Unless the written, electronic, or verbal acknowledgment of receipt of the disclosure required by subsection (c) of this Code section is provided to the assisted living community or personal care home and the prospective resident or his or her authorized representative; or By replacing lines 78 through 84 with: Floor Amend 1 …