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# O.C.G.A. § 31-2A-31. Definitions.

As used in this article, the term:

(1) “Attending physician” means the physician who has primary responsibility at the time of reference for the treatment and care of the client.

(2) “Client” means a person seeking or receiving pregnancy support services.

(3) “Contract management agency” or “agency” means a nongovernmental charitable organization in this state which is a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and whose mission and practice is to promote alternatives to abortion services at no cost.

(4) “Direct client service providers” or “providers” means nonprofit organizations with a contractual relationship with the contract management agency and that provide direct pregnancy support services to clients at no cost.

(5) Reserved.

(6) “Pregnancy support services” means those services that encourage childbirth instead of voluntary termination of pregnancy and which assist pregnant women or women who believe they may be pregnant to choose childbirth whether they intend to parent or select adoption for the child.

(7) “Program” means the Positive Alternatives for Pregnancy and Parenting Grant Program.

## History

Code 1981, § 31-2A-31, enacted by Ga. L. 2016, p. 214, § 2/SB 308; Ga. L. 2017, p. 764, § 2-2/SB 193; Ga. L. 2018, p. 1112, § 31/SB 365.

## Editor's Notes

Ga. L. 2017, p. 764, § 1-1/SB 193, not codified by the General Assembly, provides: “The General Assembly finds that:

“(1) Untreated chlamydial infection has been linked to problems during pregnancy, including preterm labor, premature rupture of membranes, and low birth weight. The newborn may also become infected during delivery as the baby passes through the birth canal. Exposed newborns can develop eye and lung infections; and

“(2) Untreated gonococcal infection in pregnancy has been linked to miscarriages, premature birth and low birth weight, premature rupture of membranes, and chorioamnionitis. Gonorrhea can also infect an infant during delivery as the infant passes through the birth canal. If untreated, infants can develop eye infections.”