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title: O.C.G.A. § 31-8-33. Creation of fund.
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# O.C.G.A. § 31-8-33. Creation of fund.

There is created the Nonresident Indigent Health Care Fund for the purpose of making payments therefrom to hospitals to reimburse such hospitals for the cost of care of nonresident indigent patients. Such fund shall be made up of appropriations made thereto by the General Assembly, as provided in this article.

## History

Code 1933, § 88-2304a, enacted by Ga. L. 1979, p. 1234, § 1; Ga. L. 1991, p. 94, § 31.