Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 31. HEALTH · Chapter 8. CARE AND PROTECTION OF INDIGENT AND ELDERLY PATIENTS · Article 1. HOSPITAL CARE FOR THE INDIGENT GENERALLY

31-8-4. Qualification of counties for participation in program.

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Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Session of the General Assembly of Georgia.

In order for a county to qualify for assistance under the program, the governing authority of said county shall have certified that:
(1)
The county elects to participate in the program;#
(2)
A local budget providing the funds required by the graduated matching formula has been approved;#
(3)
A local administrative agency or officer has been appointed; and#
(4)
A screening committee or agency has been appointed to make determinations and certifications relative to indigency of persons applying for assistance as provided for in this article.#

The notes below are printed with the section but are not enacted law (O.C.G.A. § 1-1-1(c)). They are shown apart from the text.

Ga. L. 1957, p. 470, § 9; Code 1933, § 88-2309, enacted by Ga. L. 1964, p. 499, § 1.

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Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Session of the General Assembly of Georgia.

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