Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 37. MENTAL HEALTH · Chapter 13. COMMUNITY LIVING ARRANGEMENTS · Article 2. ABUSE AND EXPLOITATION WITHIN COMMUNITY LIVING ARRANGEMENT

37-13-26. Prohibition on retaliation.

Active

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

Effective January 1, 2026.In force today: Effective January 1, 2026.

No person or community living arrangement shall discriminate or retaliate in any manner against any person for making a report or providing information pursuant to this article or against any resident or former resident who is the subject of a report. Nothing in this Code section shall be construed to prohibit the termination of the relationship between the community living arrangement and the resident for reasons other than that the community living arrangement has been made the subject of a report, that such a report has been made, or that information has been provided pursuant to 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.

Code 1981, § 37-13-26, enacted by Ga. L. 2025, p. 177, § 4-1/HB 584, effective January 1, 2026.

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Text read from t37-t39-(v28)-pdf.pdf, Volume V28, 2021 edition, 2025 supplement, page 159; merge action: added; file SHA-256 6e7899178423.