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title: O.C.G.A. § 37-13-26. Prohibition on retaliation.
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date: 2025
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version: Effective January 1, 2026.
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# O.C.G.A. § 37-13-26. Prohibition on retaliation.

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.

## History

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