Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 37. MENTAL HEALTH · Chapter 3. EXAMINATION, TREATMENT, ETC., FOR MENTAL ILLNESS · Article 5. PAYMENT OF EXPENSES OF PATIENT CARE AND TRANSPORTATION GENERALLY

37-3-120. Effect of inability to pay on right to care and treatment.

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

It is the policy of this state that no person shall be denied care and treatment for mental illness nor shall services be delayed at a facility of the state or a political subdivision of the state because of inability to pay for such care and treatment.

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.

History

Code 1933, § 88-502.2, enacted by Ga. L. 1969, p. 505, § 1; Code 1933, § 88-502.3, enacted by Ga. L. 1978, p. 1789, § 1.

Cross references

Payment of patient expenses for support, treatment in state institutions generally, T. 37, C. 9.

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