Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 37. MENTAL HEALTH · Chapter 3. EXAMINATION, TREATMENT, ETC., FOR MENTAL ILLNESS · Article 6. RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES OF PATIENTS, THEIR REPRESENTATIVES, ETC., GENERALLY · Part 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS

37-3-146. Education of children undergoing treatment in a facility.

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The rights of any child under treatment in a facility to an appropriate education at public expense shall not be abridged during hospitalization; and the special educational needs of each child shall be individually considered and respected. The Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities and the State Department of Education shall ensure that education is provided for all patients of school age who are hospitalized in any state owned, state operated, or any other designated facility.

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, § 88-502.9, enacted by Ga. L. 1969, p. 505, § 1; Code 1933, § 88-502.11, enacted by Ga. L. 1978, p. 1789, § 1; Ga. L. 2009, p. 453, § 3-2/HB 228.

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Text read from t37-t39-(v28)-2021-pdf.pdf, Volume V28, 2021 edition, pages 200 to 201; merge action: carried; file SHA-256 4eed692485f5.

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