Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 37. MENTAL HEALTH · Chapter 4. HABILITATION OF THE DEVELOPMENTALLY DISABLED GENERALLY · Article 3. PLACEMENT, TRANSFER, AND TRANSPORTATION OF DEVELOPMENTALLY DISABLED PERSONS UNDERGOING HABILITATION, GENERALLY

37-4-64. Procedure upon discovery that a client receiving court ordered services from a Georgia facility is not a resident.

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

If a client who is a resident in a facility is discovered not to be a resident of Georgia, the regional state hospital administrator of the facility in which the client is a resident shall seek his transfer to the custody of authorities of the state of his residence or to a publicly owned or publicly operated facility in that state. This Code section shall not apply to persons who are in residence at any facility operated by or under the control of the United States Department of Veterans Affairs or any other federal agency.

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, § 88-2509.3, enacted by Ga. L. 1978, p. 1826, § 1; Ga. L. 1990, p. 45, § 1; Ga. L. 2002, p. 1324, § 1-18.

Cross references

Rights of citizens of other states while in Georgia generally, § 1-2-9.

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

Text read from t37-t39-(v28)-2021-pdf.pdf, Volume V28, 2021 edition, pages 239 to 240; merge action: carried; file SHA-256 4eed692485f5.