Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 37. MENTAL HEALTH · Chapter 9. PAYMENT OF EXPENSES FOR SUPPORT, TREATMENT, AND CARE OF PATIENTS IN STATE INSTITUTIONS GENERALLY

37-9-3. Payment for cost of care as not affecting nature or quality of care.

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Care rendered to all patients in state hospitals shall be of the same nature and quality without regard to whether the payment of any sum or sums is made under this chapter for the cost of care.

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

Ga. L. 1960, p. 1138, § 11; Ga. L. 1979, p. 834, § 11.

Law reviews

For note, ‘‘Payment of Cost for Care of Patients in State Institutions Act — A New Approach in Georgia,’’ see 12 Mercer L. Rev. 343 (1961).

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