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# O.C.G.A. § 49-4-157. Construction of this article with federal act.

It is the intention of the General Assembly that this article be construed consistently with Title XIX of the federal Social Security Act of 1935, as amended, and so as to authorize the Department of Community Health, within the appropriations provided to it, to administer the state plan in a manner so as to receive the maximum amount of federal financial participation available in expenditures made under the state plan.

## History

Ga. L. 1977, p. 384, § 16; Ga. L. 1999, p. 296, § 24.

## U.s. Code.

Title XIX of the federal Social Security Act of 1935, referred to in this Code section, is codified at 42 U.S.C. § 1396 et seq.