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Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 49. SOCIAL SERVICES · Chapter 4. PUBLIC ASSISTANCE · Article 2. OLD-AGE ASSISTANCE

49-4-31. Definitions.

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

  1. As used in this article, the term:

  2. (1)

    “Applicant” means a person who has applied for assistance under this article.#

  3. (2)

    “Assistance” means money payments to, medical care in behalf of, or any type of remedial care recognized under state law in behalf of needy individuals who are 65 years of age or older but shall not include any such payments to or care in behalf of any individual who is a patient in an institution for tuberculosis or mental health or developmental disability services.#

  4. (3)

    “Medical institution” means an institution that is organized to provide medical, nursing, or convalescent care.#

  5. (4)

    “Public institution” means an institution that is the responsibility of a governmental unit or over which a governmental unit exercises administrative control.#

  6. (5)

    “Recipient” means a person who has received assistance under this article.#

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. 1937, p. 311, § 1; Ga. L. 1957, p. 368, § 1; Ga. L. 1962, p. 683, § 1; Ga. L. 2009, p. 453, § 3-6/HB 228; Ga. L. 2018, p. 550, § 3-3/SB 407.

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Text read from t49-t50-ch1-12-(v38)-2023-pdf.pdf, Volume V38, 2023 edition, page 91; merge action: carried; file SHA-256 b1a50b0e3917.