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title: O.C.G.A. § 49-9-11. Residency requirement; financial need.
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# O.C.G.A. § 49-9-11. Residency requirement; financial need.

(a) Vocational rehabilitation services shall be provided to any qualified individual who is a bona fide resident of the state.

(b) The financial need of eligible persons with disabilities will be considered in the provision of vocational rehabilitation services to the extent allowed by federal or other state law.

## History

Code 1981, § 34-15-10, enacted by Ga. L. 2000, p. 1137, § 1; Code 1981, § 49-9-11, as redesignated by Ga. L. 2012, p. 303, § 1/HB 1146.