O.C.G.A.
O.C.G.A. § 17-15-15 (2019)
Responsibility for cost of forensic medical examination
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When a forensic medical examination is conducted, the cost of such forensic medical examination shall be paid for by the fund in an amount not to exceed $1,000.00. The fund shall be responsible for payment of such cost notwithstanding whether the person receiving such forensic medical examination has health insurance or any other source of health care coverage.
History
Code 1981, § 17-15-15, enacted by Ga. L. 2011, p. 214, § 5/HB 503; Ga. L. 2014, p. 354, § 1/SB 187.
Annotations
Effective date. - This Code section became effective July 1, 2011.
The 2014 amendment, effective July 1, 2014, inserted "forensic medical" in the first and second sentences.