TITLE 31 HEALTH

Section 8. Care and Protection of Indigent and Elderly Patients, 31-8-1 through 31-8-306.

ARTICLE 6 INDIGENT CARE TRUST FUND

31-8-154. Authorized expenditure of contributed funds.

All moneys contributed and revenues deposited and transferred to the trust fund pursuant to this article and any interest earned on such moneys shall be appropriated to the department for only the following purposes:

1. To expand Medicaid eligibility and services;
2. For programs to support rural and other health care providers, primarily hospitals, who serve the medically indigent;
3. For primary health care programs for medically indigent citizens and children of this state; or
4. Any combination of purposes specified in paragraphs (1) through (3) of this Code section.

(Code 1981, §31-8-154, enacted by Ga. L. 1990, p. 139, § 1; Ga. L. 1993, p. 1014, § 1; Ga. L. 2016, p. 214, § 3/SB 308; Ga. L. 2017, p. 764, § 2-6/SB 193.)

The 2016 amendment, effective July 1, 2016, deleted "or" at the end of paragraph (3), added present paragraph (4), redesignated former paragraph (4) as paragraph (5), and substituted "(1) through (4)" for "(1) through (3)" near the end of paragraph (5).

The 2017 amendment, effective July 1, 2017, added "or" at the end of paragraph (3); deleted former paragraph (4), which read: "For the Positive Alternatives for Pregnancy and Parenting Grant Program established under Article 2 of Chapter 2A of this title; or"; redesignated former paragraph (5) as present paragraph (4); and substituted "(3)" for "(4)" near the end of present paragraph (4).