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O.C.G.A. § 31-8-154 (2019)

Authorized expenditure of contributed funds

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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.

History

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 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).

Annotations

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).