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

31-8-158. Refunding funds not appropriated or determined void or ineligible.

Moneys transferred to the trust fund and interest earned thereon which have not been appropriated by the end of the fiscal year or which have been appropriated but have been determined to be:

1. Void because of having been appropriated in violation of Code Section 31-8-156;
2. Ineligible for anticipated federal matching funds;
3. Subject to return pursuant to any rule promulgated under Code Section 31-8-155; or
4. Void because of violation of the terms of a contract, agreement, or other instrument executed pursuant to subsection (c) of Code Section 31-8-155

   shall be returned to the trust fund and refunded pro rata to the entities responsible for transfer. The refund shall be made by the state treasurer no less than 30 days following the end of the fiscal year or such a determination by the department, as applicable.

(Code 1981, §31-8-158, enacted by Ga. L. 1993, p. 1014, § 1; Ga. L. 2010, p. 863, § 3/SB 296.)

The 2010 amendment, effective July 1, 2010, substituted "state treasurer" for "director of the Office of Treasury and Fiscal Services" near the beginning of the last sentence.