Code text and O.C.G.A. statutory annotations on this page reflect the 2019 Official Code of Georgia Annotated (Public.Resource.Org Release 73, 2019-08-21; public domain per Georgia v. Public.Resource.Org, 2020). The Syfert case-law annotations in Notes of Decisions, below, are current.
The General Assembly finds that a significant proportion of the residents of this state who are uninsured or Medicaid recipients are unable to access needed health care because health care providers fear the increased risk of medical negligence liability. It is the intent of the General Assembly that access to medical care for indigent residents be improved by providing governmental protection to health care providers who offer free quality medical services to underserved populations of the state. Therefore, it is the intent of the General Assembly to ensure that health care professionals who contract to provide such services as agents of the state are provided sovereign immunity.
History
Code 1981, § 31-8-191, enacted by Ga. L. 2005, p. 1493, § 1/HB 166.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1
case, 2009–2009 · leading case: Porter v. Guill, 681 S.E.2d 230 (Ga. Ct. App. 2009).
Porter v. Guill, 681 S.E.2d 230 (Ga. Ct. App. 2009). · cites it 4דThis intent is evidenced by the legislature’s 2005 enactment of the Volunteer Health Share Act, OCGA § 31-8-191 et seq., which provides immunity to healthcare providers in private practice who treat such patients.”
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