O.C.G.A.
O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 31-8-198 (2019)

Annual report by the department summarizing the efficiency of access and treatment outcomes

✓ O.C.G.A. — 2019 edition (Public.Resource.Org Release 73)
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.
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HEALTH Sec. Department’s responsibilities regarding liability insurance. Adoption of rules and regulations. Applicability; preservation of the state’s rights under the Tort Claims Act.

expense allowances; funding [Repealed]. Article 10 Drug Repository Program Article 9 Federal and State Funded Health Care Financing Programs Overview Committee Committee established; composition; officers; terms of office; duties and responsibilities; assistance from other state officers and agencies; compensation, per diem, and

Annotations

Cross references. - Unfair or deceptive practices toward the elderly, § 10-1-850 et seq. Rights of persons residing in long-term care facilities generally, § 31-8-100 et seq. Determination of responsibility of patients, counties, departments, and others to pay costs of treatment for mental illness, mental retardation, alcoholism, §§ 37-3-121, 37-4-81, 37-7-121 and T. 37, C. 9. Medical

Definitions. Drug repository program established; criteria and requirements for unused over-the-counter and prescription drugs. Procedures for donation and dispensing of unused over-the-counter and prescription drugs. Limited liability. Rules and regulations; waiver.

assistance generally, § 49-4-140 et seq. Liability of voluntary health care providers and sponsoring organizations, cumulative immunity, application, § 51-1-29.4. Editor’s notes. - By resolution (Ga. L. 1986, p. 526), the General Assembly requested the Governor to create the Task Force on Funding of Indigent Health Care Programs to review laws and programs regarding indigent health care.

RESEARCH REFERENCES Am. Jur. Proof of Facts. - False Imprisonment in Connection with Confinement in Nursing Home or Hospital, 40 POF2d 81. Discrimination in Provision of Medical Services on Basis of Disability, 49 POF3d 1.

Am. Jur. Trials. - Medical and Legal Aspects of Chemical and Physical Restraint in the Nursing Home, 75 Am. Jur. Trials 1. ALR. - Licensing and regulation of nursing or rest homes, 53 A.L.R.4th 689.

ARTICLE 1 HOSPITAL CARE FOR THE INDIGENT GENERALLY

Cross references. - Powers and duties of counties relating to support of paupers, T. 36, C. 12.

Administrative rules and regulations. - Hospital care for the indigent,

Official Compilation of the Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia, Department of Human Services, Public Health, Chapter 290-5-5.