O.C.G.A.
O.C.G.A. § 37-3-120 (2019)
Effect of inability to pay on right to care and treatment
✓ 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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It is the policy of this state that no person shall be denied care and treatment for mental illness nor shall services be delayed at a facility of the state or a political subdivision of the state because of inability to pay for such care and treatment.
History
Code 1933, § 88-502.2, enacted by Ga. L. 1969, p. 505, § 1; Code 1933, § 88-502.3, enacted by Ga. L. 1978, p. 1789, § 1.
Annotations
Cross references. - Payment of patient expenses for support, treatment in state institutions generally, T. 37, C. 9.
RESEARCH REFERENCES ALR. - Constitutionality of statute imposing liability upon estate or relatives of
insane person for his support in asylum, 20 A.L.R.3d 363.