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2018 Georgia Code 37-3-120 | Car Wreck Lawyer

TITLE 37 MENTAL HEALTH

Section 3. Examination, Treatment, etc., for Mental Illness, 37-3-1 through 37-3-168.

ARTICLE 5 PAYMENT OF EXPENSES OF PATIENT CARE AND TRANSPORTATION GENERALLY

37-3-120. Effect of inability to pay on right to care and treatment.

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.

(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.)

Cross references.

- Payment of patient expenses for support, treatment in state institutions generally, Ch. 9 of this title.

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.

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