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O.C.G.A. § 37-5-4 — Applicability of chapter; eligibility for community services | Georgia Code
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TITLE 37 MENTAL HEALTH

Section 5. Community Services for the Developmentally Disabled, 37-5-1 through 37-5-10.

ARTICLE 5 RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES OF DEVELOPMENTALLY DISABLED PERSONS UNDERGOING HABILITATION, THEIR REPRESENTATIVES, ETC., GENERALLY

37-5-4. Applicability of chapter; eligibility for community services.

  1. This chapter shall apply to all county boards of health in Georgia and to the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities.
  2. Developmentally disabled individuals who are not eligible to receive community services from other public agencies and developmentally disabled individuals who are not in fact receiving such services shall be entitled to receive all services afforded under this chapter.

(Ga. L. 1972, p. 700, § 4; Ga. L. 2009, p. 453, §§ 3-2, 3-5/HB 228.)

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