O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 37-7-120 (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 alcoholism, drug dependency, or drug abuse 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, § 88-402.3, enacted by Ga. L. 1978, p. 1856, § 1.

Annotations

Cross references. - Payment of pa-

tient expenses for support and treatment in state institutions generally, T. 37, C. 9.

RESEARCH REFERENCES ALR. - Alcoholic as entitled to public assistance under poor laws, 43 A.L.R.3d 554.