O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 49-4-31 (2019)

Definitions

✓ 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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As used in this article, the term:

(1) “Applicant” means a person who has applied for assistance under this article.

(2) “Assistance” means money payments to, medical care in behalf of, or any type of remedial care recognized under state law in behalf of needy individuals who are 65 years of age or older but shall not include any such payments to or care in behalf of any individual who is a patient in an institution for tuberculosis or mental health or developmental disability services.

(3) “Medical institution” means an institution that is organized to provide medical, nursing, or convalescent care.

(4) “Public institution” means an institution that is the responsibility of a governmental unit or over which a governmental unit exercises administrative control.

(5) “Recipient” means a person who has received assistance under this article.

History

Ga. L. 1937, p. 311, § 1; Ga. L. 1957, p. 368, § 1; Ga. L. 1962, p. 683, § 1; Ga. L.

2009, p. 453, § 3-6/HB 228; Ga. L. 2018, p. 550, § 3-3/SB 407.