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GA Code § 31-7-404 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 31 - Health|Chapter 7 - Regulation and Construction of Hospitals and Other Health Care Facilities|Article 15 - Hospital Acquisition|§ 31-7-404. Publication of Notice

 Within ten working days after receipt of notice under this article, the Attorney General shall publish notice of the proposed transaction in a newspaper of general circulation in the county where the main campus of the hospital is located and shall notify in writing the governing authority of such county. The published notice required by this Code section shall state that the Attorney General has received notice of a proposed transaction, the names of the parties to the proposed transaction, the date, time, and place of the public hearing regarding the transaction, and the means by which a person may submit written comments about the proposed transaction to the Attorney General.    (Code 1981, §31-7-404, enacted by Ga. L. 1997, p. 1091, § 1.)
GA Code § 31-7-407 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 31 - Health|Chapter 7 - Regulation and Construction of Hospitals and Other Health Care Facilities|Article 15 - Hospital Acquisition|§ 31-7-407. Attorney General to Ensure Compliance With Article; Other Persons Not Precluded From Instituting Judicial Proceedings

 The Attorney General shall have the authority to ensure compliance with any and all notices, certifications, obligations, and commitments which are required to be made in connection with a transaction under this article and may institute proceedings to enforce such compliance in the superior court of the county in which the main campus of the hospital is located. This provision shall not preclude any other person with standing from instituting judicial proceedings regarding the proposed disposition.    (Code 1981, §31-7-407, enacted by Ga. L. 1997, p. 1091, § 1.)
GA Code § 31-7-407.1 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 31 - Health|Chapter 7 - Regulation and Construction of Hospitals and Other Health Care Facilities|Article 15 - Hospital Acquisition|§ 31-7-407.1. Report of Findings

 The Attorney General shall issue a report of findings addressing the issues outlined in Code Section 31-7-406 within 30 days of the public hearing; provided, however, the time for issuing said report may be extended for an additional 30 days if the Attorney General finds there has been a failure by the entities involved in the transaction under review or any of them, to comply with disclosures required by this article or to respond to subpoenas or other process authorized by this article, and additional extensions may be ordered upon a continuation of a failure to so comply.    (Code 1981, §31-7-407.1, enacted by Ga. L. 1997, p. 1091, § 1.)   Code Commission notes.   - Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 1997, this Code section, enacted as 31-4-407.1, was redesignated as Code Section 31-7-407.1.
GA Code § 31-7-408 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 31 - Health|Chapter 7 - Regulation and Construction of Hospitals and Other Health Care Facilities|Article 15 - Hospital Acquisition|§ 31-7-408. Notice Required Prior to Issuance or Renewal of Permit to Operate Hospital; Permit Subject to Revocation or Suspension for Failure to Comply

 No permit to operate a hospital may be issued or renewed under this chapter or any other applicable statute or regulation and a permit which has been issued shall be subject to revocation or suspension if there is a disposition or acquisition of hospital assets as defined in this article without notice first having been provided to the Attorney General as required by this article.    (Code 1981, §31-7-408, enacted by Ga. L. 1997, p. 1091, § 1.)
GA Code § 31-7-409 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 31 - Health|Chapter 7 - Regulation and Construction of Hospitals and Other Health Care Facilities|Article 15 - Hospital Acquisition|§ 31-7-409. Prospective Operation of Article

  Any transaction completed before October 31, 1997, or any transaction that is subject to a pending definitive agreement as of October 31, 1997, and which is either conditioned only upon receipt of regulatory approval, or is subject to a pending judicial proceeding as of April 1, 1997, is not subject to the requirements of this article.   Any lease which is exempted from the operation of this article pursuant to subsection (a) of this Code section and which contained, on October 31, 1997, an option to renew that lease upon its expiration shall not be subject to this article upon any renewal on or after April 28, 1999.     (Code 1981, §31-7-409, enacted by Ga. L. 1997, p. 1091, § 1; Ga. L. 1999, p. 850, § 2.)   Code Commission notes.   - Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 1997, "October 31, 1997," was substituted for "the effective date of this article" in two places.   Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 1999, "April 28," was substituted for "the date this subsection becomes effective in" in subsection (b).
GA Code § 31-7-410 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 31 - Health|Chapter 7 - Regulation and Construction of Hospitals and Other Health Care Facilities|Article 15 - Hospital Acquisition|§ 31-7-410. Authority of Attorney General Unaffected

 No provision of this article shall derogate from the common law or statutory authority of the Attorney General.    (Code 1981, §31-7-410, enacted by Ga. L. 1997, p. 1091, § 1.)
GA Code § 31-7-411 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 31 - Health|Chapter 7 - Regulation and Construction of Hospitals and Other Health Care Facilities|Article 15 - Hospital Acquisition|§ 31-7-411. Attorney General's Power Under Article Same as Under Code Section 45-15-17

 In connection with the Attorney General's responsibilities under this article and in connection with the public hearing required by this article, the Attorney General shall have the same power to investigate and issue subpoenas as the Attorney General has with respect to investigations authorized under Code Section 45-15-17.    (Code 1981, §31-7-411, enacted by Ga. L. 1997, p. 1091, § 1.)
GA Code § 31-7-412 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 31 - Health|Chapter 7 - Regulation and Construction of Hospitals and Other Health Care Facilities|Article 15 - Hospital Acquisition|§ 31-7-412. Disposition or Acquisition Made in Violation of Requirements of Article Null and Void; Violators Subject to Fine; Attorney General to Instigate Proceedings to Impose Fine Within One Year

  Any disposition or acquisition of assets made in violation of the notice, disclosure, and certification requirements of this article shall be null and void, and each nonprofit entity and acquiring entity engaging in such disposition or acquisition shall be subject to a fine of up to $50,000.00, the amount of which shall be determined by the superior court in the county in which the main campus of the hospital is located. The Attorney General shall institute proceedings to impose such fine within one year of the unlawful disposition or acquisition.   Any person knowingly and willfully making a false statement in a certification under Code Section 31-7-403 or subsection (b) of Code Section 31-7-405, in addition to any criminal penalty which may be imposed pursuant to Code Section 16-10-71, shall be subject to a civil fine of up to $50,000.00, the amount of which shall be determined by the superior court in the county in which the main campus of the hospital is located. The Attorney General shall institute proceedings to impose such fine within one year of the date of the certification.     (Code 1981, §31-7-412, enacted by Ga. L. 1997, p. 1091, § 1; Ga. L. 1999, p. 850, § 3.)
GA Code § 31-8-1 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 31 - Health|Chapter 8 - Care and Protection of Indigent and Elderly Patients|Article 1 - Hospital Care for the Indigent Generally|§ 31-8-1. Establishment and Purpose of Program; Administration

 In order to promote and preserve the health of the people of this state, there is established a Hospital Care for the Indigent Program to be administered by the Department of Community Health. The purpose of this program is to assist counties in the purchase of hospital care for persons who are ill or injured and who can be helped by treatment in a hospital but are financially unable to meet the full cost of hospital care from their own resources or from the resources of those upon whom they are legally dependent. The purchase of such hospital care shall be limited to the nonprofit basic cost of hospital care needed for the treatment of the ill or injured, as deemed necessary and ordered by the physician in charge of the case in accordance with this article and the rules, regulations, and standards adopted and promulgated pursuant to this article.   (Ga. L. 1957, p. 470, § 1; Code 1933, § 88-2301, enacted by Ga. L. 1964, p. 499, § 1; Ga. L. 1985, p. 149, § 31; Ga. L. 2009, p. 453, § 1-4/HB 228.)   Law reviews.   - For article, "Privatization of Rural Public Hospitals: Implications for Access and Indigent Care," see 47 Mercer L. Rev. 991 (1996). For article, "Rural Health Care and State Antitrust Reform," see 47 Mercer L. Rev. 1045 (1996).   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 39 Am. Jur. 2d, Health, § 110.
GA Code § 31-8-2 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 31 - Health|Chapter 8 - Care and Protection of Indigent and Elderly Patients|Article 1 - Hospital Care for the Indigent Generally|§ 31-8-2. Definitions

 As used in this article, the term:   (0.5) "Department" means the Department of Community Health.    "Indigent person" means any resident who is ill or injured and who from his own resources or from the resources of those upon whom he is legally dependent is financially unable to meet the full cost of hospital care as prescribed or ordered by a physician. An allegedly indigent person shall not be considered an "indigent person" for the purposes of this article until and unless he shall be certified as an "indigent person" by the governing authority of his county of residence. If the governing authority shall fail or refuse to certify a person as an "indigent person" within five days after the next regular or special meeting of the governing authority receiving notice as to such person's being admitted to a participating hospital, neither the county nor the hospital shall be responsible for any medical costs incurred by such person, but the person himself shall be responsible for all such costs.   "Participating county" means a county whose governing authority, by appropriate action, has agreed to participate in the program, is current with regard to its pro rata share of funds necessary for hospital care for its indigent persons, and is in compliance with this article.   "Participating hospital" means a publicly or privately owned hospital which holds a valid permit issued pursuant to Article 1 of Chapter 7 of this title, which has a physician as chief of staff, and whose governing authority has elected to participate in the program in accordance with this article.   "Physician" means a doctor of medicine duly licensed to practice medicine in this state in accordance with Chapter 34 of Title 43.   "Program" means the Hospital Care for the Indigent Program.   "Resident" means a person who receives health care from a hospital in the county in which he resides and who is in this state for other than temporary or transitory purposes and has lived continuously in the state for a period of not less than six months.    (Ga. L. 1957, p. 470, § 2; Code 1933, § 88-2302, enacted by Ga. L. 1964, p. 499, § 1; Ga. L. 1970, p. 649, § 1; Ga. L. 1983, p. 3, § 22; Ga. L. 2011, p. 705, § 4-8/HB 214.)   Law reviews.   - For article on the 2011 amendment of this Code section, see 28 Ga. St. U. L. Rev. 147 (2011).
GA Code § 31-8-3 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 31 - Health|Chapter 8 - Care and Protection of Indigent and Elderly Patients|Article 1 - Hospital Care for the Indigent Generally|§ 31-8-3. Disbursement of State Funds to Counties

 State funds appropriated to the department for the purpose of carrying out this article shall be expended by the department so as to provide for the administration of this article as it deems necessary and proper and to assist counties in providing hospital care for indigent residents. The department shall establish a graduated matching formula for the disbursement of state funds to assist counties as provided in this article; provided, however, the state share of any participating county budget shall not exceed $1.00 per capita based on the latest official decennial population count of the United States Bureau of the Census. The department may establish an amount of state funds of the total state and county participating budget to provide hospital care for indigent resident patients who may be hospitalized outside of the county of residency; provided, however, that any unexpended state funds budgeted to provide hospital care for the indigent patient who may be hospitalized outside the county of residency may be reallocated by the department according to the matching formula.   (Ga. L. 1957, p. 470, § 4; Code 1933, § 88-2304, enacted by Ga. L. 1964, p. 499, § 1.)
GA Code § 31-8-4 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 31 - Health|Chapter 8 - Care and Protection of Indigent and Elderly Patients|Article 1 - Hospital Care for the Indigent Generally|§ 31-8-4. Qualification of Counties for Participation in Program

 In order for a county to qualify for assistance under the program, the governing authority of said county shall have certified that:    The county elects to participate in the program;   A local budget providing the funds required by the graduated matching formula has been approved;   A local administrative agency or officer has been appointed; and   A screening committee or agency has been appointed to make determinations and certifications relative to indigency of persons applying for assistance as provided for in this article.    (Ga. L. 1957, p. 470, § 9; Code 1933, § 88-2309, enacted by Ga. L. 1964, p. 499, § 1.)
GA Code § 31-8-5 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 31 - Health|Chapter 8 - Care and Protection of Indigent and Elderly Patients|Article 1 - Hospital Care for the Indigent Generally|§ 31-8-5. Submission of Budget by County

 After the implementation of this article, the governing authority of each participating county shall, on or before April 1 of each year, submit to the department a program budget containing an estimate and supporting data setting forth the amount of moneys needed to provide hospital care for the indigent residents for said county.   (Ga. L. 1957, p. 470, § 5; Code 1933, § 88-2305, enacted by Ga. L. 1964, p. 499, § 1.)
GA Code § 31-8-6 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 31 - Health|Chapter 8 - Care and Protection of Indigent and Elderly Patients|Article 1 - Hospital Care for the Indigent Generally|§ 31-8-6. Credit for Expenditures by County

 Upon certification approved by the department, any participating county may receive credit for direct expenditures made during the period covered by the budget by the county to a hospital or hospitals when such expenditures can be shown to have been made for the care of indigent residents as defined in this Code section.   (Ga. L. 1957, p. 470, § 6; Code 1933, § 88-2306, enacted by Ga. L. 1964, p. 499, § 1; Ga. L. 1985, p. 149, § 31.)
GA Code § 31-8-7 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 31 - Health|Chapter 8 - Care and Protection of Indigent and Elderly Patients|Article 1 - Hospital Care for the Indigent Generally|§ 31-8-7. Qualifications for Assistance Under Program; Waiver of Residence Requirements in Emergencies

 In order to qualify for assistance under this program, a person must be an indigent resident of this state and must be a person for whom hospital care is not available under any other program. The six-months' residency requirement may be waived if a physician certifies that the illness or injury constitutes an emergency which requires immediate hospital care.   (Ga. L. 1957, p. 470, § 8; Code 1933, § 88-2308, enacted by Ga. L. 1964, p. 499, § 1.)
GA Code § 31-8-8 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 31 - Health|Chapter 8 - Care and Protection of Indigent and Elderly Patients|Article 1 - Hospital Care for the Indigent Generally|§ 31-8-8. Agreements Between Department and Other Governmental Agencies or Private Organizations to Obtain Funds

 The department is authorized and empowered to enter into agreements with other state departments and boards, agencies of the United States government, local governmental agencies, and voluntary organizations to obtain funds for hospital care that may be available for needy persons; and the department is authorized to administer any funds received under such agreements in conformity with this article; provided, however, that the authority granted in this article shall not prevent the department from complying with 42 U.S.C.A. Section 701, et seq.   (Ga. L. 1957, p. 470, § 10; Code 1933, § 88-2310, enacted by Ga. L. 1964, p. 499, § 1; Ga. L. 1985, p. 149, § 31.)
GA Code § 31-8-9 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 31 - Health|Chapter 8 - Care and Protection of Indigent and Elderly Patients|Article 1 - Hospital Care for the Indigent Generally|§ 31-8-9. Use of Gifts and Donations

 The department is authorized and empowered to accept and expend any and all gifts and donations that may be available to it for the purposes of this article.   (Ga. L. 1957, p. 470, § 11; Code 1933, § 88-2311, enacted by Ga. L. 1964, p. 499, § 1.)
GA Code § 31-8-10 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 31 - Health|Chapter 8 - Care and Protection of Indigent and Elderly Patients|Article 1 - Hospital Care for the Indigent Generally|§ 31-8-10. Rules and Regulations

 The department shall adopt and promulgate such rules and regulations as it deems necessary to carry out this article.   (Ga. L. 1957, p. 470, § 7; Code 1933, § 88-2307, enacted by Ga. L. 1964, p. 499, § 1.)
GA Code § 31-8-11 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 31 - Health|Chapter 8 - Care and Protection of Indigent and Elderly Patients|Article 1 - Hospital Care for the Indigent Generally|§ 31-8-11. Construction of Article

 This article shall not be construed as replacing federal, state, or local programs for the indigent but may supplement such programs for hospital care of the indigent.   (Ga. L. 1957, p. 470, § 14; Code 1933, § 88-2312, enacted by Ga. L. 1964, p. 499, § 1.)
GA Code § 31-8-30 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 31 - Health|Chapter 8 - Care and Protection of Indigent and Elderly Patients|Article 2 - Hospital Care for Nonresident Indigents|§ 31-8-30. Findings; Purpose of Article

 The General Assembly finds that there is an inequitable distribution of the public costs incurred in providing health care for indigent persons who receive such care outside their counties of residence. The publicly supported hospitals providing such health care are frequently not reimbursed for the costs thereby incurred, which either increases the tax burden of citizens supporting such hospitals or increases the charges made to paying patients or causes a combination of both types of such increases. It is the purpose of this article to recognize and provide for the state's responsibility to assist in the payment of cost of care for nonresident indigent patients by providing procedures for the reimbursement of such costs from state funds.   (Code 1933, § 88-2301a, enacted by Ga. L. 1979, p. 1234, § 1.)
GA Code § 31-8-31 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 31 - Health|Chapter 8 - Care and Protection of Indigent and Elderly Patients|Article 2 - Hospital Care for Nonresident Indigents|§ 31-8-31. Definitions

 As used in this article, the term:    "Area of operation" shall, for the purpose of hospital authorities, have the same meaning as defined in paragraph (1) of Code Section 31-7-71 and, for purposes of all other hospitals, shall be the county in which the hospital is located.   "Cost of care" means the cost of services rendered by a hospital at the reimbursement rate currently in effect for the hospital under the medical assistance program for the needy under Title XIX of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.A. Section 1396, et seq.), as amended, but shall not include any portion of such cost which is paid by the indigent patient, by the spouse or a relative of the indigent patient, by insurance, or by any governmental or other public agency pursuant to any federal, state, or local program paying cost of health care for indigent patients, other than the program established by this article.  (2.1) "Department" means the Department of Community Health.    "Fiscal year" means the period beginning on July 1 of each year and ending on June 30 of the immediately following year.   "Fund" means the Nonresident Indigent Health Care Fund created by Code Section 31-8-33.   "Health care" means the following services for nonresident inpatients and outpatients:   Emergency care or treatment;   Treatment for conditions of pregnancy and treatment of the newborn infant from the time of birth until the time of discharge from the hospital;   Treatment for a potentially disabling illness or injury when treatment for such illness or injury is not available for indigent patients in the county of residence of the patient; and   Treatment for any combination of the foregoing.     "Hospital" means a hospital which is permitted to operate by the department pursuant to Article 1 of Chapter 7 of this title.   "Hospital authority" means a hospital authority created pursuant to Article 4 of Chapter 7 of this title.   "Indigent patient" means a nonresident patient who is certified as an indigent pursuant to Code Section 31-8-32.   "Nonresident patient" means a person who receives health care from a hospital and who is a resident of this state but who is not a resident of the area of operation of the hospital providing such health care.    (Code 1933, § 88-2302a, enacted by Ga. L. 1979, p. 1234, § 1; Ga. L. 1985, p. 149, § 31; Ga. L. 2011, p. 705, § 4-9/HB 214.)   Law reviews.   - For article on the 2011 amendment of this Code section, see 28 Ga. St. U. L. Rev. 147 (2011).
GA Code § 31-8-33 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 31 - Health|Chapter 8 - Care and Protection of Indigent and Elderly Patients|Article 2 - Hospital Care for Nonresident Indigents|§ 31-8-33. Creation of Fund

 There is created the Nonresident Indigent Health Care Fund for the purpose of making payments therefrom to hospitals to reimburse such hospitals for the cost of care of nonresident indigent patients. Such fund shall be made up of appropriations made thereto by the General Assembly, as provided in this article.   (Code 1933, § 88-2304a, enacted by Ga. L. 1979, p. 1234, § 1; Ga. L. 1991, p. 94, § 31.)