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GA Code § 37-3-21 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 37 - Mental Health|Chapter 3 - Examination, Treatment, etc., for Mental Illness|Article 2 - Hospitalization and Treatment of Voluntary Patients|§ 37-3-21. Discharge of Voluntary Patients Upon Recovery or Termination of Need for Hospitalization; Notice of Discharge

  The chief medical officer of the facility shall discharge any voluntary patient who has recovered from his mental illness or who has sufficiently improved that the chief medical officer determines, after consideration of the recommendations of the treatment team, that hospitalization of the patient is no longer necessary, provided that in no event shall any such patient be so discharged if, in the judgment of the chief medical officer of such facility, such discharge would be unsafe for the patient or others.The chief medical officer may designate in writing a physician or psychologist, who may be the attending physician or treating psychologist, to make these discharge decisions.If the decision of the designee is contrary to the recommendations of the treatment team or of a physician or psychologist member of the treatment team, the issue must go to the chief medical officer for final determination.Where there is concurrence, the decision of the designee will be final.   Notice of discharge of patients who have been transferred from involuntary to voluntary status shall be given pursuant to Code Section 37-3-24.    (Ga. L. 1874, p. 91, § 1; Code 1882, § 1344a; Ga. L. 1884-85, p. 61, § 1; Civil Code 1895, § 1416; Civil Code 1910, § 1578; Ga. L. 1931, p. 7, § 41; Code 1933, § 35-206; Ga. L. 1952, p. 94, § 2; Ga. L. 1958, p. 697, § 3; Ga. L. 1960, p. 837, § 3; Code 1933, § 88-503, enacted by Ga. L. 1964, p. 499, § 1; Code 1933, § 88-503.2, enacted by Ga. L. 1969, p. 505, § 1; Ga. L. 1978, p. 1789, § 1; Ga. L. 1991, p. 1059, § 2; Ga. L. 1992, p. 1902, § 2.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   ALR.   - Liability of one releasing institutionalized mental patient for harm he causes, 38 A.L.R.3d 699.
GA Code § 37-3-22 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 37 - Mental Health|Chapter 3 - Examination, Treatment, etc., for Mental Illness|Article 2 - Hospitalization and Treatment of Voluntary Patients|§ 37-3-22. Right of Voluntary Patient to Discharge Upon Application; Exception; Procedure on Denial of Application for Discharge; Notice of Discharge

  A voluntary patient, other than a minor child for whom admission has been sought by his parents or guardian, who has admitted himself to a facility pursuant to subsection (a) of Code Section 37-3-20 or any voluntary patient's personal representative, legal guardian, parent, spouse, attorney, or adult next of kin may request such patient's discharge in writing at any time after his admission. If the patient was admitted on his own application and the request for discharge is made by a person other than the patient, the discharge shall be conditioned upon the agreement of the patient thereto, unless such other person is the legal guardian of the patient's person. The request for discharge may be submitted to the chief medical officer or to any staff physician or staff psychologist or staff registered nurse of the facility for transmittal to the chief medical officer. If the patient or another on his behalf makes an oral request for release to any member of the staff or other service provider, the patient must within 24 hours be given assistance in preparing a written request. The person to whom a written request is submitted shall deliver the request to the chief medical officer within 24 hours, Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays excluded. Within 72 hours, excluding Sundays and legal holidays, of the delivery of a written request for release to the chief medical officer, the patient must be discharged from the facility, unless the chief medical officer finds that the discharge would be unsafe for the patient or others, in which case proceedings for involuntary treatment must be initiated under either Code Section 37-3-41, Code Section 37-3-61, or Code Section 37-3-81.   Notice of discharge of patients who have been transferred from involuntary to voluntary status shall be given pursuant to Code Section 37-3-24.    (Ga. L. 1952, p. 94, § 3; Ga. L. 1958, p. 697, § 4; Ga. L. 1960, p. 837, § 4; Code 1933, § 88-504, enacted by Ga. L. 1964, p. 499, § 1; Code 1933, § 88-503.3, enacted by Ga. L. 1969, p. 505, § 1; Ga. L. 1978, p. 1789, § 1; Ga. L. 1983, p. 3, § 28; Ga. L. 1991, p. 1059, § 9; Ga. L. 1992, p. 6, § 37.)   OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL    Voluntary patient at a state hospital may be picked up and returned to the hospital  by the hospital police if the patient leaves without making a request to be discharged and without permission. 1970 Op. Att'y Gen. No. U70-183.   RESEARCH REFERENCES   ALR.   - Liability of one releasing institutionalized mental patient for harm he causes, 38 A.L.R.3d 699.
GA Code § 37-3-23 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 37 - Mental Health|Chapter 3 - Examination, Treatment, etc., for Mental Illness|Article 2 - Hospitalization and Treatment of Voluntary Patients|§ 37-3-23. Giving Voluntary Patients Periodic Notice of Rights

 At the time of his admission and each six months thereafter, any voluntary patient admitted to a facility under Code Section 37-3-20 or transferred to voluntary status under Code Section 37-3-24 shall be notified in writing of his right to discharge upon application under Code Section 37-3-22 and of all other rights granted to patients under this chapter.   (Code 1933, § 88-503.4, enacted by Ga. L. 1969, p. 505, § 1; Ga. L. 1978, p. 1789, § 1.)
GA Code § 37-3-100 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 37 - Mental Health|Chapter 3 - Examination, Treatment, etc., for Mental Illness|Article 4 - Placement, Transfer, and Transportation of Patients Generally|§ 37-3-100. Placement and Transfer of Patients Generally

  The department may designate the state owned or state operated facility to which a patient is to be admitted under this chapter. The department may instead designate a private facility, approved under Code Section 37-3-6, to which the patient is to be admitted, if the department has obtained the prior agreement of the private facility and of the patient or his representatives.   A patient hospitalized in a state owned or state operated facility under this chapter may apply for transfer at his own expense to a private facility approved under Code Section 37-3-6 if he is able to pay for treatment at such private facility. If the private facility agrees to accept the patient, the department shall transfer the patient to that facility.   If a private facility requests the department to take custody of a patient who has been hospitalized therein under this chapter and if the patient meets the criteria for admission under this chapter, then the department shall accept the patient and designate the state owned or state operated facility to which the patient shall be admitted.   When the needs of the patient or efficient utilization of any facility so requires, a patient may be transferred from one facility to another. At the time of any such transfer, notice shall be given in writing to the patient and to his representatives and the patient shall be advised in writing of the reasons for his transfer. A voluntary patient may be transferred only with his consent.   A patient hospitalized in a private facility, approved under Code Section 37-3-6, or that patient's representative may request that facility to transfer the patient to a state owned or operated facility. That private facility shall then request the department to take custody of the patient. If the patient meets the criteria for admission under this chapter, then the private facility shall transfer the patient and the department shall accept the patient and designate the state owned or operated facility to which the patient shall be admitted.    (Ga. L. 1958, p. 697, § 10; Ga. L. 1960, p. 837, § 10; Code 1933, § 88-510, enacted by Ga. L. 1964, p. 499, § 1; Code 1933, §§ 88-502.13, 88-508.6, enacted by Ga. L. 1969, p. 505, § 1; Code 1933, §§ 88-507.5, 88-502.16, enacted by Ga. L. 1978, p. 1789, § 1; Ga. L. 1985, p. 873, § 1.)
GA Code § 37-3-103 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 37 - Mental Health|Chapter 3 - Examination, Treatment, etc., for Mental Illness|Article 4 - Placement, Transfer, and Transportation of Patients Generally|§ 37-3-103. Procedure for Transfer of Georgia Residents From Out-of-State Hospitals to Georgia Hospitals

 Upon application to the department by a parent, spouse, next of kin, or guardian or by an agency of another state in which the patient is hospitalized, a patient shall be eligible to be hospitalized in the State of Georgia if found by the department to be a legal resident of this state. The department shall designate a hospital to which such patient is to be transported at no expense to the State of Georgia. The regional state hospital administrator of such hospital and the next of kin or guardian of the patient shall be notified of this action. The chief medical officer shall be authorized to hospitalize the patient for a period not to exceed five days unless prior to the expiration of such period the patient shall have voluntarily agreed to hospitalization or involuntary proceedings shall have been instituted under this chapter. After a thorough physical and mental examination has been made by the medical staff of such hospital, the chief medical officer of the hospital or his designee is authorized to sign an application for involuntary hospitalization if necessary. Such application shall be forwarded to the court of the county in which that hospital is located for action pursuant to the provisions of this chapter relative thereto.   (Code 1933, § 88-524, enacted by Ga. L. 1969, p. 837, § 1; Code 1933, § 88-507.8, enacted by Ga. L. 1978, p. 1789, § 1; Ga. L. 2002, p. 1324, § 1-18.)
GA Code § 37-3-104 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 37 - Mental Health|Chapter 3 - Examination, Treatment, etc., for Mental Illness|Article 4 - Placement, Transfer, and Transportation of Patients Generally|§ 37-3-104. Procedure Upon Discovery That a Patient Hospitalized in Georgia Is Not a Resident

 If a hospitalized patient is discovered not to be a resident, the regional state hospital administrator of the treatment facility in which the patient is hospitalized shall seek his transfer to the custody of authorities of the state of his residence or to a publicly owned or publicly operated psychiatric hospital in that state. Notwithstanding an individual's status as a nonresident, nothing contained in this Code section shall prevent the voluntary hospitalization of such individual under this chapter for which due payment is made by such individual or others on his behalf nor shall it prevent the transfer, custody, care, or treatment of such individual in accordance with the terms of any reciprocal agreement between the State of Georgia and any other state, the District of Columbia, or any territory or possession of the United States. This Code section shall not apply to persons confined to any facility operated by or under the control of the United States Department of Veterans Affairs or any other federal agency.   (Ga. L. 1960, p. 837, § 21; Code 1933, § 88-521, enacted by Ga. L. 1964, p. 499, § 1; Code 1933, § 88-508.4, enacted by Ga. L. 1969, p. 505, § 1; Code 1933, § 88-507.3, enacted by Ga. L. 1978, p. 1789, § 1; Ga. L. 1990, p. 45, § 1; Ga. L. 2002, p. 1324, § 1-18.)   Cross references.   - Rights of citizens of other states while in Georgia generally, § 1-2-9.   JUDICIAL DECISIONS    Cited in Kiker v. Kiker, 126 Ga. App. 39, 189 S.E.2d 880 (1972); Trapnell v. Smith, 131 Ga. App. 254, 205 S.E.2d 875 (1974); Townsend v. Cain, 140 Ga. App. 251, 230 S.E.2d 504 (1976).
GA Code § 37-3-120 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 37 - Mental Health|Chapter 3 - Examination, Treatment, etc., for Mental Illness|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, T. 37, C. 9.   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.
GA Code § 37-3-121 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 37 - Mental Health|Chapter 3 - Examination, Treatment, etc., for Mental Illness|Article 5 - Payment of Expenses of Patient Care and Transportation Generally|§ 37-3-121. Liability for Certain Expenses of Transporting, Examining, and Caring for Patients

  The responsibility for paying the expenses for transporting, examining, and caring for patients, which expenses are not provided for under Chapter 9 of this title, relating to the payment of costs of care of persons admitted to state institutions under the department, shall be in the following order:   The patient or his estate;   Persons legally obligated or legally responsible for the support of the patient;   The county of the patient's legal residence, provided that the county governing authority passes an appropriate resolution assuming such responsibility; and   The department, when the General Assembly appropriates funds for such purpose.     The patient or those legally obligated for his support shall not be responsible for such expenses as described above when they were incurred in transporting a patient who is released by a court or a facility before involuntary treatment as not being a mentally ill person in need of involuntary treatment.   The board is authorized to issue rules and regulations governing the provisions of this Code section as it relates to the department.    (Code 1933, § 88-508.8, enacted by Ga. L. 1969, p. 505, § 1; Code 1933, § 88-507.7, enacted by Ga. L. 1978, p. 1789, § 1.)   Cross references.   - Payment of costs of hospital care for the indigent, § 31-8-1 et seq.    Medical assistance generally, § 49-4-140 et seq.
GA Code § 37-4-1 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 37 - Mental Health|Chapter 4 - Habilitation of the Developmentally Disabled Generally|Article 1 - General Provisions|§ 37-4-1. Declaration of Policy

 The State of Georgia recognizes the capacity of all of its citizens, including those who are developmentally disabled, to be both personally and socially productive; and it further recognizes its obligation to provide aid in the form of a coordinated system of community facilities, programs, and services to developmentally disabled citizens so that they may achieve a greater measure of independence and fulfillment and more fully enjoy their rights of citizenship.   (Code 1933, § 88-2501, enacted by Ga. L. 1964, p. 499, § 1; Ga. L. 1978, p. 1826, § 1; Ga. L. 2009, p. 453, § 3-5/HB 228.)
GA Code § 37-4-3 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 37 - Mental Health|Chapter 4 - Habilitation of the Developmentally Disabled Generally|Article 1 - General Provisions|§ 37-4-3. Authority of Board to Issue Regulations; Powers of Department Generally

  The board shall issue regulations to implement this chapter in accordance with the intent of this chapter to safeguard the rights of developmentally disabled persons.   In addition to the other powers provided by this chapter, the department shall have the authority:   To enforce the regulations issued by the board;   To prescribe the forms of applications, records, medical certificates, and any other forms required or used under this chapter and the information required to be contained therein;   To require such reports from any facility as it may find necessary to the performance of its duties or functions;   To visit facilities regularly to review the procedures applied to all clients;   To determine the care, treatment, education, habilitation, or other specialized services being given all clients;   To investigate complaints and make reports and recommendations relative to the same; and   To make effective such procedures and orders as may be appropriate to carry out this chapter.  Notwithstanding the powers granted to the department under this Code section, the requirements of this Code section as to determination of care, treatment, education, habilitation, or other specialized services of clients and the investigation of complaints shall not apply to clients who are being cared for in a facility operated by or under the control of the United States Department of Veterans Affairs or any other federal agency.       (Code 1933, § 88-2511, enacted by Ga. L. 1964, p. 499, § 1; Code 1933, § 88-2509.1, enacted by Ga. L. 1978, p. 1826, § 1; Ga. L. 1990, p. 45, § 1; Ga. L. 2009, p. 453, § 3-5/HB 228.)
GA Code § 37-4-4 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 37 - Mental Health|Chapter 4 - Habilitation of the Developmentally Disabled Generally|Article 1 - General Provisions|§ 37-4-4. Coordination of Training Programs for the Developmentally Disabled

 The State Department of Education is authorized and directed to coordinate its program for training the developmentally disabled with the programs of the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities. The Department of Education is authorized and empowered to expend funds appropriated to or available to it for such purposes.   (Ga. L. 1963, p. 259, § 5; Ga. L. 1966, p. 374, § 7; Ga. L. 2009, p. 453, §§ 3-2, 3-5/HB 228.)
GA Code § 37-4-5 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 37 - Mental Health|Chapter 4 - Habilitation of the Developmentally Disabled Generally|Article 1 - General Provisions|§ 37-4-5. Validity of Hospitalization Orders Entered Before September 1, 1978; Establishment of Regulations Authorizing Continued Care for Clients Receiving Services Pursuant to Orders Entered Before September 1, 1978; Validity of Hospitalization Orders Entered Before July 1, 2011

  No hospitalization of a developmentally disabled person lawful before September 1, 1978, shall be deemed unlawful because of the enactment of this chapter. The board is authorized to establish reasonable regulations to require that the superintendent or regional state hospital administrator of each facility where developmentally disabled persons are in residence apply under Code Section 37-4-42 for an order authorizing continued care of a client for whom such care is necessary and who was initially hospitalized under an order of a court prior to September 1, 1978. Such prior orders of hospitalization entered by the courts, unless superseded at an earlier date by an order under this chapter, or unless such prior orders expire under their own terms at an earlier date, shall remain valid until 12 months following September 1, 1978, after which all such orders shall be null and void and of no effect.   No hospitalization of a person with developmental disabilities which was lawful before July 1, 2011, shall be deemed unlawful because of the repeal of former Code sections under Article 2 of this chapter.    (Code 1933, § 88-2509.6, enacted by Ga. L. 1978, p. 1826, § 1; Ga. L. 2002, p. 1324, § 1-19; Ga. L. 2009, p. 453, § 3-5/HB 228; Ga. L. 2011, p. 337, § 2/HB 324.)
GA Code § 37-4-6 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 37 - Mental Health|Chapter 4 - Habilitation of the Developmentally Disabled Generally|Article 1 - General Provisions|§ 37-4-6. Immunity From Liability for Actions Taken in Good Faith Compliance With Admission and Discharge Provisions of Chapter

 Any physician, psychologist, peace officer, attorney, or health official or any hospital official, agent, or other person employed by a private hospital or at a facility operated by the state, by a political subdivision of the state, or by a hospital authority created pursuant to the "Hospital Authorities Law," Article 4 of Chapter 7 of Title 31 who acts in good faith in compliance with the admission and discharge provisions of this chapter shall be immune from civil or criminal liability for his actions in connection with the admission of a client to a facility or the discharge of a client from a facility.   (Code 1933, § 88-2503.23, enacted by Ga. L. 1978, p. 1826, § 1; Ga. L. 1991, p. 1059, § 24.)   Law reviews.   - For note on 1991 amendment of this Code section, see 8 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 121 (1992).   RESEARCH REFERENCES   ALR.   - Liability of mental care facility for suicide of patient or former patient, 19 A.L.R.4th 7.
GA Code § 37-4-7 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 37 - Mental Health|Chapter 4 - Habilitation of the Developmentally Disabled Generally|Article 1 - General Provisions|§ 37-4-7. Apprehension by Peace Officer of Developmentally Disabled Person Who Leaves Facility Without Permission

 If, during the period of habilitation authorized by this chapter a client escapes or otherwise leaves a facility without permission, the facility may advise any peace officer that the client has escaped or otherwise left the facility without permission; and the peace officer shall be authorized to take said client into custody and return him to such facility.   (Code 1933, § 88-2509.9, enacted by Ga. L. 1979, p. 734, § 8.)
GA Code § 37-4-8 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 37 - Mental Health|Chapter 4 - Habilitation of the Developmentally Disabled Generally|Article 1 - General Provisions|§ 37-4-8. Approval of Private Facilities; Powers and Duties of Private Facilities; Right to Deny Admission

 Any private facility within this state may be approved as a facility for the habilitation of developmentally disabled persons by the department at the request of or with the consent of the governing officers of such private facility. When so approved, the private facility shall have all powers given to the corresponding type of facility under this chapter for evaluation and habilitation and shall have all duties and obligations of such facilities imposed by this chapter, except that any such private facility may decline to accept any client who is unable to pay it for habilitation services or for whom it has no available space.   (Code 1933, § 88-2509.5, enacted by Ga. L. 1978, p. 1826, § 1; Ga. L. 2009, p. 453, § 3-5/HB 228.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   ALR.   - Applicability and application of zoning regulations to single residences employed for group living of mentally retarded persons, 32 A.L.R.4th 1018.   Validity, construction, and effect of statute requiring consultation with, or approval of, local governmental unit prior to locating group home, halfway house, or similar community residence for the mentally ill, 51 A.L.R.4th 1096.