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GA Code § 49-4-80 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 49 - Social Services|Chapter 4 - Public Assistance|Article 4 - Aid to the Disabled|§ 49-4-80. Definitions

 As used in this article, the term:    "Applicant" means a person who has applied for assistance under this article.   "Assistance" means money payments to, or hospital care in behalf of, needy individuals who are totally and permanently disabled but does not include any individual:   Who is a patient in an institution for tuberculosis or mental illness or developmental disability; or   Who has been diagnosed as having tuberculosis or being mentally ill or developmentally disabled and is a patient in a medical institution as a result thereof.     "Medical institution" means an institution that is organized to provide medical, nursing, or convalescent care.   "Public institution" means an institution that is the responsibility of a governmental unit or over which a governmental unit exercises administrative control.   "Recipient" means a person who has received assistance.   "Totally and permanently disabled" means any person not less than 18 nor more than 65 years of age who has a medically demonstrable disability which is permanent and which renders him incapable of performing any gainful occupation within his competence.    (Ga. L. 1952, p. 15, § 1; Ga. L. 1957, p. 368, § 6; Ga. L. 2009, p. 453, §§ 3-5, 3-6/HB 228; Ga. L. 2018, p. 550, § 3-7/SB 407.)    The 2018 amendment,  effective July 1, 2018, substituted the present provisions of paragraph (2) for the former provisions, which read: "'Assistance' means money payments to, or hospital care in behalf of, needy individuals who are totally and permanently disabled but does not include any such payments to or care in behalf of any such individual who is an inmate of a public institution (except as a patient in a medical institution) or any individual:"; added paragraphs (3) and (4); and redesignated former paragraphs (3) and (4) as present paragraphs (5) and (6), respectively.   Law reviews.   - For article on the 2018 amendment of this Code section, see 35 Ga. St. U. L. Rev. 45 (2018).   JUDICIAL DECISIONS    Cited in Holloway v. Parham, 340 F. Supp. 336 (N.D. Ga. 1972); Howell v. Harden, 129 Ga. App. 200, 198 S.E.2d 890 (1973); Pugh v. Department of Human Resources, 132 Ga. App. 60, 207 S.E.2d 542 (1974); Turner v. Harden, 136 Ga. App. 842, 222 S.E.2d 621 (1975).   RESEARCH REFERENCES   ALR.    - Admissibility of opinion evidence as to employability on issue of disability in health and accident insurance and workers' compensation cases, 154 A.L.R. 427; 89 A.L.R.3d 783.
GA Code § 49-4-81 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 49 - Social Services|Chapter 4 - Public Assistance|Article 4 - Aid to the Disabled|§ 49-4-81. Eligibility for Assistance Under This Article

  Assistance is to be granted under this article to any person who:   Is not less than 18 nor more than 65 years of age;   Is totally and permanently disabled as that term is defined in Code Section 49-4-80;   Does not have sufficient income or other resources to provide a subsistence compatible with decency and health;   Has not made an assignment or transfer of property for the purpose of rendering himself eligible for assistance under this article at any time within two years immediately prior to the filing of application for assistance pursuant to this article;   Has been a bona fide resident of the state for not less than one year; and   Is not receiving old-age assistance, aid to the blind, or aid to dependent children.     No applicant shall be required to subscribe to a pauper's oath in order to be eligible for assistance under this article.   Inmates of any public institution meeting the requirements of subsection (a) of this Code section may be granted assistance, provided such public institution has entered into an agreement with the Department of Community Health to determine an inmate's eligibility for assistance and services. Such agreement shall require the public institution or medical institution providing services to such inmate to provide the Department of Community Health with the required monetary payment to match the federal matching funds as set forth in federal law for the services received.    (Ga. L. 1952, p. 15, § 2; Ga. L. 1964, p. 665, § 1; Ga. L. 2018, p. 550, § 3-8/SB 407.)    The 2018 amendment,  effective July 1, 2018, added subsection (c).   Code Commission notes.   - Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 1990, the subsection (a) designation was added.   Law reviews.   - For article, "Special Needs Trusts: A Planning Tool with Promises," see 16 (No. 2) Ga. St. B. J. 18 (2010). For article on the 2018 amendment of this Code section, see 35 Ga. St. U. L. Rev. 45 (2018).   JUDICIAL DECISIONS    Cited in Bryson v. Burson, 308 F. Supp. 1170 (N.D. Ga. 1969); Holloway v. Parham, 340 F. Supp. 336 (N.D. Ga. 1972); James v. Harden, 136 Ga. App. 207, 221 S.E.2d 67 (1975); Turner v. Harden, 136 Ga. App. 842, 222 S.E.2d 621 (1975).   OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL   United States Supreme Court decisions control validity of residency statutes.   - Validity of the residency statutes concerning eligibility for public assistance would be held invalid by a court on the basis of United States Supreme Court decisions. 1969 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 69-238.   RESEARCH REFERENCES   C.J.S.   - 81 C.J.S., Social Security and Public Welfare, §§ 195, 197.   ALR.   - Social Security Acts: requisite of employment as affected by family relationship between alleged employer and employee, 8 A.L.R.3d 696.   Necessity and sufficiency of showing that "substantial and gainful activity" is available to disability claimant under Federal Social Security Act, 22 A.L.R.3d 440.
GA Code § 49-4-82 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 49 - Social Services|Chapter 4 - Public Assistance|Article 4 - Aid to the Disabled|§ 49-4-82. Duties of Department Under This Article

 The department shall:    Supervise the administration by the county departments of assistance to the needy totally and permanently disabled under this article;   Make such rules and regulations and take such action as may be necessary or desirable for carrying out this article;   Prescribe the form of and print and supply to the county department such forms as it may deem necessary and advisable; and   Publish in print or electronically an annual report and such interim reports as may be necessary.    (Ga. L. 1952, p. 15, § 4; Ga. L. 2010, p. 838, § 10/SB 388.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   C.J.S.   - 81 C.J.S., Social Security and Public Welfare, § 196.
GA Code § 49-4-83 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 49 - Social Services|Chapter 4 - Public Assistance|Article 4 - Aid to the Disabled|§ 49-4-83. Duties of County Departments Under This Article

 The county departments shall:    Administer this article in their respective counties, subject to the rules and regulations prescribed by the board pursuant to this article;   Report to the department at such times and in such manner and form as the department may from time to time direct; and   Submit to the county commissioner or board of commissioners or the legally constituted fiscal or financial agent of the county, after approval by the department, a budget containing an estimate and supporting data setting forth the amount of money needed to carry out this article.    (Ga. L. 1952, p. 15, § 5.)
GA Code § 49-4-84 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 49 - Social Services|Chapter 4 - Public Assistance|Article 4 - Aid to the Disabled|§ 49-4-84. Assistance Is Neither Assignable nor Subject to Legal Process or Operation of Bankruptcy Law; Payment of Assistance Check After Death of Recipient

  Assistance granted under this article shall not be transferable or assignable at law or in equity; and none of the money paid or payable under this article shall be subject to execution, levy, attachment, garnishment, or other legal process or to the operation of any bankruptcy or insolvency law.   Where a recipient dies after authorization of his assistance grant but before negotiation of his assistance check for the month in which his death occurs, endorsement of such check without recourse by the department to the spouse or nearest living relative of the recipient shall be sufficient authorization to the drawee bank to pay such check.    (Ga. L. 1952, p. 15, § 9.)
GA Code § 49-4-85 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 49 - Social Services|Chapter 4 - Public Assistance|Article 4 - Aid to the Disabled|§ 49-4-85. Payment of Assistance After Recipient Moves to Another County

 Any recipient who moves to another county in this state shall be entitled, with the approval of the Department of Human Services, to receive assistance in the county to which he has moved; and the county department of the county from which he has moved shall transfer all necessary records relating to the recipient to the county department of the county to which he has moved. The county from which the recipient has moved shall pay the assistance for a period of two months, after which time the county to which he has moved shall pay the assistance, if he remains otherwise eligible.   (Ga. L. 1952, p. 15, § 13; Ga. L. 2009, p. 453, § 2-2/HB 228.)
GA Code § 49-4-86 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 49 - Social Services|Chapter 4 - Public Assistance|Article 4 - Aid to the Disabled|§ 49-4-86. Claims to Assistance Subject to Amendments or Repeals

 All assistance granted under this article shall be deemed to be granted and to be held subject to any amending or repealing Act that may hereafter be passed; and no recipient shall have any claim for compensation, or otherwise, by reason of his assistance being affected in any way by any amending or repealing Act.   (Ga. L. 1952, p. 15, § 16.)
GA Code § 49-4-100 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 49 - Social Services|Chapter 4 - Public Assistance|Article 5 - Aid to Families With Dependent Children|§ 49-4-100. Through 49-4-119

 Reserved. Repealed by Ga. L. 1997, p. 1021, § 5, effective April 22, 1997.   Editor's notes.   - Ga. L. 1997, p. 1021, § 5, effective April 22, 1997, repealed and reserved this article. This article was based on Ga. L. 1937, p. 630, §§ 1, 2, 4, 5, 11, 13, and 14; Ga. L. 1950, p. 307, § 1; Ga. L. 1952, p. 253, § 1; Ga. L. 1957, p. 368, § 5; Ga. L. 1963, p. 291, §§ 1 - 3; Ga. L. 1964, p. 125, § 1; Ga. L. 1982, p. 3, § 49; Ga. L. 1984, p. 1426, § 1; Ga. L. 1986, p. 410, § 2; Ga. L. 1986, p. 881, § 1; Ga. L. 1988, p. 1720, § 15; Ga. L. 1992, p. 6, § 49; Ga. L. 1992, p. 2772, § 2; Ga. L. 1992, p. 3044, §§ 1, 2; Ga. L. 1993, p. 1969, §§ 1, 2; Ga. L. 1994, p. 97, § 49; Ga. L. 1994, p. 765, §§ 1, 2; Ga. L. 1995, p. 1155, §§ 2, 2.1.   Code Sections 49-4-118 and 49-4-119, enacted by Ga. L. 1995, p. 1155, §§ 2 and 2.1, respectively, were repealed by Ga. L. 1997, p. 1021, § 5 prior to their effective dates.
GA Code § 49-4-120 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 49 - Social Services|Chapter 4 - Public Assistance|Article 6 - Medical Assistance for Aged|§ 49-4-120. Through 49-4-128

 Reserved. Repealed by Ga. L. 1999, p. 296, § 16, effective July 1, 1999.   Editor's notes.   - Ga. L. 1999, p. 296, § 16, effective July 1, 1999, repealed and reserved this article. The former article, concerning "The Medical Assistance for the Aged Act", consisted of Code Sections 49-4-120 through 49-4-128 and was based on Ga. L. 1961, p. 170, §§ 1 through 6, and 8 through 10; Ga. L. 1982, p. 3, § 49; Ga. L. 1994, p. 97, § 49.   Code Section 49-4-121 was amended by Ga. L. 1999, p. 81, § 49. However, this amendment was not given effect due to the reserving of this article by Ga. L. 1999, p. 296, § 16.
GA Code § 49-4-140 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 49 - Social Services|Chapter 4 - Public Assistance|Article 7 - Medical Assistance Generally|§ 49-4-140. Short Title

 The short title for this article shall be the "Georgia Medical Assistance Act of 1977."   (Ga. L. 1977, p. 384, § 2.)   Law reviews.   - For article, "Privatization of Rural Public Hospitals: Implications for Access and Indigent Care," see 47 Mercer L. Rev. 991 (1996).   JUDICIAL DECISIONS    Cited in Feminist Women's Health Ctr. v. Burgess, 282 Ga. 433, 651 S.E.2d 36 (2007).
GA Code § 49-4-142.1 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 49 - Social Services|Chapter 4 - Public Assistance|Article 7 - Medical Assistance Generally|§ 49-4-142.1. Legislative Notification of Request for Waiver

 On and after May 3, 2006, neither the department, the board, nor any other representative of the state shall submit any request to the United States Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services for a waiver pursuant to Section 1115 of the federal Social Security Act without legislative notification. This shall apply only to waivers that relate to Medicaid modernization, Medicaid transformation, or a Medicaid reform model that would affect 20,000 or more individuals in the Georgia Medicaid population. The legislative notification required under this Code section shall be by Act of the General Assembly or the adoption of a joint resolution of the General Assembly.    (Code 1981, §49-4-142.1, enacted by Ga. L. 2006, p. 775, § 1/SB 572; Ga. L. 2007, p. 47, § 49/SB 103.)
GA Code § 49-4-142.3 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 49 - Social Services|Chapter 4 - Public Assistance|Article 7 - Medical Assistance Generally|§ 49-4-142.3. Waiver Request to Federal Government on Income Threshold for Medicare and Medicaid Services

 The department shall be authorized to submit a waiver request, on or before June 30, 2020, to the United States Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services pursuant to Section 1115 of the federal Social Security Act, which may include an increase in the income threshold up to a maximum of 100 percent of the federal poverty level.Further, upon approval of the waiver, the department shall be authorized to take all necessary steps to implement the terms and conditions of the waiver without any further legislative action.    (Code 1981, §49-4-142.3, enacted by Ga. L. 2019, p. 2, § 2-1/SB 106.)   Editor's notes.   - Ga. L. 2019, p. 2, § 1-1/SB 106, not codified by the General Assembly, provides: "This Act shall be known and may be cited as the 'Patients First Act.'"   Ga. L. 2019, p. 2, § 3-1/SB 106, not codified by the General Assembly, provides: "The General Assembly finds that:   "(1) For Georgians in recent years, private sector health insurance choices have decreased and the costs of insurance coverage have increased;   "(2) Through the granting of Section 1332 innovation waivers, the federal government allows states to pursue innovative strategies for providing their residents with access to high quality, comprehensive, and affordable health insurance while retaining the basic protections for consumers; and   "(3) Such waivers may be narrowly tailored to address specific problems and may address, among other things, the creation of state reinsurance programs, high-risk health conditions, changes to premium tax credits and cost-sharing arrangements, consumer-driven health care accounts, the creation of new health insurance products, the implementation of health care delivery systems, or the redefinition of essential health benefits."   U.S. Code.   - Section 1115 of the federal Social Security Act, referred to in this Code section, is codified at 42 U.S.C. § 1315.   Law reviews.   - For article on the 2019 enactment of this Code section, see 36 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 207 (2019).
GA Code § 49-4-143 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 49 - Social Services|Chapter 4 - Public Assistance|Article 7 - Medical Assistance Generally|§ 49-4-143. Power of Board of Community Health; Board of Medical Assistance Abolished

 The Board of Community Health established under Chapter 2 of Title 31 is empowered to establish the general policy to be followed by the department. The Board of Medical Assistance which existed June 30, 1999, is abolished July 1, 1999, and no person shall be appointed to such board on or after July 1, 1999.   (Ga. L. 1977, p. 384, § 5; Ga. L. 1999, p. 296, § 19; Ga. L. 2009, p. 453, § 1-7/HB 228.)
GA Code § 49-4-144 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 49 - Social Services|Chapter 4 - Public Assistance|Article 7 - Medical Assistance Generally|§ 49-4-144. Chief Administrative Officer; Powers and Duties

 The commissioner of community health established under Chapter 2 of Title 31 shall be the chief administrative officer of the department and, subject to the general policy established by the board, shall supervise, direct, account for, organize, plan, administer, and execute the functions vested in the department.   (Ga. L. 1977, p. 384, § 6; Ga. L. 1981, p. 855, § 1; Ga. L. 1999, p. 296, § 19; Ga. L. 2009, p. 453, § 1-7/HB 228.)
GA Code § 49-4-145 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 49 - Social Services|Chapter 4 - Public Assistance|Article 7 - Medical Assistance Generally|§ 49-4-145. Time Limitations on Claims for Assistance; Form of Claims

 Claims for medical assistance must be submitted not more than six months after the month in which the service is rendered and shall be in the form prescribed by the commissioner, except that the commissioner may, where he finds that delay in submission of claims was caused by circumstances beyond the control of the provider, extend the period for submission of certain claims for a period not to exceed 12 months after the month in which the service was rendered; provided, however, that such limitations shall not apply to claims timely filed pursuant to Title XVIII of the federal Social Security Act of 1935, as amended, and reimbursements of such claims may be authorized by the department so long as federal financial participation in such reimbursements is available.   (Ga. L. 1977, p. 384, § 7; Ga. L. 1981, p. 1887, § 1.)
GA Code § 49-4-146 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 49 - Social Services|Chapter 4 - Public Assistance|Article 7 - Medical Assistance Generally|§ 49-4-146. Time for Action on Claim

 The Department of Community Health, within three months of receiving a claim submitted on or after July 1, 1978, shall pay or deny the claim.   (Ga. L. 1977, p. 384, § 15A; Ga. L. 1999, p. 296, § 24.)
GA Code § 49-4-147 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 49 - Social Services|Chapter 4 - Public Assistance|Article 7 - Medical Assistance Generally|§ 49-4-147. Enforcement of Liens, Claims, or Offsets Against Assistance

 Medical assistance payable by virtue of this article shall be subject to any claim, lien, or offset of this state against the payee and to any claim of the United States of America made against the payee pursuant to a federal statute, but such moneys shall not otherwise be subject to execution, levy, garnishment, or any other legal process; and no transfer or assignment of such at law or in equity shall be enforceable against the State of Georgia, the Department of Community Health, or the commissioner of community health; but medical assistance moneys, having been paid, are subject to all such actions and process.   (Ga. L. 1977, p. 384, § 8; Ga. L. 1999, p. 296, § 24.)
GA Code § 49-4-147.2 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 49 - Social Services|Chapter 4 - Public Assistance|Article 7 - Medical Assistance Generally|§ 49-4-147.2. Noneligibility of Department of Community Health to Obtain nor Be Liable for Interest on Orders, Judgments, and Liquidated or Unliquidated Amounts; Exemptions

  Notwithstanding the provisions of Code Section 49-4-141, as used in this Code section the term "department" means the Department of Community Health or its officers, agents, or employees solely in their capacity as such officers, agents, or employees.   Notwithstanding the provisions of Code Section 7-4-12, 7-4-15, 7-4-16, or 13-6-13, or any other statute or judicial construction thereof authorizing interest, the department shall not be eligible to obtain nor be liable for interest on orders, judgments, liquidated amounts, or unliquidated amounts unless such interest is:   Required by federal law or regulations;   Interest on penalties as required by Code Section 49-4-146.1;   Interest as required by Code Section 49-4-148; or   Incurred by a failure to pay the penalty which may be transferred to the Indigent Care Trust Fund under Code Section 31-8-153.1 within 30 days after the penalty is imposed, in which event interest shall be paid from the thirty-first day following such imposition at the same rate as interest on penalties under Code Section 49-4-146.1.       (Code 1981, §49-4-147.2, enacted by Ga. L. 1990, p. 161, § 1; Ga. L. 1999, p. 296, § 24; Ga. L. 2001, p. 1240, § 7.)
GA Code § 49-4-149.1 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 49 - Social Services|Chapter 4 - Public Assistance|Article 7 - Medical Assistance Generally|§ 49-4-149.1. Submission by Department of Plan for Family Supplementation of Medicaid Payments Upon Federal Removal of Restrictions

 If the federal government removes restrictions upon family supplementation of Medicaid payments or approves a waiver allowing this supplementation, the Department of Community Health shall submit to the Health and Human Services Committee of the Senate and the Health and Human Services Committee of the House of Representatives a plan for this supplementation, which submission shall be made within 30 days after the earlier of the date the restrictions are removed or the date the waiver is approved.    (Ga. L. 1982, p. 824, § 1; Code 1981, §49-4-149.1, enacted by Ga. L. 1982, p. 824, § 2; Ga. L. 1992, p. 6, § 49; Ga. L. 1999, p. 296, § 24; Ga. L. 2005, p. 48, § 5/HB 309.)
GA Code § 49-4-150 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 49 - Social Services|Chapter 4 - Public Assistance|Article 7 - Medical Assistance Generally|§ 49-4-150. Regulations as to Maintenance and Use of Records; Certificate as to Use of Information

 The Board of Community Health is directed to prescribe regulations governing the custody, use, and preservation of the records, papers, files, and communications of the Department of Community Health relating to applicants for and recipients of medical assistance. Except as otherwise provided in Code Section 49-4-151, such regulations shall provide safeguards restricting the use or disclosure of information concerning applicants for or recipients of medical assistance to purposes directly connected with the administration of the state plan. No person who obtains information by virtue of any such regulations shall use such information for commercial or political purposes, and any person seeking such information shall certify to the commissioner of community health, in writing, that the information obtained will not be used for commercial or political purposes.   (Ga. L. 1977, p. 384, § 10; Ga. L. 1999, p. 296, § 24.)