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GA Code § 49-4A-18 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 49 - Social Services|Chapter 4A - Department of Juvenile Justice|§ 49-4A-18. Prohibited Possession of Certain Goods by Youth

  As used in this Code section, the term:   "Director" means the commissioner or any director of a juvenile detention center or his or her designee, or any other person who is responsible for the overall management and operation of a center.   "Juvenile detention center" means a regional youth detention center or youth development center operated by or on behalf of the department.   "Telecommunications device" means a device, an apparatus associated with a device, or a component of a device that enables, or may be used to enable, communication with a person outside a place of incarceration, including, but not limited to, a telephone, cellular telephone, personal digital assistant, transmitting radio, or computer connected or capable of being connected to a computer network, by wireless or other technology, or otherwise capable of communicating with a person or device outside of a place of incarceration.   "Youth" means an offender assigned to a juvenile detention center.     Without the authorization of the director, it shall be unlawful for any person to obtain for, to procure for, or to give to a youth a gun, pistol, knife, or any other weapon; a bullet, ammunition, or any other explosive device; tobacco products; intoxicating liquor; marijuana, amphetamines, or any other hallucinogenic drugs or other drugs, regardless of the amount; any telecommunications device; or any other article or item.   Without the authorization of the director, it shall be unlawful for a youth to possess a gun, pistol, knife, or any other weapon; a bullet, ammunition, or any other explosive device; tobacco products; intoxicating liquor; marijuana, amphetamines, or any other hallucinogenic drugs or other drugs, regardless of the amount; any telecommunications device; or any other article or item.   Any person who violates this Code section shall be guilty of a felony and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by imprisonment for not less than one year nor more than four years.     (Code 1981, §49-4A-18, enacted by Ga. L. 2012, p. 1339, § 2/SB 366.)   Editor's notes.   - Ga. L. 2012, p. 1339, § 3/SB 366, not codified by the General Assembly, provides, in part, that this Code section shall apply to offenses committed on or after July 1, 2012.
GA Code § 49-4B-1 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 49 - Social Services|Chapter 4B - Interstate Compact for Juveniles|§ 49-4B-1. Short Title

 This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Interstate Compact for Juveniles."    (Code 1981, §49-4B-1, enacted by Ga. L. 2014, p. 763, § 2-1/HB 898.)
GA Code § 49-4B-2 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 49 - Social Services|Chapter 4B - Interstate Compact for Juveniles|§ 49-4B-2. Compact

 The Governor of this state is authorized and directed to execute a compact on behalf of the State of Georgia with any of the United States legally joining therein in the form substantially as follows:
GA Code § 49-4B-3 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 49 - Social Services|Chapter 4B - Interstate Compact for Juveniles|§ 49-4B-3. Role of Governor in Implementation of Compact; Promulgation of Rules and Regulations by Board

 With respect to the Interstate Compact for Juveniles set out in Code Section 49-4B-2:    The Governor shall by executive order establish the initial composition, terms, and compensation of the Georgia State Council for Interstate Juvenile Supervision required by Article IX of that compact, with the Governor making the appointments to those positions; provided, however, that there shall be two representatives from the legislative branch of government and one representative from the judicial branch of government who shall be appointed as follows:   The Speaker of the House of Representatives shall make one appointment of a legislative branch representative;   The President of the Senate shall make one appointment of a legislative branch representative; and   The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court shall make one appointment of a judicial branch representative;     The Governor shall by executive order establish the qualifications, term, and compensation of the compact administrator required by Article III of that compact, with the state council making the appointment of the compact administrator;   The Governor shall by executive order provide for any other matters necessary for implementation of the compact at the time that it becomes effective; and   Except as otherwise provided for in this Code section, the board may promulgate rules or regulations necessary to implement and administer the compact, subject to the provisions of Chapter 13 of Title 50, the "Georgia Administrative Procedure Act."     (Code 1981, §49-4B-3, enacted by Ga. L. 2014, p. 763, § 2-1/HB 898; Ga. L. 2018, p. 201, § 2/HB 670.)    The 2018 amendment,  rewrote paragraph (1). For effective date, see the Editor's note.   Editor's notes.   - Ga. L. 2018, p. 201, § 2/HB 670, provided: "(a) If a legislative branch representative is appointed and serving on the Georgia State Council for Interstate Juvenile Supervision on June 30, 2018, then this Act shall become effective upon the termination of his or her term of service.   "(b) If a legislative branch representative has not been appointed and is not serving on such council on June 30, 2018, then this Act shall become effective on July 1, 2018.” A legislative branch representative had not been appointed and was not serving on such council on June 30, 2018, so the Act became effective on July 1, 2018.
GA Code § 49-7-1 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 49 - Social Services|Chapter 7 - Family-Planning Services|§ 49-7-1. Short Title

 This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Family-Planning Services Act."   (Ga. L. 1966, p. 228, § 1.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 79 Am. Jur. 2d, Welfare Laws, §§ 45, 46.
GA Code § 49-7-2 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 49 - Social Services|Chapter 7 - Family-Planning Services|§ 49-7-2. Definitions

 As used in this chapter, the term:    "Agencies" means the department, county boards of health, health districts, county departments of family and children services, and district departments of family and children services.   "Family-planning services" means counseling and interviews with trained personnel regarding birth control, infertility, and family-planning methods and procedures; distribution of literature relating to birth control, infertility, and family planning; referral to licensed physicians or local health departments for consultation, examination, tests, medical treatment, and prescriptions for the purposes of birth control, infertility, and family planning; and, to the extent prescribed, the distribution of rhythm charts, drugs, medical preparations, contraceptive devices, and similar products used for birth control and family planning.    (Ga. L. 1966, p. 228, § 2.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   ALR.   - Validity of regulations as to contraceptives or the dissemination of birth control information, 96 A.L.R.2d 955.
GA Code § 49-7-3 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 49 - Social Services|Chapter 7 - Family-Planning Services|§ 49-7-3. Persons to Whom Agencies May Offer Services

 Within the limitations of the funds available to such agencies, all agencies are authorized to offer family-planning services to any person who is in any one or more of the following classifications:    Married;   The parent of at least one child;   Pregnant; or   Requesting such services.    (Ga. L. 1966, p. 228, § 3; Ga. L. 1968, p. 558, § 1.)   OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL   Any person requesting family planning services is eligible.   - General Assembly intended to make any person requesting family-planning services eligible to receive those services regardless of whether that person is married, pregnant, or the parent of at least one child. 1971 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 71-177.   Minor's ability to consent to treatment determined by pregnancy or childbirth.   - Whether a minor, unmarried female under the age of 18 years can consent to medical treatment for herself when offered in conjunction with family-planning services would depend in each instance on a determination of whether the medical treatment was given in connection with pregnancy or childbirth. 1971 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 71-177.
GA Code § 49-7-4 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 49 - Social Services|Chapter 7 - Family-Planning Services|§ 49-7-4. Services May Be Free

 Agencies may support family-planning services at no cost to the recipients of such services in accordance with rules and regulations of said agencies.   (Ga. L. 1966, p. 228, § 4.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   ALR.   - Legality of voluntary nontherapeutic sterilization, 35 A.L.R.3d 1444.
GA Code § 49-7-5 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 49 - Social Services|Chapter 7 - Family-Planning Services|§ 49-7-5. Right to Refuse Services

 The refusal of any person to accept family-planning services shall in no way affect the right of such person to receive public assistance or public health services or to avail himself of any other public benefit. The employees of the agencies engaged in the administration of this chapter shall recognize that the right to make decisions concerning family planning and birth control is a fundamental personal right of the individual; and nothing in this chapter shall in any way abridge such individual right, nor shall any individual be required to state his reason for refusing the offer of family-planning services.   (Ga. L. 1966, p. 228, § 5.)
GA Code § 49-7-6 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 49 - Social Services|Chapter 7 - Family-Planning Services|§ 49-7-6. Right of Employee to Refuse to Offer Services

 Any employee of the agencies engaged in the administration of this chapter may refuse to accept the duty of offering family-planning services to the extent that such duty is contrary to such employee's personal religious beliefs; and such refusal shall not be grounds for any disciplinary action, for dismissal, for any interdepartmental transfer, for any other discrimination in his employment, for suspension from employment, or for any loss in pay or other benefits. The directors or supervisors of such agencies shall be authorized, however, to reassign the duties of any such employees in order to carry out this chapter effectively.   (Ga. L. 1966, p. 228, § 6.)   Cross references.   - Religious freedom, U.S. Const., amend. 1 and Ga. Const. 1983, Art. I, Sec. I, Para. III.   RESEARCH REFERENCES   ALR.   - Judicial construction and application of state legislation prohibiting religious discrimination in employment, 37 A.L.R.5th 349.
GA Code § 49-7-7 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 49 - Social Services|Chapter 7 - Family-Planning Services|§ 49-7-7. Plans and Programs to Carry Out Chapter; Required Provisions

 The department is authorized and directed to develop plans and programs to carry out this chapter. Such plans and programs shall include, but shall not be limited to, provisions for:    A training program offered by the department for its employees who are in contact with and counsel those persons likely to desire family-planning services. Such training program should be designed to provide such employees with complete information regarding family planning and birth control and all matters related thereto; and   A systematic plan for coordinating the activities of the department and its counterparts at the county and district level in the area of family-planning services.    (Ga. L. 1966, p. 228, § 7.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   ALR.   - Propriety of prophylactic availability programs, 52 A.L.R.5th 477.
GA Code § 49-7-8 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 49 - Social Services|Chapter 7 - Family-Planning Services|§ 49-7-8. Rules and Regulations

 The board is authorized and directed to adopt and promulgate rules and regulations to carry out this chapter. Such rules and regulations shall provide the necessary requirements and guides for county and district departments of health and departments of family and children services.   (Ga. L. 1966, p. 228, § 8.)
GA Code § 49-7-9 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 49 - Social Services|Chapter 7 - Family-Planning Services|§ 49-7-9. Construction of Chapter

 This chapter shall be liberally construed to protect the rights of all individuals to pursue their religious beliefs and to follow the dictates of their own consciences, to prevent the imposition upon any individual of practices offensive to the individual's moral standards, to respect the right of every individual to self-determination in the procreation of children, and to ensure a complete freedom of choice in pursuance of his constitutional rights.   (Ga. L. 1966, p. 228, § 9.)   OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL   Any person requesting family planning services eligible.   - Legislature intended to make any person requesting family planning services eligible to receive those services regardless of whether that person is married, pregnant, or the parent of at least one child. 1971 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 71-177.
GA Code § 49-8-1 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 49 - Social Services|Chapter 8 - Economic Rehabilitation Services|§ 49-8-1. Short Title

 This chapter shall be known and may be cited as "The Economic Rehabilitation Act of 1975."   (Ga. L. 1975, p. 1645, § 1; Ga. L. 1990, p. 1436, § 1.)
GA Code § 49-8-2 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 49 - Social Services|Chapter 8 - Economic Rehabilitation Services|§ 49-8-2. Purpose of Chapter

 It is the purpose of this chapter to provide for the administration, allocation, and distribution of funds from the Community Services Block Grant and other funding sources; to provide for the definition of a community action agency; to continue a flexible and decentralized system of state, regional, and local programs; to provide the support for services and activities designed to promote individual and family self-sufficiency and to provide emergency services; to encourage local and state-wide interagency collaboration and coordination; to assist local communities in the establishment of demonstration programs to meet the unmet needs of their citizens; and to provide the fiscal support needed to assure the continuation of community action agencies as grantees for federal, state, and other moneys.   (Ga. L. 1975, p. 1645, § 3; Ga. L. 1990, p. 1436, § 1; Ga. L. 1997, p. 1350, § 1.)
GA Code § 49-8-3 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 49 - Social Services|Chapter 8 - Economic Rehabilitation Services|§ 49-8-3. Definitions

 As used in this chapter, the term:    "Board of directors" means the policy-making board of a community action agency.   "Community action agency" means a public or private nonprofit corporation which was a recipient of community services block grant funds on January 1, 1989, or its successors.   "Director" means the person designated by the commissioner of human services to effect the coordination and fiscal accountability of the community services authorized by this chapter.   "Outreach" means staff capability to locate eligible clients, determine and evaluate needs, furnish information, gather data, make referrals, secure transportation, and assist clients in locating existing resources or assist in developing needed resources where none exist.   "Poverty guideline" means the sliding scale of family incomes revised periodically and published as a poverty index in the Federal Register.    (Ga. L. 1975, p. 1645, § 2; Ga. L. 1989, p. 1317, § 6.2; Ga. L. 1990, p. 1436, § 1; Ga. L. 1997, p. 1350, § 2; Ga. L. 2009, p. 453, § 2-4/HB 228.)
GA Code § 49-8-4 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 49 - Social Services|Chapter 8 - Economic Rehabilitation Services|§ 49-8-4. Administration of Chapter

  For purposes of administration, responsibility for the coordination of community services and fiscal accountability shall be determined by the commissioner of human services.   The director is authorized to issue special instructions or rules and regulations as necessary to carry out the intent of this chapter.    (Ga. L. 1975, p. 1645, § 4; Ga. L. 1990, p. 1436, § 1; Ga. L. 2009, p. 453, § 2-26/HB 228.)
GA Code § 49-8-5 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 49 - Social Services|Chapter 8 - Economic Rehabilitation Services|§ 49-8-5. Distribution of Funds; Local Boards of Directors; Audits; Bonding of Agency Employees

  Moneys appropriated for the purposes of this chapter shall be allocated by contract with community action agencies. Such allocations shall be approved by the director only upon the submission of a proposal prepared by the agency and approved by the board of directors of the community action agency involved.   Moneys appropriated for the purposes of this chapter and distributed by means of contracts with community action agencies shall continue to include the Community Services Block Grant. Not less than 90 percent of the community services block grant funds allocated for the State of Georgia shall be distributed to community action agencies by means of contracts with the community action agencies.   The community services block grant funds shall continue to be distributed to each community action agency utilizing a formula based upon a pro rata share of Georgia's poverty population contained in each agency's service area.   No funds may be allocated to any community action agency which does not have a policy guaranteeing nondiscrimination in the delivery of services.   No funds may be allocated to any community action agency which does not have a policy-making board of directors. The membership of such board must be made up of no fewer than one-third democratically selected representatives of the client group and no more than one-third public officials or their designees. The remainder of the board shall be composed of members appointed from the public sector.   The director shall be responsible for ensuring that at least an annual fiscal and programmatic audit be conducted of each community action agency to ensure that contract awarded funds are properly and legally utilized and disbursed in accordance with the intentions of this chapter. All employees of each community action agency who handle funds of the agency shall be bonded by a licensed bonding company.    (Ga. L. 1975, p. 1645, § 5; Ga. L. 1989, p. 1317, § 6.21; Ga. L. 1990, p. 1436, § 1; Ga. L. 1997, p. 1350, § 3.)   Cross references.   - Area planning and development commissions generally, § 50-8-30 et seq.
GA Code § 49-8-6 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 49 - Social Services|Chapter 8 - Economic Rehabilitation Services|§ 49-8-6. Authorized and Unauthorized Activities of Local Agencies

  Each community action agency shall use funds available to it under this chapter and other sources for the planning, operation, outreach, and evaluation of a variety of community service pilot programs designed to assist the economically disadvantaged and other persons to achieve self-sufficiency. Community action agencies shall maintain a coordinating role in the community.   No community action agency, its board members, its executive officer, or its employees shall be authorized to use funds, facilities, or equipment owned by or available to the agency, including, but not limited to, stationery, postage, duplicating machines, and telephones, in behalf of any candidate for elective office or any political party or in support of any position on a question of public policy which is the subject of a referendum in the area in which such agency is located. No community action agency shall engage in the manufacture, distribution, display, advertising, or mailing of any printed materials in behalf of any candidate for elective office or any political party or in support of any position on a question of public policy which is the subject of a referendum in the area in which such agency is located.   Work plans submitted to the director must be approved in advance by the board of directors described in paragraph (1) of Code Section 49-8-3.    (Ga. L. 1975, p. 1645, § 6; Ga. L. 1990, p. 1436, § 1.)
GA Code § 49-8-7 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 49 - Social Services|Chapter 8 - Economic Rehabilitation Services|§ 49-8-7. Opportunity to Accept or Reject Proposals; Services Must Meet Minimum Requirements of Department; Utilization of Existing Service Delivery Systems; Compliance With Federal Legislation

 Repealed by Ga. L. 1990, p. 1436, § 1, effective July 1, 1990.   Editor's notes.   - This Code section was based on Ga. L. 1982, p. 1285, § 1; Code 1981, § 49-8-7, enacted by Ga. L. 1982, p. 1285, § 2; and Ga. L. 1983, p. 3, § 38.
GA Code § 49-10-2 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 49 - Social Services|Chapter 10 - Georgia Board of Health Care Workforce|§ 49-10-2. Purpose

 The purpose of the board shall be to address the health care workforce needs of Georgia communities through the support and development of medical education programs and to increase the number of physicians and health care practitioners practicing in underserved rural areas.    (Code 1981, §49-10-2, enacted by Ga. L. 1998, p. 616, § 1; Ga. L. 2011, p. 459, § 7/HB 509.)    The 2011 amendment,  effective July 1, 2011, substituted "health care" for "physician" near the beginning, and added "and to increase the number of physicians and health care practitioners practicing in underserved rural areas" at the end.   Cross references.   - Reimbursement of expenses for state employees generally, § 45-7-20 et seq.   Law reviews.   - For comment on Rogers v. Medical Ass'n, 244 Ga. 151, 259 S.E.2d 85 (1979), as to unconstitutional delegation of legislative authority to a private organization, see 29 Emory L.J. 1183 (1980).