Georgia Code, Title 37, Chapter 5 - Community Services for the Developmentally Disabled

• § 37-5-1 - Short Title
  This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Community Services Act for the Developmentally Disabled."
• § 37-5-2 - Declaration of Policy
  Since the State of Georgia accepts a responsibility for its developmentally disabled citizens and an obligation to them which it must discharge, facilities, programs,...
• § 37-5-3 - Community Services Defined
  As used in this chapter, the term "community services" means a coordinated, consumer and family centered, consumer and family directed, and comprehensive system of...
• § 37-5-4 - Applicability of Chapter; Eligibility for Community Services
  (a) This chapter shall apply to all county boards of health in Georgia and to the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities.(b) Developmentally...
• § 37-5-5 - Duty of County Board of Health to Provide Community Services; District Health Department to Advise Families or Guardians of Developmentally Disabled Individuals
  (a) County boards of health shall, subject to limitations herein specified, provide community services and shall employ such personnel as may be needed to...
• § 37-5-6 - County or Health District Plan for Community Services; Review and Approval of Plan by the Department
  (a) Each county board of health shall, on or before July 1, 1973, submit to the department a plan for providing comprehensive community services...
• § 37-5-7 - Duty of Department to Provide Consulting and Financial Assistance to County Boards of Health; Failure of County Boards of Health to Provide Community Services
  (a) The Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities shall provide assistance to county boards of health in developing a full range of community...
• § 37-5-8 - Duty of Department to Establish Standards for Community Services, Inspect Programs, Issue Statements of Approval; Procedure Upon Discovery of Deficiencies; Reinspection
  The department shall establish standards for community services, shall regularly inspect programs under operation, and shall issue statements of approval to programs which meet...
• § 37-5-9 - Fees for Community Services
  The department and its contractors are authorized to charge fees for community services they provide under this chapter based upon ability to pay, in...
• § 37-5-10 - Timetable for Implementation of This Chapter
  Repealed by Ga. L. 2015, p. 385, § 4-7/HB 252, effective July 1, 2015.

Last modified: October 14, 2016