Georgia Code, Title 37, Chapter 9 - Payment of Expenses for Support, Treatment, and Care of Patients in State Institutions Generally

• § 37-9-1 - Short Title
  This chapter shall be known and may be cited as "The Patient Cost of Care Act."
• § 37-9-2 - Definitions
  As used in this chapter, the term: (1) "Assessment" means a determination by the department of the amount payable by the persons liable for...
• § 37-9-3 - Payment for Cost of Care As Not Affecting Nature or Quality of Care
  Care rendered to all patients in state hospitals shall be of the same nature and quality without regard to whether the payment of any...
• § 37-9-4 - Liability of Patient for Cost of Care; Time of Payment; Inability of Department to Collect Assessment From Patient or Failure of Patient's Assessment to Cover Cost of Care
  Each patient receiving services from a state hospital shall be legally responsible for, and shall pay to the department, the cost of his care...
• § 37-9-5 - Assessment of Persons Liable for Cost of Care Generally
  (a) The department shall determine all persons who are liable for the cost of care of a patient and notify such persons of their...
• § 37-9-6 - Standards for Determination of Assessments for Less Than Full Cost of Care
  The board shall establish standards for determining assessments when such assessments are less than the full cost of care. Such standards shall be based...
• § 37-9-7 - Inquiry Into and Determination of Income and Assets; Declarations by Persons Liable for Cost of Care; Access to Income Tax Records; Confidentiality; Attestation of Indigent Financial Status
  (a) The department, through its duly authorized agents, shall have the authority to investigate or otherwise determine the income and assets of the patient...
• § 37-9-8 - Use of Assets Other Than Income for Determination of Assessments; Assets Exempt From Determination; Levy of Assessment
  (a) In addition to the use of income for determining assessments provided for in this chapter and for the payment thereof, any other assets...
• § 37-9-9 - Exhaustion of Benefits Under Other Programs or Plans Required Prior to Expenditure of Public Funds; Determination of Assessments; Assignment of Benefits; Subrogation
  Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, the department shall not be required to expend public funds for the purpose of providing support, care, and...
• § 37-9-10 - Hearings
  Hearings shall be held in accordance with Chapter 13 of Title 50, the "Georgia Administrative Procedure Act," and judicial review of a final decision...
• § 37-9-11 - Billing by Department; Authority to Maintain Action for Collection
  The department shall bill persons liable for cost of care for the amount due on their assessments in the same manner as other debts...
• § 37-9-12 - Deposit of Funds Collected
  Reserved. Repealed by Ga. L. 1992, p. 1445, § 7, effective April 13, 1992.
• § 37-9-13 - Promulgation of Rules and Regulations by Board
  The board shall have the authority to promulgate necessary rules and regulations to implement and carry out this chapter. Such rules and regulations shall...

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