Georgia Code, Title 49, Chapter 4, Article 1 - General Provisions

• § 49-4-1 - Short Title
  The short title of this article shall be "Georgia Public Assistance Act of 1965."
• § 49-4-2 - Definitions
  As used in this article, the term: (1) "Department" means the Department of Human Services and includes the county departments of family and children...
• § 49-4-3 - Establishment of Categories of Public Assistance; Powers and Duties in Administration of Article
  (a) The Department of Human Services is authorized to establish any of the following categories of public assistance and to adopt plans combining the...
• § 49-4-4 - Residence in State As Affecting Eligibility for Public Assistance
  Public assistance shall be awarded to, or on behalf of, any individual who is a resident of this state and is otherwise eligible therefor...
• § 49-4-5 - Determining Amount of Public Assistance
  The amount of public assistance which any person shall receive shall be determined in accordance with regulations approved by the board.
• § 49-4-6 - Reserves, Income, and Resources to Be Disregarded
  (a) In determining eligibility for and the amount and kind of public assistance to be provided, the board shall prescribe by regulations reasonable emergency...
• § 49-4-7 - Receipt of Compensation for Residence Sold by Government Action Not to Affect Eligibility
  Notwithstanding any other law, rule, or regulation to the contrary, an individual who is otherwise qualified to receive any public assistance administered by the...
• § 49-4-8 - Application for Public Assistance
  Applications for public assistance shall be submitted to and accepted by the county department of the county of the applicant's residence from or on...
• § 49-4-9 - Investigation and Record Concerning Applicant
  Whenever a county department shall receive an application for public assistance, the county department shall promptly make an investigation and record of the circumstances...
• § 49-4-10 - Physical Examination of Applicant
  With respect to applicants for any category of public assistance authorized under Code Section 49-4-3, the department may require physical examinations of any applicant...
• § 49-4-11 - Award and Payment of Public Assistance
  (a) Upon the completion of the investigation under Code Section 49-4-9, the county department shall decide whether the applicant is eligible for assistance under...
• § 49-4-12 - Periodic Redetermination of Award; Reporting Changes in Recipient's Circumstances; Review by Department
  (a) All public assistance grants made under this article shall be reconsidered by the county departments of family and children services as frequently as...
• § 49-4-13 - Hearings; Appeal
  (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this Code section, an applicant for or recipient of public assistance who is aggrieved by the...
• § 49-4-14 - Regulations As to Records; Use or Disclosure of Information; Penalty
  (a) The board is directed to prescribe regulations governing the custody, use, and preservation of the records, papers, files, and communications of the Department...
• § 49-4-15 - Fraud in Obtaining Public Assistance, Food Stamps, or Medicaid; Penalties; Recovery of Overpayments
  (a) Any person who by means of a false statement, failure to disclose information, or impersonation, or by other fraudulent device, obtains or attempts...
• § 49-4-15.1 - Examination of Financial Records in Instances of Alleged Fraud
  The department may examine any books, papers, or memoranda reflecting the income of, or financial records bearing upon the determination of the eligibility of,...
• § 49-4-16 - Research, Demonstration, and Work Experience Programs; Surplus Food Distribution
  (a) Except as modified by and pursuant to the provisions of this article the same provisions concerning eligibility for assistance as obtain with respect...
• § 49-4-17 - Funding Costs of Assistance and Administration; County Participation Not Required
  The cost of administration and the cost of public assistance provided under any of the categories of public assistance authorized under Code Section 49-4-3...
• § 49-4-17.1 - Establishment of Pilot Community Work Experience Programs
  Repealed by Ga. L. 1986, p. 410, § 1, effective July 1, 1986.
• § 49-4-18 - Article Construed With Federal Social Security Act; Adoption of Rules to Comply With Federal Act
  It is the intention of the General Assembly that this article be construed consistent with the federal Social Security Act, and any provision of...
• § 49-4-19 - Social Assistance Register
  It shall be the duty of the department to establish and maintain a social assistance register and to provide for the listing in such...
• § 49-4-20 - Drug Test Required for Applicants and Recipients of Certain Government Benefits; Penalties for Violation; Reapplication; Confidentiality of Records
  (a) As used in this Code section, the term "established drug test" means the collection and testing of bodily fluids administered in a manner...
• § 49-4-21 - (Effective January 1, 2016) Photo Requirement on Electronic Benefits Transfer Cards for Food Stamps
  (a) The department shall require that all electronic benefits transfer cards which include food stamp benefits contain a photograph of one or more members...

Last modified: October 14, 2016