Georgia § 31-8-35 - Payments from fund to hospitals.
Full text of Georgia Official Code of Georgia Annotated § 31-8-35 — Payments from fund to hospitals., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 31-8-35. Payments from fund to hospitals.
For each fiscal year, beginning with the 1980-81 fiscal year, payments to hospitals for cost of care of nonresident indigent patients shall be made from the fund. Beginning with the certifications made after the close of the first quarter of the 1980-81 fiscal year, the quarterly certifications of cost of care for nonresident indigent patients made by hospitals pursuant to subsection (a) of Code Section 31-8-34 shall constitute requests for payments from the fund to reimburse such hospitals for the cost of care. Within 30 days after receiving any such request, the commissioner shall authorize the state treasurer to issue a check to the hospital submitting the request for the payment from the fund of the amount requested. (Code 1933, § 88-2307a, enacted by Ga. L. 1979, p. 1234, § 1; Ga. L. 1993, p. 1402, § 18; Ga. L. 2010, p. 863, § 3/SB 296.)
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