Georgia § 49-4-31 - Definitions.
Full text of Georgia Official Code of Georgia Annotated § 49-4-31 — Definitions., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 49-4-31. Definitions.
As used in this article, the term: "Applicant" means a person who has applied for assistance under this article. "Assistance" means money payments to, medical care in behalf of, or any type of remedial care recognized under state law in behalf of needy individuals who are 65 years of age or older but shall not include any such payments to or care in behalf of any individual who is a patient in an institution for tuberculosis or mental health or developmental disability services. "Medical institution" means an institution that is organized to provide medical, nursing, or convalescent care. "Public institution" means an institution that is the responsibility of a governmental unit or over which a governmental unit exercises administrative control. "Recipient" means a person who has received assistance under this article. (Ga. L. 1937, p. 311, § 1; Ga. L. 1957, p. 368, § 1; Ga. L. 1962, p. 683, § 1; Ga. L. 2009, p. 453, § 3-6/HB 228; Ga. L. 2018, p. 550, § 3-3/SB 407.) The 2018 amendment, effective July 1, 2018, in paragraph (2), substituted "shall not include" for "does not include" near the middle, deleted "an inmate of a public institution (except as a patient in a medical institution) or any individual who is" following "individual who is" in the middle; added paragraphs (3) and (4); and redesignated former paragraph (3) as present paragraph (5).
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