Georgia Code
Article 1 - General Provisions
§ 26-5-23. Publication of Annual Report

The Department of Community Health and the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities shall publish an annual report using data from the department’s central registry data base on the number of patients in enrolled treatment, the number of patients discharged from treatment, each patient’s state of residence, and other information determined by the departments. Such published report shall exclude patient identifying information and be compliant with state and federal laws.
History. Code 1981, § 26-5-23 , enacted by Ga. L. 2017, p. 319, § 5-1/HB 249; Ga. L. 2018, p. 1112, § 26/SB 365; Ga. L. 2019, p. 1056, § 26/SB 52.
Effective date. —
This Code section became effective July 1, 2017.
The 2018 amendment, effective May 8, 2018, part of an Act to revise, modernize, and correct the Code, substituted “patients’ states” for “patients’ state” in the first sentence of this Code section.
The 2019 amendment, effective May 12, 2019, part of an Act to revise, modernize, and correct the Code, substituted “each patient’s state of residence” for “patients’ states of residence” near the end of the first sentence.
Law reviews.
For article on the 2017 enactment of this Code section, see 34 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 143 (2017).

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