Georgia Code
Chapter 1 - General Provisions
§ 31-1-19. Prohibition on Expenditure or Use of State Resources to Advocate for or Intend to Influence Citizens in Support of Medicaid Expansion Under the Federal Affordable Care Act

History. Code 1981, § 31-1-40 , enacted by Ga. L. 2014, p. 243, § 1-2/HB 943; Ga. L. 2019, p. 1056, § 31/SB 52; Code 1981, § 31-1-19 , as redesignated by Ga. L. 2022, p. 352, § 31/HB 1428.
The 2019 amendment, effective May 12, 2019, part of an Act to revise, modernize, and correct the Code, revised punctuation in subsection (a).
The 2022 amendment, effective May 2, 2022, part of an Act to revise, modernize, and correct the Code, redesignated former Code Section 31-1-40 as this Code section.
Code Commission notes.
Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 2014, “April 15, 2014,” was substituted for “the effective date of this Code section” near the end of subsection (a).
Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 2019, “Medicaid” was substituted for “MEDICAID” near the end of subsection (d).
Editor’s notes.
Ga. L. 2014, p. 243, § 1-1/HB 943, not codified by the General Assembly, provides: “This Act shall be known and may be cited as the ‘Georgia Health Care Freedom Act.’ ”
Law reviews.
For article, “Georgia Health Care Freedom Act,” see 31 Ga. St. U. L. Rev. 113 (2014).
For note, “A Compelling Interest? Using Old Conceptions of Public Health Law to Challenge the Affordable Care Act’s Contraceptive Mandate,” see 31 Ga. St. U. L. Rev. 613 (2015).
For note, “Charting the Middle Course: An Argument for Robust But Well-Tailored Health Care Discrimination Protection for the Transgender Community,” see 52 Ga. L. Rev. 225 (2017).

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