Georgia Code
Article 2 - Positive Alternatives for Pregnancy and Parenting Grant Program
§ 31-2A-31. Definitions

As used in this article, the term:
History. Code 1981, § 31-2A-31 , enacted by Ga. L. 2016, p. 214, § 2/SB 308; Ga. L. 2017, p. 764, § 2-2/SB 193; Ga. L. 2018, p. 1112, § 31/SB 365.
The 2017 amendment, effective July 1, 2017, near the end of paragraph (3), substituted “promote” for “provide” and deleted “to medically indigent women” following “services” near the end; substituted the present provisions of paragraph (5) for the former provisions, which read: “ ‘Medically indigent’ means a person who is without health insurance or who has health insurance that does not cover pregnancy or related conditions for which treatment and services are sought and whose family income does not exceed 200 percent of the federal poverty level as defined annually by the federal Office of Management and Budget.”; and substituted the present provisions of paragraph (8) for the former provisions, which read: “ ‘Trust fund’ means the Indigent Care Trust Fund created by Code Section 31-8-152.”.
The 2018 amendment, effective May 8, 2018, part of an Act to revise, modernize, and correct the Code, repealed the reservation of paragraph (8).
Editor’s notes.
Ga. L. 2017, p. 764, § 1-1/SB 193, not codified by the General Assembly, provides that: “The General Assembly finds that:
“(1) Untreated chlamydial infection has been linked to problems during pregnancy, including preterm labor, premature rupture of membranes, and low birth weight. The newborn may also become infected during delivery as the baby passes through the birth canal. Exposed newborns can develop eye and lung infections; and
“(2) Untreated gonococcal infection in pregnancy has been linked to miscarriages, premature birth and low birth weight, premature rupture of membranes, and chorioamnionitis. Gonorrhea can also infect an infant during delivery as the infant passes through the birth canal. If untreated, infants can develop eye infections.

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