History. Code 1981, § 31-47-1 , enacted by Ga. L. 2010, p. 1143, § 4/HB 1119; Ga. L. 2011, p. 705, § 6-3/HB 214; Ga. L. 2011, p. 752, § 31/HB 142; Ga. L. 2019, p. 919, § 12-1/HB 553.
The 2019 amendment, effective July 1, 2019, deleted former subsection (c), which read: “The Department of Public Health shall establish and coordinate an advisory panel on arthritis which shall provide nongovernmental input regarding the Arthritis Prevention and Control Program. Membership shall include, but shall not be limited to, persons with arthritis, public health educators, medical experts on arthritis, providers of arthritis health care, persons knowledgeable in health promotion and education, and representatives of national arthritis organizations and their local chapters.”; and redesignated former subsections (d) and (e) as present subsections (c) and (d), respectively.
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Ga. L. 2019, p. 919, § 12-2/HB 553, not codified by the General Assembly, provides: “Any assets of the Arthritis Prevention and Control Program advisory panel existing as of June 30, 2019, shall devolve by operation of law and without further action to the State of Georgia on July 1, 2019. Any liabilities and obligations of the Arthritis Prevention and Control Program advisory panel existing as of June 30, 2019, shall be transferred to and assumed by the State of Georgia, by such instruments as may be required to maintain the same.”
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For article on the 2011 amendment of this Code section, see 28 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 147 (2011).
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