History. Code 1981, § 31-6-70 , enacted by Ga. L. 1985, p. 827, § 1; Ga. L. 1987, p. 573, § 1; Ga. L. 1988, p. 13, § 31; Ga. L. 1999, p. 296, § 22; Ga. L. 2008, p. 12, § 1-1/SB 433; Ga. L. 2019, p. 148, § 1-12/HB 186; Ga. L. 2020, p. 493, § 31/SB 429.
The 2019 amendment, effective July 1, 2019, in subsection (a), substituted “report of such health care information as determined by” for “report of certain health care information to be submitted to” near the end of the first sentence and substituted “date determined by the department” for “last day of January” in the second sentence; inserted “and nonindigent” in paragraph (b)(6) and subparagraph (b)(8)(E); deleted “and” at the end of paragraph (b)(7); inserted “and nonindigent person receiving charity care” in paragraph (b)(8); substituted a semicolon for a period at the end of subparagraph (b)(8)(E); and added paragraphs (b)(9) through (b)(12); in subsection (d), substituted “reports required by this Code section” for “report required by subsection (a) of this Code section” near the middle and substituted “subsections (b) or (c.1)” for “subsection (b)” near the end; deleted “information responsive to subparagraph (c)(2)(A) of Code Section 31-6-40 by December 30, 2008, or” following “does not receive” near the beginning of paragraph (e)(1); and added subsections (g) and (h).
The 2020 amendment, effective July 29, 2020, part of an Act to revise, modernize, and correct the Code, substituted “subsection (b)” for “subsections (b)” in subsection (d).
Code Commission notes.
Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 2008, “within such” was substituted for “with such” in paragraph (e)(2).
Editor’s notes.
Ga. L. 2008, p. 12, § 3-1/SB 433, not codified by the General Assembly, provides that the amendment to this Code section shall only apply to applications submitted on or after July 1, 2008.
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For annual survey on administrative law, see 64 Mercer L. Rev. 39 (2012).