The state is authorized to make grants, as funds are available, to hospital authorities and rural hospital organizations for public health purposes, provided that any funds so granted shall be distributed to and among the various public hospital authorities and rural hospital organizations in the state in proportion to the number of hospital beds operated by each such hospital authority or rural hospital organization at the end of the calendar year preceding the grant. Funds shall be distributed to public hospitals and rural hospital organizations operated by consolidated governments in the same manner as to authority hospitals prescribed in this Code section and rural hospital organizations. Grants made by the state pursuant to this Code section shall be administered by the Department of Community Health in accordance with Code Section 31-7-94.1 and such rules, regulations, and procedures as it shall deem necessary for effective administration of such grants.
History. Code 1933, § 88-1824, enacted by Ga. L. 1975, p. 777, § 1; Ga. L. 1985, p. 149, § 31; Ga. L. 2002, p. 1132, § 2; Ga. L. 2017, p. 411, § 1/SB 14.
The 2017 amendment, effective May 8, 2017, throughout this Code section, inserted “and rural hospital organizations”; inserted “or rural hospital organization” near the end of the first sentence; and inserted “Code Section 31-7-94.1 and” in the middle of the third sentence.
Structure Georgia Code
Chapter 7 - Regulation and Construction of Hospitals and Other Health Care Facilities
Article 4 - County and Municipal Hospital Authorities
§ 31-7-72. Creation of Hospital Authority in Each County and Municipality
§ 31-7-72.1. Merger of Hospital Authorities
§ 31-7-73. Creation of Additional Hospital Authority in Counties With Large Populations
§ 31-7-74. Residency Requirement; Officers; Compensation; Rules and Regulations
§ 31-7-74.2. Oath to Be Taken by Members of Hospital Authority
§ 31-7-74.4. Board Members Deemed Directors Upon Sale or Lease of Hospital
§ 31-7-75. Functions and Powers
§ 31-7-75.1. Proceeds of Sale of Hospital Held in Trust to Fund Indigent Health Care
§ 31-7-78. Issuance and Sale of Negotiable Revenue Anticipation Certificates
§ 31-7-79. Liability on Revenue Certificates; Tax Exemption
§ 31-7-80. Form and Contents of Revenue Certificates; Validity of Signatures Thereon
§ 31-7-81. Confirmation and Validation of Revenue Certificates
§ 31-7-82. Enforcement of Rights of Revenue Certificate Holders; Procedure in Event of Default
§ 31-7-83. Investment of Surplus Moneys and Moneys Received Through Issuance of Revenue Certificates
§ 31-7-85. Contracts With Political Subdivisions
§ 31-7-86. Manner of Operating Property Conveyed or Leased to Authority
§ 31-7-87. Hypothecation or Mortgaging of Purchased Hospital Facilities
§ 31-7-88. Payment of General Obligations
§ 31-7-89. Procedure for Dissolution; Disposition of Property
§ 31-7-90. Annual Report; Budget
§ 31-7-91. Required Annual Audit
§ 31-7-93. Failure to Provide for Audit
§ 31-7-94. Grants to Hospital Authorities and Rural Hospital Organizations