There is created the Nonresident Indigent Health Care Fund for the purpose of making payments therefrom to hospitals to reimburse such hospitals for the cost of care of nonresident indigent patients. Such fund shall be made up of appropriations made thereto by the General Assembly, as provided in this article.
History. Code 1933, § 88-2304a, enacted by Ga. L. 1979, p. 1234, § 1; Ga. L. 1991, p. 94, § 31.
Structure Georgia Code
Chapter 8 - Care and Protection of Indigent and Elderly Patients
Article 2 - Hospital Care for Nonresident Indigents
§ 31-8-30. Findings; Purpose of Article
§ 31-8-32. Determination of Indigency
§ 31-8-34. Maintenance of Records; Certification of Cost of Care; Determination of Amount of Fund
§ 31-8-35. Payments From Fund to Hospitals
§ 31-8-36. State Appropriations to Fund
§ 31-8-37. Compliance With This Article Contingent Upon Appropriation