Georgia Code
Article 7 - Assisted Outpatient Treatment
§ 37-1-121. Grant Program for Implementation of Assisted Outpatient Treatment

The department shall establish and operate a grant program for the purpose of fostering the implementation and practice of assisted outpatient treatment in this state. The grant program shall aim to provide three years of funding, technical support, and oversight to five grantees, each comprising a collaboration between a community service board or private provider, a probate court or courts with jurisdiction in the corresponding service area, and a sheriff’s office or offices with jurisdiction in the corresponding service area, which have demonstrated the ability with grant assistance to practice assisted outpatient treatment. Subject to appropriations, the funding, technical support, and oversight pursuant to the grant program shall commence no later than January 1, 2023, and shall terminate on December 31, 2025, or subject to the department’s annual review of each grantee, whichever event shall first occur.
History. Code 1981, § 37-1-121 , enacted by Ga. L. 2022, p. 26, § 3-1/HB 1013.

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