Georgia Code
Part 8 - Hospitals and Nursing Homes
§ 44-14-470. Lien on Causes of Action Accruing to Injured Person for Costs of Care and Treatment of Injuries Arising Out of Such Causes of Action

History. Ga. L. 1953, Nov.-Dec. Sess., p. 105, § 1; Ga. L. 1983, p. 548, § 1; Ga. L. 1986, p. 222, § 1; Ga. L. 2002, p. 1141, § 1; Ga. L. 2002, p. 1429, § 1; Ga. L. 2004, p. 394, § 1; Ga. L. 2008, p. 12, § 2-36/SB 433.
The 2002 amendments.
The first 2002 amendment, effective July 1, 2002, added paragraph (a)(4); and, in the first sentence of subsection (b), inserted “or providing traumatic burn care medical practice”, substituted “hospital, nursing home, or traumatic burn care medical practice” for “hospital or nursing home” and substituted “hospital, nursing home, or provider of traumatic burn care medical practice” for “hospital or nursing home” near the end. The second 2002 amendment, effective July 1, 2002, added the second sentence in subsection (b).
The 2004 amendment, effective July 1, 2004, added present paragraph (a)(4); redesignated former paragraph (a)(4) as present paragraph (a)(5); and, in subsection (b), substituted “hospital, nursing home, or physician practice” for “hospital or nursing home” and inserted “physician practice,” twice.
The 2008 amendment, effective July 1, 2009, substituted “Department of Community Health” for “Department of Human Resources” in paragraph (a)(1).
Cross references.
Lien of Department of Community Health for payment of charges for medical assistance, § 49-4-149 .
Editor’s notes.
Ga. L. 1986, p. 222, § 2, not codified by the General Assembly, provided that that Act would apply to charges for care and treatment rendered on or after the effective date of the Act (March 20, 1986).
Law reviews.
For article, “An Insurer’s Duty to Settle: The Law in Georgia,” see 22 Ga. St. Bar J. 19 (Aug. 2016).
For article with annual survey on torts, see 73 Mercer L. Rev. 243 (2021).

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