Georgia Code
Article 2 - Old-Age Assistance
§ 49-4-32. Eligibility for Assistance Under This Article

History. Ga. L. 1937, p. 311, § 2; Ga. L. 2018, p. 550, § 3-4/SB 407.
The 2018 amendment, effective July 1, 2018, deleted former paragraph (a)(3), which read: “Is not, at the time of receiving assistance, an inmate or patient of any public institution, except as a patient in a medical institution. An inmate or patient of such an institution may, however, make application for such assistance but the assistance, if granted, shall not begin until after he ceases to be an inmate;”; redesignated former paragraphs (a)(4) through (a)(6) as present paragraphs (a)(3) through (a)(5), respectively; substituted “attaining eligibility” for “rendering himself eligible” in present paragraph (a)(3); and substituted the present provisions of subsection (c) for the former provisions, which read: “Final conviction of a crime or criminal offense and detention of one so convicted either by this state or by any subdivision thereof shall constitute a forfeiture or suspension of all rights to assistance under this article but only during the period of actual confinement.”
Law reviews.
For article on the 2018 amendment of this Code section, see 35 Ga. St. U. L. Rev. 45 (2018).

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