As used in this article, the term:
History. Code 1933, § 88-1902D, enacted by Ga. L. 1982, p. 2248, § 1; Code 1981, § 49-6-61 , enacted by Ga. L. 1982, p. 2248, § 4; Ga. L. 1983, p. 3, § 38; Ga. L. 1984, p. 22, § 49; Ga. L. 1985, p. 149, § 49; Ga. L. 2009, p. 453, § 2-2/HB 228; Ga. L. 2016, p. 737, § 1/HB 1085; Ga. L. 2017, p. 774, § 49/HB 323.
The 2016 amendment, effective July 1, 2016, deleted former paragraph (1), which read: “ ‘Aging section’ means the single organizational unit within the Department of Human Services responsible for the planning and administration of services under the Older Americans Act of 1965.”; redesignated former paragraph (2) as present paragraph (1); substituted “Department of Community Health” for “Department of Human Services” in paragraph (1) and in the first sentence of paragraph (5); and added paragraph (2).
The 2017 amendment, effective May 9, 2017, part of an Act to revise, modernize, and correct the Code, substituted “the ‘Georgia Medical Assistance Act of 1977.’ ” for “the Georgia Medical Assistance Act of 1977.” at the end of paragraph (2).
Code Commission notes.
Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 1986, “this title” was substituted for “Title 49 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated” in paragraph (4).
U.S. Code.
The federal Older Americans Act of 1965, referred to in subsection (a), is codified at 42 U.S.C. § 3001 et seq.
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