Georgia Code
Chapter 1 - General Provisions
§ 51-1-29.5. Definitions; Limitation on Health Care Liability Claim to Gross Negligence in Emergency Medical Care; Factors for Jury Consideration

(B.1) An assisted living community licensed under Chapter 7 of Title 31;
History. Code 1981, § 51-1-29.5 , enacted by Ga. L. 2005, p. 1, § 10/SB 3; Ga. L. 2009, p. 859, § 16/HB 509; Ga. L. 2011, p. 227, § 29/SB 178; Ga. L. 2015, p. 385, § 4-14/HB 252.
The 2015 amendment, effective July 1, 2015, substituted “intellectually or developmentally disabled” for “mentally retarded” in subparagraph (a)(8)(G).
Editor’s notes.
Ga. L. 2005, p. 1, § 1/SB 3, not codified by the General Assembly, provides that: “The General Assembly finds that there presently exists a crisis affecting the provision and quality of health care services in this state. Hospitals and other health care providers in this state are having increasing difficulty in locating liability insurance and, when such hospitals and providers are able to locate such insurance, the insurance is extremely costly. The result of this crisis is the potential for a diminution of the availability of access to health care services and a resulting adverse impact on the health and well-being of the citizens of this state. The General Assembly further finds that certain civil justice and health care regulatory reforms as provided in this Act will promote predictability and improvement in the provision of quality health care services and the resolution of health care liability claims and will thereby assist in promoting the provision of health care liability insurance by insurance providers. The General Assembly further finds that certain needed reforms affect not only health care liability claims but also other civil actions and accordingly provides such general reforms in this Act.”
Ga. L. 2005, p. 1, § 14/SB 3, not codified by the General Assembly, provides for severability.
Ga. L. 2005, p. 1, § 15(b)/SB 3, not codified by the General Assembly, provides that this Code section shall apply only with respect to causes of action arising on or after February 16, 2005, and any prior causes of action shall continue to be governed by prior law.
Ga. L. 2015, p. 385, § 1-1/HB 252, not codified by the General Assembly, provides: “This Act shall be known and may be cited as the ‘J. Calvin Hill, Jr., Act.’ ”
Law reviews.
For article on the 2005 enactment of this Code section, see 22 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 221 (2005).
For article, “State of Emergency: Why Georgia’s Standard of Care in Emergency Rooms is Harmful to Your Health,” see 45 Ga. L. Rev. 275 (2010).
For annual survey of law on trial practice and procedure, see 62 Mercer L. Rev. 339 (2010).
For annual survey on torts, see 65 Mercer L. Rev. 265 (2013).
For annual survey on torts law, see 66 Mercer L. Rev. 189 (2014).
For annual survey on trial practice and procedure, see 66 Mercer L. Rev. 211 (2014).
For annual survey of tort law, see 68 Mercer L. Rev. 279 (2016).
For annual survey on trial practice and procedure, see 71 Mercer L. Rev. 305 (2019).

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