2022 Georgia Code
Title 31 - Health
Chapter 2A - Department of Public Health
Article 2 - Positive Alternatives for Pregnancy and Parenting Grant Program
§ 31-2A-32. Positive Alternatives for Pregnancy and Parenting Grant Program

There is established within the department the Positive Alternatives for Pregnancy and Parenting Grant Program. The purpose of the program shall be to develop a state-wide effort that promotes healthy pregnancies and childbirth by awarding grants to nonprofit organizations that provide pregnancy support services.

History. Code 1981, § 31-2A-32 , enacted by Ga. L. 2016, p. 214, § 2/SB 308; Ga. L. 2017, p. 764, § 2-3/SB 193; Ga. L. 2017, p. 774, § 31/HB 323.

The 2017 amendments. —

The first 2017 amendment, effective July 1, 2017, in the second sentence, deleted “grant” preceding “program” and substituted “develop a state-wide effort that promotes healthy pregnancies and childbirth” for “promote healthy pregnancies and childbirth”. The second 2017 amendment, effective May 9, 2017, part of an Act to revise, modernize, and correct the Code, deleted “grant” preceding “program” at the beginning of the second sentence.

Editor’s notes.

Ga. L. 2017, p. 764, § 1-1/SB 193, not codified by the General Assembly, provides that: “The General Assembly finds that:

“(1) Untreated chlamydial infection has been linked to problems during pregnancy, including preterm labor, premature rupture of membranes, and low birth weight. The newborn may also become infected during delivery as the baby passes through the birth canal. Exposed newborns can develop eye and lung infections; and

“(2) Untreated gonococcal infection in pregnancy has been linked to miscarriages, premature birth and low birth weight, premature rupture of membranes, and chorioamnionitis. Gonorrhea can also infect an infant during delivery as the infant passes through the birth canal. If untreated, infants can develop eye infections.”