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2024 CODE OF GEORGIA
Title 37 - MENTAL HEALTH (§§ 37-1-1 — 37-12-14)
Chapter 2 - ADMINISTRATION OF SERVICES (§§ 37-2-1 — 37-2-50)
Article 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 37-2-1 — 37-2-12)
- Section 37-2-1 - Declaration of purpose
- Section 37-2-2 - Definitions
- Section 37-2-2.1 - [Repealed] Creation of Division of Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities, and Addictive Diseases
- Section 37-2-3 - Designation of boundaries for mental health, development disabilities, and addictive diseases regions; community service board areas
- Section 37-2-4 - Behavioral Health Coordinating Council; membership; meetings; obligations
- Section 37-2-4.1 - Local mental health, developmental disabilities, and addictive diseases offices; regional mental health, developmental disabilities, and addictive disease advisory councils
- Section 37-2-5 - Regional advisory councils - Establishing policy and direction for disability services; membership; bylaws; meetings; expenses
- Section 37-2-5.1 - Allocation of funds
- Section 37-2-5.2 - Local offices - Duties, functions, and powers
- Section 37-2-6 - Community mental health, developmental disabilities, and addictive diseases service boards - Community service board creation; membership; participation of counties; transfer of powers and duties; alternate method of establishment; bylaws; reprisals prohibited
- Section 37-2-6.1 - Community service boards - Executive director, staff, budget, facilities; powers and duties; exemption from state and local taxation
- Section 37-2-6.2 - Employees whose jobs include duties or functions which became duties or functions of a community service board on July 1, 1994; rights, duties, and benefits of employees
- Section 37-2-6.3 - Public body; lawsuits; debts, obligations, and liabilities
- Section 37-2-6.4 - Reconstituting or converting of organizational structure; formation of new community service board
- Section 37-2-6.5 - Cessation of operations by community service board; notification; continuation of operations by successor board, county board of health, or outside manager
- Section 37-2-7 - [Repealed and Reserved] [Reserved] Formulation and publication of state plan for disability services
- Section 37-2-8 - [Repealed] Unification of state and area service programs
- Section 37-2-9 - Coordination of disability services with related activities of other agencies and organizations
- Section 37-2-9.1 - Compliance by regional planning boards and community service boards with laws as to open meetings and inspection of records; advisory boards
- Section 37-2-10 - Commissioner's emergency powers upon failure of community service board to establish and administer programs
- Section 37-2-11 - Allocation of available funds for services; recipients to meet minimum standards; accounting for fees generated by providers; discrimination in providing services prohibited
- Section 37-2-11.1 - Venue in actions against community service board; representation by Attorney General; immunity; use of legal counsel; authority for indemnification, defense, and insurance
- Section 37-2-11.2 - Access by the department, Department of Human Services, Department of Public Health, Department of Community Health, or regional office to records of any program receiving public funds; confidentiality
- Section 37-2-12 - [Repealed] Construction of chapter to avoid conflict with federal laws
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