2025 Code of Georgia
Title 49 - Social Services (Chs. 1 — 10)
Chapter 4 - Public Assistance (Arts. 1 — 9)
Annotations
JUDICIAL DECISIONS
Coverage for nonresident patients. —Owner/operator of a Georgia nursing home facility was entitled to medicaid reimbursement for nonresident long-term care patients who, after the termination of a reciprocal interstate agreement with South Carolina governing coverage for such patients, expressed in writing the patients’ will and intent to be Georgia residents. State v. Stuckey Health Care, Inc., 189 Ga. App. 126, 375 S. E.2d 235, 1988 Ga. App. LEXIS 1337 (1988).
Research References & Practice Aids
Cross references.Workers’ compensation, § 34-9-1 et seq.
Assisting low or fixed income persons to pay gas and electric bills, § 46-1-5.
Powers and duties of Department of Human Services regarding federal government programs relating to the aging, § 49-6-1 et seq.
RESEARCH REFERENCES ALR.Eligibility for welfare benefits, under maximum-assets limitations, as affected by expenditures or disposal of assets, 19 A. L. R.4th 146.
Eligibility for welfare benefits as affected by claimant’s status as trust beneficiary, 21 A. L. R.4th 729.
Propriety of telephone testimony or hearings in public welfare proceedings, 88 A. L. R.4th 1094.
Hierarchy Notes:O. C. G. A. Title 49
- Article 1 - General Provisions (§§ 49-4-1 — 49-4-22)
- Article 2 - Old-Age Assistance (§§ 49-4-30 — 49-4-38)
- Article 3 - Aid to the Blind (§§ 49-4-50 — 49-4-61)
- Article 4 - Aid to the Disabled (§§ 49-4-80 — 49-4-86)
- Article 5 - Aid to Families With Dependent Children (§§ 49-4-100 — 49-4-119)
- Article 6 - Medical Assistance for Aged (§§ 49-4-120 — 49-4-128)
- Article 7 - Medical Assistance Generally (§§ 49-4-140 — 49-4-159.6)
- Article 7A - Long-Term Care Partnership Program (§§ 49-4-160 — 49-4-165)
- Article 7B - False Medicaid Claims (§§ 49-4-168 — 49-4-168.6)
- Article 7C - Therapy Services for Children With Disabilities (§§ 49-4-169 — 49-4-169.3)
- Article 8 - Personal Representative to Manage Assistance Payments (§§ 49-4-170 — 49-4-173)
- Article 9 - Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (§§ 49-4-180 — 49-4-193)
