GEORGIA CODE (Last Updated: August 20, 2013) |
Title 37. MENTAL HEALTH |
Chapter 2. ADMINISTRATION OF MENTAL HEALTH, DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES, ADDICTIVE DISEASES, AND OTHER DISABILITY SERVICES |
Article 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS |
§ 37-2-1. Declaration of purpose |
§ 37-2-2. Definitions |
§ 37-2-2.1. Creation of Division of Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities, and Addictive Diseases |
§ 37-2-3. Designation of boundaries for mental health, development disabilities, and addictive diseases regions; community service board areas |
§ 37-2-4. Behavioral Health Coordinating Council; membership; meetings; obligations |
§ 37-2-4.1. Regional mental health, developmental disabilities, and addictive diseases offices |
§ 37-2-5. Regional planning boards -- Establishing policy and direction for disability services; membership; bylaws; meetings; expenses |
§ 37-2-5.1. Regional planning boards -- Regional coordinator; staff and personnel; allocation of funds |
§ 37-2-5.2. Regional planning boards -- Duties and functions; power to contract; delegation of powers and duties; books of account |
§ 37-2-6.1. Community service boards -- Program director, staff, budget, facilities; powers and duties; exemption from state and local taxation |
§ 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 |
§ 37-2-6.3. Public body; debts, obligations, and liabilities |
§ 37-2-6.4. Reconstituting or converting of organizational structure; formation of new community service board |
§ 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 |
§ 37-2-7. Formulation and publication of state plan for disability services |
§ 37-2-8. Unification of state and area service programs |
§ 37-2-9. Coordination of disability services with related activities of other agencies and organizations |
§ 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 |
§ 37-2-10. Commissioner's emergency powers upon failure of community service board to establish and administer programs |
§ 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 |
§ 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 |
§ 37-2-12. Construction of chapter to avoid conflict with federal laws |