Chapter 4. PUBLIC ASSISTANCE  


Article 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS
Article 2. OLD-AGE ASSISTANCE
Article 3. AID TO THE BLIND
Article 4. AID TO THE DISABLED
Article 5. AID TO FAMILIES WITH DEPENDENT CHILDREN
Article 6. MEDICAL ASSISTANCE FOR AGED
Article 7. MEDICAL ASSISTANCE GENERALLY
Article 7A. LONG-TERM CARE PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM
Article 7B. FALSE MEDICAID CLAIMS
Article 7C. THERAPY SERVICES FOR CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES
Article 8. PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE TO MANAGE ASSISTANCE PAYMENTS
Article 9. TEMPORARY ASSISTANCE FOR NEEDY FAMILIES

REFS & ANNOS

TITLE 49 Chapter 4 NOTE

CROSS REFERENCES. --Workers' compensation, T. 34, C. 9. 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.
 
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, cert. denied, 189 Ga. App. 913, 375 S.E.2d 235 (1988).
 
RESEARCH REFERENCES
 
ALR. --Eligibility for welfare benefits, under maximum-assets limitations, as affected by expenditures or disposal of assets, 19 ALR4th 146.
   Eligibility for welfare benefits as affected by claimant's status as trust beneficiary, 21 ALR4th 729.
   Propriety of telephone testimony or hearings in public welfare proceedings, 88 ALR4th 1094.