Section 31-8-155. Promulgation of rules for funding expansions of eligibility and indigent care programs

   (a) The department shall establish by rules the purposes for which contributions and transfers to the trust fund may be made. Such purposes shall be consistent with the purposes contained in Code Section 31-8-154. Those rules shall be promulgated by the Board of Community Health pursuant to Chapter 13 of Title 50, the "Georgia Administrative Procedure Act," notwithstanding any exclusion or exemption otherwise provided in that chapter.

(b) Contributions to the trust fund shall be made within such time periods as the department establishes by rule pursuant to subsection (a) of this Code section.

(c) The department may make and execute contracts, agreements, and other instruments for the purpose of facilitating transfers to the trust fund.

(d) The department shall establish the manner of disbursement of any funds appropriated to it pursuant to this article.

Code 1981, § 31-8-155, enacted by Ga. L. 1990, p. 139, § 1; Ga. L. 1991, p. 388, § 1; Ga. L. 1993, p. 1014, § 1; Ga. L. 1999, p. 296, § 24.