Annual report; budget

The board of trustees of each authority created under this article shall file with the governing body or bodies of political subdivisions or participating units, on forms prescribed by the department, an annual report of the activities of the authority and shall annually consider and adopt as a part of such report a budget, which budget shall be filed with the annual report. The board of trustees may hold a public hearing on the budget, and representatives of any governing body within the area of operation of the authority or any other person having an interest in such budget shall have the right to be heard with respect to any matter covered by the report of the board of trustees or by the budget. History. — Ga. L. 1941, p. 241, § 14; Code 1933, § 88-1818, enacted by Ga. L. 1964, p. 499, § 1. 321 31-7-90.1 HEALTH 31-7-91 31-7-90.1. Community benefit report; report disclosing member ownership in entities transacting business with authority. (a) Each hospital authority created by and under this article shall annually prepare a community benefit report disclosing the cost of indigent and charity care provided by such authority for the preceding year not later than 90 days after the close of the fiscal or calendar year. Such report provided for in this Code section shall include a statement of the cost and type of indigent and charity care provided by the authority, including the number of indigent persons served, categorization of those persons by county of residence, as well as the cost of indigent and charity care provided in dollars. Such community benefit report shall be filed with the clerk of superior court of the county in which the authority’s hospital is located, as well as with the governing body or bodies of such authority’s participating units. (b) Each hospital authority created by and under this article shall also annually prepare a report indicating any entity in which a member or member’s family has a direct or indirect ownership of assets or stock constituting between 10 percent and 25 percent which transacted business with the authority during the previous year. Such report shall be filed with the clerk of superior court of the county in which the authority’s hospital is located, as well as with the governing body or bodies of such authority’s participating units. History. — Code 1981, § 31-7-90.1, enacted by Ga. L. 1997, p. 1404, § 4.