Title 49 — Title 49
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O.C.G.A. § 49-4-172 Appeal from order of appointment or removal
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Except as otherwise provided in Article 6 of Chapter 9 of Title 15, from the order of the court appointing or removing such personal representative, an appeal may be had to the judge of the superior court, who shall hear the matter de novo without a jury. History. Ga. L. 1964, p.…
O.C.G.A. § 49-4-18 Records, §49-4-14
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Social assistance register, §49-4-19. WELFARE —Cont’d Public assistance act —Cont’d Social security. Provisions construed with federal social security act, §49-4-18. Title of act. Short title, §49-4-1. Qualified long-term care partnership program, §§49-4-160 to 49-4-165. Records. …
O.C.G.A. § 49-4-180 Short title
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This article shall be known and may be cited as the “Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Act.” History. Code 1981, § 49-4-180, enacted by Ga. L. 1997, p. 1021, § 6. 49-4-181. Definitions.
O.C.G.A. § 49-4-181 Definitions
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As used in this article, the term: (1) “Applicant” means a person who applies for assistance under the state plan. (2) “Assistance” means the temporary assistance provided to 162 49-4-181 needy families in accordance with Part A of Title IV of the federal Social Security Act, as …
O.C.G.A. § 49-4-183 Definition of department, §49-4-181
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Duties, §49-4-183. Pilot LEARNFARE program. Establishment, §49-4-192. Standards and procedures. Drug testing, rules and regulations, §49-4-193. Establishment and enforcement, §49-4-191. Drug testing of applicants and recipients, §49-4-193. Eligibility for assistance, §49-4-184. A…
O.C.G.A. § 49-4-184 Ineligibility for assistance
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(a) An applicant is not eligible for assistance under this article and a recipient shall no longer be eligible for assistance under this article if: (1) The applicant’s or recipient’s family does not include a minor child, unless the applicant or recipient is a pregnant woman; (2…
O.C.G.A. § 49-4-185 Sanctions against recipient for failure to comply
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(a) As used in this Code section, the term “sanction” means a 25 percent reduction of any cash assistance provided to a family for a time period established by the board for the first material violation and termination of any cash assistance provided to the family for any subseque…
O.C.G.A. § 49-4-188 Assistance for qualified aliens
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(a) As used in this Code section, the term “qualified alien” means a qualified alien as defined in Section 431 of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996, as amended, Public Law 104-193. (b) Qualified aliens will be eligible for assistance under th…
O.C.G.A. § 49-4-19 Social assistance register
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It shall be the duty of the department to establish and maintain a social assistance register and to provide for the listing in such register of groups, associations, organizations, and individuals who notify the department or any county department of family and children services…
O.C.G.A. § 49-4-190 Construction of article
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It is the intention of the General Assembly that this article be construed consistently with Part A of Title IV of the federal Social Security Act, as amended, and so as to authorize the Department of Human Services, within the appropriations provided to it, to administer the sta…
O.C.G.A. § 49-4-191 Establishment and enforcement of standards and procedures by department
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The department shall establish and enforce standards and procedures to: (1) Screen and identify recipients of TANF assistance with a history of being victims of domestic violence, while protecting the confidentiality of any such recipients; (2) Refer any such recipients to counsel…
O.C.G.A. § 49-4-192 Establishment of pilot LEARNFARE program
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(a) As used in this Code section, the term: (1) “Program” means the LEARNFARE program established in this Code section. (2) “Teen-ager” means a person at least 13 years of age but not more than 16 years of age who is included in a grant of TANF assistance, who is residing with a …
O.C.G.A. § 49-4-193 Short title
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Definitions. Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program created. Administration of article by department; promulgation of rules and regulations by board; duties of department. Ineligibility for assistance. Sanctions against recipient for failure to comply. [Reserved] Schedule…
O.C.G.A. § 49-4-2 Definitions
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As used in this article, the term: (1) “Department” means the Department of Human Services and includes the county departments of family and children services and the agents, agencies, officers, and employees designated by the commissioner of human services to perform any functio…
O.C.G.A. § 49-4-20 Medicaid
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Drug application fees, §49-4-142. Runaway children. Registration of organizations providing services to youth. Process for registration, §49-5-161. Temporary assistance for needy families. Drug screening application fee, §49-4-193. FELONIES.
O.C.G.A. § 49-4-22 Eligibility for aid under federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program
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(a) An individual who was convicted under any state or federal law of an offense which has as an element the possession, use, or distribution of a controlled substance, as such term is defined in Code Section 16-13-21, and which is or would be classified as a felony under the laws …
O.C.G.A. § 49-4-30 Short title
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This article shall be known and may be cited as the “Old-Age Assistance Act.” 74 History. Ga. L. 1937, p. 311, § 20; Ga. L. 1982, p. 3, § 49; Ga. L. 2023, p. 730, § 6(a)(4)/HB 475, effective July 1, 2023. 49-4-32 The 2023 amendment, effective July 1, 2023, part of an Act to revis…
O.C.G.A. § 49-4-31 Definitions
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As used in this article, the term: (1) “Applicant” means a person who has applied for assistance under this article. (2) “Assistance” means money payments to, medical care in behalf of, or any type of remedial care recognized under state law in behalf of needy individuals who are…
O.C.G.A. § 49-4-32 Eligibility for assistance under this article
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(a) Assistance shall be granted under this article to any person who: (1) Is 65 years of age or older; (2) Does not have sufficient income or other resources to provide a reasonable subsistence compatible with decency and health; (3) Has not made an assignment or transfer of prop…
O.C.G.A. § 49-4-33 Duties of department under this article
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The department shall: (1) Supervise the administration of assistance under this article by the county departments; (2) Take such action as may be necessary or desirable for carrying out this article; (3) Prescribe the form of and print and supply to the county departments such fo…
O.C.G.A. § 49-4-34 Duties of county departments under this article
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The county departments shall: (1) Administer this article in their respective counties, subject to the rules and regulations prescribed by the board pursuant to this article; (2) Report to the department at such times and in such manner and form as the department may from time to…
O.C.G.A. § 49-4-35 Definitions
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Community care and services for the elderly, §49-6-61. Department of human services, §§49-6-1 to 49-6-7. Appropriations. Payment of expenses, §49-6-7. Authority, §49-6-3. Community care and services for the elderly. Annual progress report, §49-6-62. Rules and regulations, §49-6-6…
O.C.G.A. § 49-4-36 Repealing acts
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Claims to assistance subject to, §49-4-37. Residence.
O.C.G.A. § 49-4-37 Claims to assistance subject to amendments or repeals
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All assistance granted under this article shall be deemed to be granted and to be held subject to any amending or repealing Act that may hereafter be passed; and no recipient shall have any claim for compensation, or otherwise, by reason of his assistance being affected in any wa…
O.C.G.A. § 49-4-38 Short title
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Definitions. Eligibility for assistance under this article. Duties of department under this article. Duties of county departments under this article. Assistance is neither assignable nor subject to legal process or bankruptcy law; payment of assistance check after death of recipie…
O.C.G.A. § 49-4-4 Residence sold by government action
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Receipt of compensation not to affect eligibility, §49-4-7. Federal aid. Department of human services. Power to receive and disburse federal funds, §49-2-5. Matching federal funds. Use of appropriations for, §49-2-11. Public purpose. Federal welfare funds declared to be for, §49-…
O.C.G.A. § 49-4-5 Eligibility, §49-4-16
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Disregarding reserves, income and resources, §49-4-6. Residence in state as affecting, §49-4-4. Residence sold by government action. Receipt of compensation not to affect eligibility, §49-4-7. Fraud in obtaining, §49-4-15. Funding of costs, §49-4-17. General provisions, §§49-4-1 …
O.C.G.A. § 49-4-50 Short title
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This article shall be known and may be cited as the “Aid to the Blind Act.” History. Ga. L. 1937, p. 568, § 23; Ga. L. 2023, p. 730, § 6(a)(5)/HB 475, effective July 1, 2023. The 2023 amendment, effective July 1, 2023, part of an Act to revise, modernize, and correct the Code, in…
O.C.G.A. § 49-4-51 Definitions; when person considered blind
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(a) As used in this article, the term: (1) “Applicant” means a person who has applied for assistance under this article. (2) “Assistance” means money payments to or hospital care in behalf of needy blind individuals but shall not include any such payments to or care in behalf of …
O.C.G.A. § 49-4-52 Eligibility for assistance under this article
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(a) Assistance shall be granted under this article to any blind person who: (1) Does not have sufficient income or other resources to provide a reasonable subsistence compatible with decency and health, except that, after March 1, 1961, in making such determination, the first $85.…
O.C.G.A. § 49-4-53 Duties of department under this article
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The department shall: (1) Supervise the administration of assistance under this article by the county departments; (2) Make such rules and regulations and take such action as may be necessary or desirable for carrying out this article; (3) Establish the procedure to be followed i…
O.C.G.A. § 49-4-54 Duties of county departments under this article
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The county departments shall: (1) Administer this article in their respective counties, subject to the rules and regulations prescribed by the Board of Human Services pursuant to this article; (2) Report to the Department of Human Services at such times and in such manner and for…
O.C.G.A. § 49-4-55 Examination of applicant by ophthalmologist or optometrist
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No application for assistance under this article shall be approved until the applicant has been examined by an ophthalmologist or optometrist designated or approved by the department to make such examinations. The examining ophthalmologist or optometrist shall certify the findings…
O.C.G.A. § 49-4-56 Reexamination of recipient’s eyesight; furnishing information
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A recipient shall submit to a reexamination as to his eyesight when 82 49-4-59 required to do so by the county department or the Department of Human Services. He shall also furnish any information required by the county department or the Department of Human Services. History. Ga.…
O.C.G.A. § 49-4-57 Providing supplementary treatment services
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Supplementary services may be provided by a county department to any applicant or recipient who is in need of treatment either to prevent blindness or to restore his eyesight, whether or not he is blind as defined in subsection (b) of Code Section 49-4-51, if he is otherwise quali…
O.C.G.A. § 49-4-58 Assignments
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Aid to the blind. Assistance not assignable, §49-4-58. Attachment. Aid to the blind. Exemption, §49-4-58. Bankruptcy. Aid to the blind. Assistance not subject to bankruptcy law, §49-4-58. Death. Aid to the blind. Payment of assistance after death of recipient, §49-4-58. Recovery …
O.C.G.A. § 49-4-6 Reserves, income, and resources to be disregarded
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(a) In determining eligibility for and the amount and kind of public assistance to be provided, the board shall prescribe by regulations reasonable emergency reserves and the income and resources which may be exempt and disregarded. With respect to any category of assistance, the…
O.C.G.A. § 49-4-60 Repealing acts
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Claims to assistance subject to, §49-4-61. BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED PERSONS —Cont’d Aid to the blind —Cont’d Residents. Eligibility for assistance, §49-4-52. Payment of assistance after recipient moves to another county, §49-4-60. Supplementary treatment services, §49-4-57. Ti…
O.C.G.A. § 49-4-61 Claims to assistance subject to amendments or repeals
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All assistance granted under this article shall be deemed to be granted and to be held subject to any amending or repealing Act that may hereafter be passed; and no recipient shall have any claim for compensation, or otherwise, by reason of his assistance being affected in any wa…
O.C.G.A. § 49-4-8 Application for public assistance
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Applications for public assistance shall be submitted to and accepted by the county department of the county of the applicant’s residence from or on behalf of any person who believes himself eligible for public assistance. Such applications shall be made in the manner and form pr…
O.C.G.A. § 49-4-80 Definitions
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As used in this article, the term: (1) “Applicant” means a person who has applied for assistance under this article. (2) “Assistance” means money payments to, or hospital care in behalf of, needy individuals who are totally and permanently disabled but does not include any indivi…
O.C.G.A. § 49-4-81 Eligibility for assistance under this article
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(a) Assistance is to be granted under this article to any person who: (1) Is not less than 18 nor more than 65 years of age; 85 49-4-81 (2) Is totally and permanently disabled as that term is defined in Code Section 49-4-80; (3) Does not have sufficient income or other resources t…
O.C.G.A. § 49-4-82 Duties of department under this article
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The department shall: (1) Supervise the administration by the county departments of assistance to the needy totally and permanently disabled under this article; (2) Make such rules and regulations and take such action as may be necessary or desirable for carrying out this article…
O.C.G.A. § 49-4-83 Duties of county departments under this article
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The county departments shall: (1) Administer this article in their respective counties, subject to the rules and regulations prescribed by the board pursuant to this article; (2) Report to the department at such times and in such manner and form as the department may from time to…
O.C.G.A. § 49-4-84 Attachment
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Aid to the disabled. Exemption, §49-4-84. Bankruptcy. Aid to the disabled. Assistance not subject to bankruptcy law, §49-4-84. DISABLED PERSONS —Cont’d Blind and visually impaired persons. Aid to the blind, §§49-4-50 to 49-4-61. Vending facilities on state property, §§49-9-40 to …
O.C.G.A. § 49-4-85 Repealing acts
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Claims to assistance subject to, §49-4-86. Residents.
O.C.G.A. § 49-4-86 Claims to assistance subject to amendments or repeals
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All assistance granted under this article shall be deemed to be granted and to be held subject to any amending or repealing Act that may hereafter be passed; and no recipient shall have any claim for compensation, or otherwise, by reason of his assistance being affected in any wa…
O.C.G.A. § 49-4-9 Investigation and record concerning applicant
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Whenever a county department shall receive an application for public assistance, the county department shall promptly make an investigation and record of the circumstances of the applicant in order to ascertain the facts supporting the application and to obtain such other informa…