§ 37-4-60. Designation of Facility to Which Client to Be Admitted; Transfers of Clients Between Private and State Owned Facilities; Transfers of Clients Generally
The department may designate the state owned or state operated facility to which a client is admitted under this chapter. The department may instead designate a private facility, approved under Code Section 37-4-8, to which the client is to be admitted, if the department has obtained the prior agreement of the private facility and of […]
§ 37-4-61. Transportation of Clients Generally
The governing authority of the county where the client is found or located shall arrange for initial emergency transport of a client to an emergency receiving facility. Except as otherwise authorized under subsection (b) of this Code section, the governing authority of the county of the client’s residence shall arrange for all required transportation for […]
§ 37-4-62. Transfer of Clients to Custody of Federal Agencies for Services; Retention of Jurisdiction Over Clients by State Courts; Jurisdiction Over Developmentally Disabled Persons in Federal Hospitals and Institutions Located in State
If a client ordered to receive services from the department as a resident in a facility pursuant to this chapter is eligible for hospital care or treatment by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs or any other federal agency, the department, upon receipt of a certificate from such hospital showing that facilities are available […]
§ 37-4-63. Procedure for Transfer of Georgia Residents From Out-of-State Facilities to Georgia Facilities
Upon application to the department by a parent, spouse, next of kin, or guardian or by an agency of another state in which a person is hospitalized, the person shall be eligible to be admitted to a facility in the State of Georgia if found by the department to be a legal resident of Georgia. […]
§ 37-4-64. Procedure Upon Discovery That a Client Receiving Court Ordered Services From a Georgia Facility Is Not a Resident
If a client who is a resident in a facility is discovered not to be a resident of Georgia, the regional state hospital administrator of the facility in which the client is a resident shall seek his transfer to the custody of authorities of the state of his residence or to a publicly owned or […]