§ 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 […]
§ 37-4-80. Effect of Inability to Pay on Right to Habilitation Services
It is the policy of this state that no person shall be denied habilitation services for a developmental disability nor shall services be delayed at a facility of the state or a political subdivision of the state because of inability to pay for such habilitation services. History. Code 1933, § 88-2503.3, enacted by Ga. L. […]
§ 37-4-81. Liability for Expenses for Transporting, Examining, and Caring for Clients
The responsibility for paying the expenses for transporting, examining, and caring for clients, which expenses are not provided for under Chapter 9 of this title, relating to the payment of costs of care of persons admitted to state institutions under the department, shall be in the following order: The client or his estate; Persons legally […]
§ 37-4-82. Payment of Expenses Incurred in Connection With Hearings Held Under This Chapter
Except as provided in this Code section, the expenses of any hearing held under this chapter by a court or by an administrative law judge, including attorneys’ fees authorized by paragraph (1) of subsection (b) of this Code section and including expenses authorized by paragraph (3) of subsection (b) of this Code section, shall be […]
§ 37-4-100. Retention of Rights and Privileges by Clients Generally; Right to Due Process
Clients shall retain all rights and privileges granted other persons or citizens. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, no person who is receiving or has received services for a developmental disability shall be deprived of any civil, political, personal, or property rights or be considered legally incompetent for any purpose without due […]
§ 37-4-101. Clients’ Right to Legal Counsel
It shall be the responsibility of the department to see that every client is given the opportunity to secure legal counsel at his own expense to represent him in connection with private, personal, domestic, business, civil, criminal, and all other legal matters in which he may be involved during habilitation in a facility. History. Code […]
§ 37-4-102. Right of Clients to Communicate With Persons Outside Facility and to Receive Visitors; Treatment of Client Correspondence; Establishment of Regulations Governing Visitation and Telephone Usage
Each client in a facility shall have the right to communicate freely and privately with persons outside the facility and to receive visitors inside the facility. Except as otherwise provided in this Code section, each client shall be allowed to receive and send sealed, unopened mail; and no client’s incoming or outgoing mail shall be […]
§ 37-4-103. Clients’ Rights in Regard to Personal Effects; Liability of Facility’s Employees and Staff Members for Loss of or Damage to Clients’ Personal Effects
A client’s rights to his personal effects shall be respected. The superintendent or regional state hospital administrator may take temporary custody of such effects when required for medical reasons. The facility shall make reasonable efforts to assure the safety of the client’s belongings, but no employee or staff member shall be responsible for loss of […]
§ 37-4-104. Clients’ Right to Vote
Each client in a facility who is eligible to vote shall be given his right to vote in primary, special, and general elections and in referendums. The superintendent or regional state hospital administrator of each facility shall permit and reasonably assist clients: To obtain voter registration forms, applications for absentee ballots, and absentee ballots; To […]