§ 37-3-203. Classification of Residential Programs
The department is authorized to classify all adult residential mental health programs within the state according to the character and range of services provided. History. Code 1981, § 37-3-203 , enacted by Ga. L. 2022, p. 587, § 1/HB 1069.
§ 37-3-149. Establishment of Procedures for Receiving Patients’ and Staff Complaints; Making of Final Decisions; Establishment of Rules and Regulations Implementing Procedures; Complaint Procedures as Alternative to Legal Remedies
Each facility shall establish procedures whereby complaints of the patient or complaints of the staff concerning treatment of the patient can be speedily heard, with final decisions to be made by the superintendent, the regional state hospital administrator, or an advisory committee, whichever is appropriate. The board shall establish reasonable rules and regulations for the […]
§ 37-3-204. Regulations Establishing Minimum Standards
The department shall create and promulgate minimum standards of quality and services for each designated class of programs. At least the following areas shall be covered in the rules and regulations: Admission criteria which at a minimum must require a referral from either an inpatient psychiatric hospital that is discharging a patient to an adult […]
§ 37-3-150. [Effective Until July 1, 2023. See note.] Right to Appeal Orders of Probate Court, Juvenile Court, or Hearing Examiner; Payment of Costs of Appeal; Right to Subsequent Appeal; Right to Legal Counsel on Appeal
The patient, the patient’s representatives, or the patient’s attorney may appeal any order of the probate court or hearing officer rendered in a proceeding under this chapter to the superior court of the county in which the proceeding was held, except as otherwise provided in Article 6 of Chapter 9 of Title 15, and may […]
§ 37-3-150. [Effective July 1, 2023. See note.] Right to Appeal Orders of Probate Court, Juvenile Court, or Hearing Examiner; Payment of Costs of Appeal; Right to Subsequent Appeal; Right to Legal Counsel on Appeal
The patient, the patient’s representatives, or the patient’s attorney may appeal any order of the probate court or hearing officer rendered in a proceeding under this chapter to the superior court of the county in which the proceeding was held, except as otherwise provided in Article 6 of Chapter 9 of Title 15, and may […]
§ 37-3-160. Individual Dignity of Patients to Be Respected; Treatment of the Mentally Ill as Medical Patients; Use of Criminal Facilities and Procedures
The patient’s dignity as an individual shall be respected at all times and upon all occasions, including any occasion wherein the patient is taken into custody, detained, or transported. Mentally ill patients or those suspected of being mentally ill shall, to the maximum extent reasonably possible, be treated at all times as medical patients. All […]
§ 37-3-120. Effect of Inability to Pay on Right to Care and Treatment
It is the policy of this state that no person shall be denied care and treatment for mental illness 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 care and treatment. History. Code 1933, § 88-502.2, enacted by Ga. […]
§ 37-3-121. Liability for Certain Expenses of Transporting, Examining, and Caring for Patients
The responsibility for paying the expenses for transporting, examining, and caring for patients, 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 patient or his estate; Persons legally […]
§ 37-3-122. 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 a hearing examiner, including attorneys’ fees authorized by paragraph (1) of subsection (b) of this Code section and including hearing officer expenses authorized by paragraph (3) of subsection (b) of this Code section, shall […]
§ 37-3-140. Retention of Rights and Privileges by Patients Generally; Right to Due Process
Patients 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 mental illness shall be deprived of any civil, political, personal, or property rights or be considered legally incompetent for any purpose without due […]