Georgia House of Representatives - 1995/1996 Sessions

HB 758 - Medical services for inmates; liability; redefine detention fac

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1. Childers  13th         2. Perry  11th             3. Smith  12th


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              2/16/95  Read 1st Time                                                                
              2/17/95  Read 2nd Time                                                                
              2/22/95  Favorably Reported                                                           
              3/17/95  Recommitted                                                                  
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Code Sections amended: 42-4-50                                                                      


HB 758                                            LC 18 6845






                        A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
                               AN ACT


  1- 1  To amend Code Section 42-4-50 of the Official Code of
  1- 2  Georgia Annotated, relating to definitions regarding medical
  1- 3  services for inmates, so as to change the definition of a
  1- 4  detention facility for purposes of liability for payment for
  1- 5  certain medical services; to repeal conflicting laws; and
  1- 6  for other purposes.

  1- 7       BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:

                         SECTION 1.

  1- 8  Code Section 42-4-50 of the Official Code of Georgia
  1- 9  Annotated, relating to definitions regarding medical
  1-10  services for inmates, is amended by striking paragraph (1)
  1-11  of subsection (a) and inserting in its place a new paragraph
  1-12  (1) to read as follows:

  1-13      "(1) 'Detention facility' means a municipal or county
  1-14      jail, workcamp, or other municipal or county detention
  1-15      facility used for the detention of persons charged with
  1-16      or convicted of either a felony, a misdemeanor, or a
  1-17      municipal offense."

                         SECTION 2.

  1-18  All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are
  1-19  repealed.















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