Since the State of Georgia accepts a responsibility for its developmentally disabled citizens and an obligation to them which it must discharge, facilities, programs, and services shall be made available to meet the needs of each developmentally disabled person during his entire lifetime. The primary purpose of this chapter shall be to provide community based alternatives to total institutional care so that developmentally disabled individuals can continue to live in their home communities.
(Ga. L. 1972, p. 700, § 2; Ga. L. 2009, p. 453, § 3-5/HB 228; Ga. L. 2010, p. 878, § 37/HB 1387.)
The 2010 amendment, effective June 3, 2010, part of an Act to revise, modernize, and correct the Code, revised punctuation in the last sentence.
OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
When aid to parent for child care cannot be ordered.
- If the state or county is unable to help a parent obtain help for a child and if the parent cannot afford what private care is available, the juvenile courts of this state cannot order the state or county to help the parent bear the cost of caring for the child. 1967 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 67-88.