06 LC 33
1146
House
Bill 1233
By:
Representatives Cox of the
102nd
and Cooper of the
41st
A
BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
AN ACT
To
amend Article 1 of Chapter 5 of Title 49 of the Official Code of Georgia
Annotated, relating to children and youth services, so as to revise and add a
definition relating to
childreńs
transitional care centers; to change certain provisions relating to licensing
and inspection of child welfare agencies; to provide for related matters; to
repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
BE
IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:
SECTION
1.
Article
1 of Chapter 5 of Title 49 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating
to children and youth services, is amended by striking paragraphs (1) and (4) of
Code Section 49-5-3, relating to definitions, and inserting in their respective
places the following:
∀(1)
'Child-caring institution' means any institution, society, agency, or facility,
whether incorporated or not, which either primarily or incidentally provides
full-time care for children through 18 years of age outside of their own homes,
subject to such exceptions as may be provided in rules and regulations of the
board. This
term includes
childreńs
transitional care
centers.∀
∀(4)
Reserved.
'Childreńs
transitional care center' means a transitional center which provides a
temporary, family centered, home-like environment for medically fragile children
who are in a stable condition but dependent on life sustaining medications,
treatments, and equipment and who require assistance with activities of daily
living for durations of seven days to six months to facilitate transitions from
a hospital to a home or other appropriate
setting.∀
SECTION
2.
Said
article is further amended by striking subsection (i) of Code Section 49-5-12,
relating to licensing and inspection of child welfare agencies, and inserting in
its place the following:
∀(i)
Child-caring institutions and child-placing agencies, when licensed in
accordance with this Code section, may receive needy or dependent children from
their parents, guardians, custodians, or persons serving in loco parentis for
special, temporary, or continued care. Parents, guardians, custodians, or
persons serving in loco parentis to such children may sign releases or
agreements giving to such institutions or agencies custody and control over such
children during the period of care.
Child-caring
institutions which are
childreńs
transitional care centers may receive medically fragile children from their
parents, guardians, custodians, or persons serving in loco parentis for special,
temporary, or continued care to facilitate transitions from a hospital to a home
or other appropriate
setting.∀
SECTION
3.
All
laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.