The purpose of these rules is to effect the requirements of the Patient Cost of Care Act, which mandates that the Georgia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities establishes standards for determining assessments for patient cost of care, determines liability thereof, makes investigations thereof, establishes billing and collection procedures, and provides for hearings, among other requirements.
Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. R. 82-7-1-.03
O.C.G.A. § 37-9-1, et seq.