TERRELL COUNTY v. ALBANY/DOUGHERTY HOSP. AUTH.

43764.

256 Ga. 627 (1987)

352 S.E.2d 378

TERRELL COUNTY v. ALBANY/DOUGHERTY HOSPITAL AUTHORITY.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided January 28, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Collier & Bishop, Joe C. Bishop, for appellant.

Michael J. Bowers, Attorney General, William C. Joy, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Perry, Walters & Lippett, C. Richard Langley, for appellee.


CLARKE, Presiding Justice.

The dispute here involves the county's obligation to pay for services extended to its indigent pregnant residents by a hospital in another county. Terrell County contests the constitutionality of the statute which requires such payment. The trial court found for the Albany/Dougherty Hospital Authority and we affirm.

The Hospital Care for Pregnant Women Act (OCGA § 31-8-40 et seq.) is the target of the constitutional attack....

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