{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-31-46-1","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 31-46-1","heading":"Legislative findings.","body":"The General Assembly finds and declares that it shall be the public policy of this state to encourage the donation, collection, and storage of stem cells collected from postnatal tissue and fluid and to make such stem cells available for medical research and treatment; to promote principled and ethical stem cell research; and to encourage stem cell research with immediate clinical and medical applications.","path":["TITLE 31 Health","CHAPTER 46 Newborn Umbilical Cord Blood Bank"],"source_url":"https://archive.org/download/gov.ga.ocga.2018/release86.2022.11/gov.ga.ocga.title.31.odt","current_through":"Release 86 (2022-11)","vintage":"Public.Resource.Org bulk O.C.G.A., Release 86 (2022-11), retrieved 2026-09-17","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T19:34:57Z","sha256":"5e7ca709d877a17a1f3586e8fc66f0c1b1edb1a32e98983bbbe865a1c5d7033c","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-31-45-13","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-31-46-2"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}