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HB496
167058-2:n:04/14/2015:KBH/th LRS2015-1374R1 HB496 By Representatives Mooney, Hubbard, Weaver,
Fridy, Wingo and Fincher RFD Judiciary Rd 1 14-APR-15 SYNOPSIS: This bill would provide for
the Assisted Suicide Ban Act. This bill would prohibit a person or a health care provider
from providing aid in dying to another person and would provide civil and criminal penalties.
Amendment 621 of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, now appearing as Section 111.05 of the
Official Recompilation of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, as amended, prohibits a general
law whose purpose or effect would be to require a new or increased expenditure of local funds
from becoming effective with regard to a local governmental entity without enactment by a
2/3 vote unless: it comes within one of a number of specified exceptions; it is approved by
the affected entity; or the Legislature appropriates funds, or provides a local source of
revenue, to the entity for the purpose. The purpose or effect of this bill...
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HB500
Rep(s). By Representative Weaver HB500 ENROLLED, An Act, Relating to the State Health Planning
and Development Agency (SHPDA); to provide for certain mandatory health care reporting to
SHPDA; to designate the SHPDA as the agency to collect, compile, and analyze the collected
reports; to establish and provide for the membership of the Health Care Information and Data
Council; to require that the SHPDA, after receiving advice and guidance from the council,
adopt rules to implement this act; to provide for penalties for failure make the required
reports; and to require the SHPDA to meet certain deadlines or lose its authority to require
the reporting. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA: Section 1. This act shall be cited
and known as the "Alabama Health Planning Facilitation Act." Section 2. The Legislature
does hereby set out the following findings and reasons for passage of this act. Alabama has
adopted a system of health planning and development administered by the State...
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HB320
Rep(s). By Representatives Jones, Collins, Nordgren, Todd, Hall, Coleman-Evans, Treadaway,
South, Rowe, Moore (B), Pettus, Ledbetter, Sanderford, Brown, Standridge, Givan, Whorton (I),
Rich, Hill (M), Patterson, Wood, Davis, Garrett, Williams (JD), Clouse, Lee, Wingo, Boothe,
Faust, Robinson, Chesteen, Beckman, Hammon, Ingram, Sells, Shiver, Baker, McMillan, Boyd,
Bandy, Grimsley, Alexander, Williams (JW), Bracy, Martin, Poole, Lindsey, Ford, Jackson, Drake,
Carns, McClammy, Fincher, England, Hill (J), Wadsworth, Morrow, Beech, Lawrence, Hubbard,
Gaston, Sessions, Tuggle, Millican, Johnson (R), Hurst and Rogers HB320 ENROLLED, An Act,
Relating to domestic violence; to add Section 13A-6-139.1 to the Code of Alabama 1975, to
provide definitions; to amend Sections 13A-6-130, 13A-6-131, 13A-6-132, 13A-6-134, 13A-6-138,
13A-6-140 to 13A-6-143, inclusive, 15-10-3, 15-13-190, 15-23-68, 30-5-2, 30-5-3, 30-5-5, 30-5-7,
30-5-8, 30-6-1 to 30-6-11, inclusive, 30-6-13, 30-7-1 to 30-7-6, inclusive,...
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SB276
165820-1:n:03/16/2015:PMG/th LRS2015-1023 SB276 By Senators Scofield, Marsh, Bussman, Williams,
Ward, Waggoner, Hightower, Allen, Melson, Holley, Dial, Whatley, Stutts, McClendon, Livingston,
Glover, Brewbaker, Shelnutt, Albritton, Smith, Dunn, Figures, Coleman, Beasley, Ross, Smitherman,
Chambliss, Orr, Pittman and Holtzclaw RFD Judiciary Rd 1 18-MAR-15 SYNOPSIS: Under existing
law, the commission of domestic violence is a crime, and there are provisions to protect the
victim from further acts of domestic violence. This bill would provide greater protection
and assistance to victims of domestic violence. This bill would provide consistency to the
definition of domestic violence throughout the code. This bill would clarify the definition
of dating relationship as it relates to domestic violence. This bill would strengthen the
provisions relating to domestic violence protection orders and require better communication
among law enforcement to ensure protection of a victim when a...
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SB88
SB88 ENGROSSED By Senator Dial A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT Relating to health care contracts;
to add Section 27-1-17.1 to Title 27, Chapter 1, Code of Alabama 1975, to provide that any
contract issued, amended, or renewed on or after July 1, 2015, between a health insurer or
its contracted vendor or a regional care organization and a health care provider for the provision
of health care services to a plan enrollee shall not restrict payments to only credit card
payments; to provide that prior to initiating or changing payments to a provider using electronic
funds transfer payments, to only credit card or virtual credit card payments, a health insurer
or its contracted vendor or a regional care organization must meet certain requirements to
notify the health care provider of all fees associated with a particular payment method, provide
clear instructions to health care provider as to how to opt out of the payment method at any
time following the initial agreement to this payment...
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HB491
167173-2:n:04/13/2015:DSM*/th LRS2015-1375R1 HB491 By Representatives Mooney, Collins, Weaver,
Nordgren, Wilcox, Beech, Fridy, Hubbard, Rowe, Carns, Wingo, Ainsworth, Lee, Patterson, Holmes
(M), Polizos, Ingram, Sells, Johnson (R), Williams (JW), Hanes, Ledbetter, Whorton (R), Henry,
Gaston, Pringle, Sessions, Faust, Shedd, Hill (M), Greer, Standridge, Wood, Ball, Sanderford,
Farley, Rich, Moore (B), Boothe, Clouse, Baker, Shiver, Beckman, McMillan, Williams (JD),
Brown, Drake, Davis, Johnson (K), Hammon, McCutcheon, Butler, Treadaway, Pettus and Harper
RFD Health Rd 1 14-APR-15 SYNOPSIS: This bill would give health care providers the following:
The authority to refuse to perform or to participate in health care services that violate
their conscience; immunity from civil, criminal, or administrative liability for refusing
to provide or participate in a health care service that violates their conscience. This bill
would declare it unlawful for any person to discriminate against health...
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SB389
165158-2:n:04/01/2015:KMS*/mfc LRS2015-799R1 SB389 By Senators Reed, Waggoner, Bussman, Albritton,
Stutts, McClendon, Allen, Hightower, Pittman, Ward, Glover, Williams, Whatley, Shelnutt, Scofield,
Melson, Beasley and Figures RFD Health and Human Services Rd 1 16-APR-15 SYNOPSIS: This bill
would revise the definition of a health care facility under the certificate of need law to
encompass psychiatric residential treatment facilities providing psychiatric and other therapeutic
and clinically informed services to individuals under the age of 21 outside of an acute care
hospital setting, and to provide for a streamlined procedure for providers to obtain a certificate
of need for existing facilities in the state. A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT To amend Section
22-21-260, Code of Alabama 1975, to revise the definition of a health care facility under
the certificate of need law to include psychiatric residential treatment facilities providing
psychiatric and other therapeutic and clinically...
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SB366
SB366 By Senators Figures, Smith, Dunn and Coleman ENROLLED, An Act, To amend Sections 34-2A-2,
34-2A-8, 34-2A-11, 34-2A-12, and 34-2A-13, Code of Alabama 1975, relating to assisted living
administrators; to establish a replacement license fee for a stolen, lost, or misplaced licensing
card; to require each person who applies for licensure as an assisted living administrator
to pay an annual administrative fee as determined by the board; to require each applicant
for licensure as an assisted living administrator to pay an annual administrative fee; to
require each person holding an expired license, in addition to other requirements, to pay
a reapplication fee established by the board; and to allow the board to discipline a person
practicing or offering to practice assisted living administration if the person has entered
a plea of nolo contendere, nolo contender, no contender, no contest, or guilty in any case
involving a lewd or lascivious act against a child or an adult,...
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HB185
Rep(s). By Representative Johnson (R) HB185 ENGROSSED A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT To specify
that for purposes of the municipal or county business licenses, a qualified home health care
or hospice agency or a qualified provider of durable medical equipment, prosthetics, orthotics,
or health care supplies would only be required to purchase a municipal or county business
license for its headquarters or any branch office that it maintains within the state; to further
provide that a health care employee or other agent or representative of a qualified home health
care or hospice agency or a qualified provider of durable medical equipment, prosthetics,
orthotics, or health care supplies would not be required to purchase a business license from
a municipality or county or its agent, including a private auditing firm, merely because the
person visits a patient whose residence or the health care facility in which they are being
treated is located within that municipality or county or because...
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HB271
164501-2:n:03/10/2015:MCS/cj LRS2015-454R1 HB271 By Representative Henry RFD Insurance Rd 1
12-MAR-15 SYNOPSIS: Under current law, a health insurer or vendor may initiate or change the
method of payment to a health care provider to payment through a credit card, exposing the
health care provider to unknown charges, without the health care provider having actual prior
knowledge of the credit card payment method, or the language in the contract that allowed
the initiation of or change to a credit card payment. This bill would establish that any contract
between a health insurer or its contracted vendor and a health care provider for the provision
of health care services to a plan enrollee shall not contain restrictions on methods of payment
from the health insurer or vendor to the health care provider in situations in which the only
acceptable payment method is a credit card payment. This bill would establish that prior to
initiating payments, a health insurer or its contracted vendor...
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