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SB95
SB95 By Senator Waggoner ENROLLED, An Act, Relating to the State Health Department and palliative
care; to establish a State Advisory Council on Palliative Care and Quality of Life; to provide
for the appointment of the members and the duties of the council; and to provide for the establishment
of a statewide palliative care education program within the department. BE IT ENACTED BY THE
LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA: Section 1. The purpose of this act is to improve consumer awareness
of patient centered and family focused palliative care in this state by establishing a State
Advisory Council on Palliative Care and Quality of Life within the State Health Department
and to provide for the establishment within the department of a palliative care consumer and
professional information and education program. Section 2. (a) Not later than 180 days after
the effective date of this act, the State Health Department shall establish a State Advisory
Council on Palliative Care and Quality of Life within...
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SB118
SB118 By Senator Chambliss ENROLLED, An Act, Relating to certified public accountants; to amend
Section 34-1-4, Code of Alabama 1975, to revise the citizenship qualifications for certification,
and to reduce the semester and quarter hour education requirements for eligibility to sit
for the CPA examination. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:Section 1. Section 34-1-4,
Code of Alabama 1975, is amended to read as follows: §34-1-4. "(a) If each of the following
qualifications is met, the certificate of certified public accountant shall be granted by
the board to any person: "(1) Who is a citizen of the United States or, if not a citizen
of the United States, a person who is legally present in the United States with appropriate
documentation from the federal government., or has duly declared his or her intent to become
a citizen. "(2) Who has attained the age of 19 years. "(3) Who is of good moral
character. "(4) Who meets the following educational requirements: "a. A person...
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SB405
166387-1:n:03/23/2015:PMG/th LRS2015-1212 SB405 By Senator Melson RFD Health and Human Services
Rd 1 23-APR-15 SYNOPSIS: Under existing law, infected health care workers are defined as health
care workers who are infected with Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) or hepatitis B virus
(HBV). This bill would add to the definition of infected health care workers those health
care workers infected with hepatitis C virus (HCV) for purposes of reporting to the State
Health Officer. This bill would also authorize the State Board of Health to designate by rule
other diseases that infected health care workers must report to the State Health Officer.
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT Relating to public health; to amend Sections 22-11A-60, 22-11A-61,
22-11A-62, 22-11A-63, 22-11A-66, 22-11A-67, and 22-11A-73, Code of Alabama 1975; to add to
the definition of infected health care workers those health care workers infected with hepatitis
C virus (HCV) for purposes of reporting to the State Health Officer;...
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HB135
Program 7,935,026 24,206,365 32,141,391 Children's Health Insurance Program 167,984,830 167,984,830
Any funds appropriated for the CHIP Program in prior years which are reappropriated shall
be utilized for other public health services programs. Public Health Services Program 9,137,228
498,665,879 507,803,107 Of the above appropriation, $17,353 shall be expended for the Amyotrophic
Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) Association for the Regional Certified Clinic; and $250,000 shall
be expended for the Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program. Of the above
appropriation, at least $2,419,796 shall be expended for the Alabama Drug Assistance Program
and other AIDS programs; $79,429 shall be expended for Hepatitis A and B vaccines to be provided
to adults; $60,000 shall be expended for prostate screening and colorectal cancer screening;
$100,000 shall be transferred to the Kidney Foundation for dialysis patient transportation;
$125,000 shall be expended for the Alabama Cancer Research...
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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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SB152
SB152 ENGROSSED By Senator Blackwell A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT Relating to printing; to
require each department, agency, institution, or entity of the state which performs printing
internally shall use the garamond font if practicable for all printing performed internally.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA: Section 1. Notwithstanding any provision of law,
each department, agency, institution, or entity of the state shall use the garamond font if
practicable for all printing performed internally. This provision shall include public colleges
and universities. Section 2. This act shall become effective on the first day of the third
month following its passage and approval by the Governor, or its otherwise becoming law. Printing
Garamond Font State of Alabama...
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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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SB50
SB50 ENGROSSED By Senator Allen A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT To amend Sections 23-1-2 and 39-2-4
of the Code of Alabama, to increase the maximum amount of the bid guarantee required to be
filed under certain conditions by a bidder on public works project for the Department of Transportation
and other awarding authorities. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:Section 1. Sections
23-1-2 and 39-2-4 of the Code of Alabama 1975, are amended to read as follows: §23-1-2. "Any
other provisions of the law to the contrary notwithstanding, bidders for contract projects
which contracts are with the State of Alabama, in behalf of the State Department of Transportation,
to be paid, in whole or in part, from funds allocated to the State Department of Transportation
from any source whatsoever, or where contracts are with any of the several counties of the
state for a highway, road, street, or bridge project, to be paid for, in whole or in part,
from funds allocated to the county from any...
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HB235
162833-1:n:08/22/2014:FC/tj LRS2014-2921 HB235 By Representative Weaver RFD Health Rd 1 11-MAR-15
SYNOPSIS: This bill would establish within the State Health Department a State Advisory Council
on Palliative Care and Quality of Life. The council would be appointed by the State Health
Officer to be composed of interdisciplinary health care professionals and other persons having
experience with palliative care. The council would consult with the department on the delivery
of palliative care in this state. In addition, the bill would provide for the department to
establish a palliative care education program. A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT Relating to the
State Health Department and palliative care; to establish a State Advisory Council on Palliative
Care and Quality of Life; to provide for the appointment of the members and the duties of
the council; and to provide for the establishment of a statewide palliative care education
program within the department. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE...
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HB443
167351-1:n:04/09/2015:FC/th LRS2015-1508 HB443 By Representative Johnson (R) RFD Judiciary
Rd 1 09-APR-15 SYNOPSIS: This bill would specify that the right of direct appeal to the Alabama
Court of Civil Appeals pursuant to Section 22-21-275 of the Code of Alabama 1975, would be
the exclusive procedure for an appeal from a decision by the State Health Planning and Development
Agency. A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT To amend Section 22-21-275, Code of Alabama 1975, to
specify that the exclusive appeal from a final decision of the State Health Planning and Development
Agency would be to the Alabama Court of Civil Appeals. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF
ALABAMA:Section 1. Section 22-21-275, Code of Alabama 1975, is amended to read as follows:
§22-21-275. "The SHPDA, pursuant to the provisions of Section 22-21-274, shall prescribe
by rules and regulations the procedures for review of applications for certificates of need
and for issuance of certificates of need. Rules and regulations...
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