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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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SB72
SB72 By Senator Brewbaker ENROLLED, An Act, Relating to public K-12 education; to require,
at a minimum, each local board of education to adopt a policy for providing a virtual school
option for eligible students in grades nine to 12, inclusive. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE
OF ALABAMA: Section 1. (a) Before the 2016-2017 school year, each local board of education
shall adopt a policy providing, at a minimum, a virtual education option for eligible students
in grades nine to 12, inclusive, beginning with that school year. Any virtual school operating
in this state that provides educational services to public school students shall comply with
this act. (b) The policy adopted by the local board of education pursuant to this act shall
govern the virtual school program offered by the local board of education. The policy shall
offer students in grades nine to 12, inclusive, an online pathway for earning a high school
diploma and, at a minimum, shall include all of the following: (1) The...
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HB57
Rep(s). By Representative Beech HB57 ENGROSSED A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT To enact the Alabama
Veterans and Targeted Counties Act; to add provisions to the Alabama Jobs Act proposed by
HB 58 of the Regular Session of 2015 of the Alabama Legislature; to define the term targeted
county; to require that the Secretary of Commerce make certain findings as to whether a
project is a qualifying project and whether a company is an approved company when the project
is to be located in a targeted county; to provide that a qualifying project in a targeted
county could receive incentives if it created at least 25 new jobs; to allow a 4 percent jobs
credit for qualifying projects located in targeted counties; to allow an additional 5 years
in the incentive period for the investment credit in certain cases; to provide an additional
jobs credit of 0.5 percent of wages paid to veterans in certain cases; to provide for audits
of companies claiming the Jobs Act Incentives; to create the Accelerate...
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SB71
SB71 By Senator Marsh ENROLLED, An Act, To amend Sections 16-6D-4 and 16-6D-9, Code of Alabama
1975, relating to the Alabama Accountability Act of 2013; to clarify and confirm that the
intent of the Alabama Accountability Act of 2013 is educational choice; to amend certain current
definitions and add new definitions; to amend the reporting period for scholarship granting
organizations from a calendar year to an academic year; to clarify and confirm that educational
scholarships are provided to eligible students, not to particular schools; to require scholarship
granting organizations to determine the income eligibility of a scholarship recipient every
other year; to require all participating private schools to be accredited by one of the six
regional accrediting agencies, the National Council for Private School Accreditation, AdvancEd,
the American Association of Christian Schools, or one of their partner accrediting agencies,
within three years from the date their notice of intent to...
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SB99
164761-1:n:02/20/2015:KMS/agb LRS2015-596 SB99 By Senators Ross, Singleton, Dunn, Coleman,
Beasley, Smitherman, Sanders and Figures RFD Finance and Taxation Education Rd 1 03-MAR-15
SYNOPSIS: Existing law does not provide an educational program for children who are not yet
of mandatory school age. This bill would establish a universal preschool program for the state.
This bill would authorize the State Department of Education to promulgate rules for implementation
of the program. This bill would provide eligibility requirements. This bill would require
collaboration among various community, state, and federal programs. This bill would provide
for funding through the local school district from the Education Trust Fund. This bill would
also provide a means for prioritizing school districts when sufficient funds are not available
to fund all preschool programs. A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT Relating to public education;
to establish a universal preschool program in the state; to provide...
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HB354
165351-2:n:03/18/2015:JMH/mfc LRS2015-547R1 HB354 By Representative Black RFD Judiciary Rd
1 31-MAR-15 SYNOPSIS: Under existing law, the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (UIFSA)
provides uniform rules for the enforcement of family support orders. In 1996, as a condition
of state eligibility for federal funding of child support enforcement, Congress mandated that
each state enact the UIFSA. In 2008, the Uniform Law Commission amended UIFSA to incorporate
the provisions of the Hague Convention on the International Recovery of Child Support of Family
Maintenance into state law. The Convention contains provisions that establish uniform procedures
for the processing of international child support cases. In 2014, Congress enacted the Preventing
Sex Trafficking and Strengthening Families Act. That act required each state to expeditiously
enact the 2008 amendments to the UIFSA during its 2015 legislative session as a condition
for continued receipt of federal funds supporting state child...
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HB564
167187-1:n:04/08/2015:DSM*/th LRS2015-1385 HB564 By Representatives Mooney, Moore (B), Hanes,
Ledbetter, Whorton (I), Butler, Wood, Fridy, Wingo, Fincher, Lee, McMillan, Ingram, Polizos
and Holmes (M) RFD Education Policy Rd 1 28-APR-15 SYNOPSIS: This bill would set limits on
student data that may not be collected and provide what data may be used on a local level
to a minimum degree for clearly stated academic purposes. This bill would set limits on the
state government and data collection systems and programs in order to protect students and
parents from invasive government practices. This bill would protect the civil liberties of
students and parents which are foundational to strong academics, freedom of speech, and progress.
This bill would limit the collection of certain sensitive information and the disclosure of
personally identifiable information to third parties and provide for enforcement and penalties.
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT Relating to student data collected in the...
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SB147
SB147 By Senator Blackwell ENROLLED, An Act, Relating to insurance regulation by the Department
of Insurance; to amend Section 27-2-24, Code of Alabama 1975; to provide procedures for reports
of examination of insurance companies consistent with the model act developed by the National
Association of Insurance Commissioners; to require an examiner to file a verified report of
examination within 60 days of completion of an examination; to allow the insurer 30 days to
file a rebuttal, after which time the Commissioner of Insurance could order the adoption of
the report or the rejection of the report with direction to reopen the examination or call
for a hearing; to require the commissioner to hold the content of an examination as private
and confidential for a certain period and thereafter make the report open for public inspection,
with certain exceptions; to require the commissioner to hold all documents, material, or other
information created, produced, or obtained by or disclosed to...
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SB174
165301-2:n:03/05/2015:KMS/th LRS2015-761 SB174 By Senator Shelnutt RFD Education and Youth
Affairs Rd 1 10-MAR-15 SYNOPSIS: This bill would change the name of the Department of Children's
Affairs to the Department of Early Childhood Education. This bill would change the name of
the Commissioner of the Department of Children's Affairs to the Secretary of the Department
of Early Childhood Education. This bill would also expand the duties of the secretary to include
the development of a cohesive and comprehensive system of high quality early learning and
care. A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT To amend Sections 26-24-1, 26-24-2, 26-24-3, 26-24-4, 26-24-5,
26-24-6, 26-24-20, 26-24-22, 26-24-23, 26-24-30, and 26-24-34 of the Code of Alabama 1975,
relating to the Department of Children's Affairs and the Commissioner of the Department of
Children's Affairs; to change the name of the department to the Department of Early Childhood
Education; to change the name of the commissioner to the Secretary...
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SB329
SB329 ENGROSSED By Senators Coleman, Dunn, Brewbaker and Singleton A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN
ACT To amend Section 16-6D-4, Code of Alabama 1975, relating to definitional phrases for the
Alabama Accountability Act of 2013; to provide further for the definition of failing school.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:Section 1. Section 16-6D-4, Code of Alabama 1975,
is amended to read as follows: §16-6D-4. "For the purposes of this chapter, the following
terms shall have the following meanings: "(1) EDUCATIONAL SCHOLARSHIPS. Grants made by
a scholarship granting organization to cover all or part of the tuition and mandatory fees
charged by a qualifying school to an eligible student receiving a scholarship. "(2) ELIGIBLE
STUDENT. A student who satisfies all of the following: "a. Is a member of a household
whose total annual income the year before he or she receives an educational scholarship under
this program does not exceed an amount equal to 150 percent of the median household...
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