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HB310
173165-1:n:01/25/2016:FC/th LRS2016-162 HB310 By Representative Weaver RFD Health Rd 1 24-FEB-16
SYNOPSIS: Under existing law, except under limited circumstances, health care providers in
this state may not initiate reports to law enforcement of gunshot wounds and stabbings suffered
by a patient without appropriate written authorization from the patient. This bill would mandate
reporting by health care providers under state law. Reporting under this act would supersede
any privilege under state law, including the doctor/patient privilege. A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT To require health care facilities in this state to make reports to law enforcement
of gunshot wounds and stabbings suffered by a patient without the necessity of obtaining written
authorization from the patient. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA: Section 1. For
the purposes of this act, the following words have the following meanings: (1) HEALTH CARE
FACILITY. As defined in Section 22-21-20(1), Code of Alabama...
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SB121
Act 2007-592, Act 2008-25, Act 2008-121, Act 2008-337, Act 2008-386, Act 2009-142, Act 2009-180,
Act 2009-794, Act 2009-798, Act 2009-806, Act 2010-458, Act 2010-638, Act 2011-132, Act 2011-356,
Act 2012-25, Act 2012-597, and Act 2014-194. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:
Section 1. The following provisions of the Code of Alabama 1975, are repealed: (1) Article
1, commencing with Section 2-7-1, of Chapter 7 of Title 2, Code of Alabama 1975, relating
to the Agricultural and Industrial Exhibit Commission. (2) Chapter 13A, commencing
with Section 2-13A-1, of Title 2, Code of Alabama 1975, relating to the Southern Dairy Compact
and the Southern Dairy Compact Commission. (3) Chapter 2A, commencing with Section 4-2A-1,
of Title 4, Code of Alabama 1975, relating to the Alabama International Airport Authority.
(4) Chapter 6A, commencing with Section 9-6A-1, of Title 9, Code of Alabama 1975, relating
to the Synfuels Development Authority. (5) Section 9-12-142, Code of Alabama...
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SB413
173581-3:n:04/07/2016:JET/mfc LRS2016-499R2 SB413 By Senators Pittman, Melson and Scofield
RFD Health and Human Services Rd 1 13-APR-16 SYNOPSIS: Under existing law, if a physician
or other health care practitioner injures a patient because he or she has failed to follow
the governing standard of care in the applicable area of medicine, the patient can bring an
action against the physician or health care practitioner for medical malpractice. This bill
would establish a Patient Compensation System to be administered by the Alabama Department
of Public Health to provide for a mandatory alternative administrative procedure to address
medical malpractice claims by a panel of physicians and medical experts to determine the payment
of damages related to medical injuries. This bill would establish a Patient Compensation Board
to govern the system and to approve a schedule of compensation for confirmed medical injuries.
On or after January 1, 2017, this bill would require a person to submit an...
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SB109
166170-1:n:03/18/2015:KMS/mfc LRS2015-1114 SB109 By Senators Whatley, Ward and Dial RFD Education
and Youth Affairs Rd 1 02-FEB-16 SYNOPSIS: Under existing law, students attending public and
nonpublic K-12 schools are permitted to self-administer certain approved medications while
on school property. This bill would name the self-administration law the Kyle Graddy Act.
This bill would specifically allow the possession and self-administration of auto-injectable
epinephrine by a school student. A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT To amend Section 16-1-39, Code
of Alabama 1975, relating to the self-administration of medications by students; to name the
section the Kyle Graddy Act; and to allow the possession and self-administration of auto-injectable
epinephrine. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA: Section 1. This section shall be
known and may be cited as the Kyle Graddy Act.Section 2. Section 16-1-39 of the Code of Alabama
1975, is amended to read as follows: §16-1-39. "(a)...
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SB115
172469-2:n:01/14/2016:JET/tj LRS2015-3169R1 SB115 By Senator Sanford RFD Judiciary Rd 1 02-FEB-16
SYNOPSIS: Under existing law, it is an affirmative defense to a prosecution for the unlawful
possession of marijuana if the defendant has a debilitating epileptic condition and he or
she, or a parent or caretaker, used or possessed cannabidiol (CBD) pursuant to a prescription
by a health care practitioner employed by the Department of Neurology at the University of
Alabama at Birmingham (UAB). The availability of the affirmative defense is repealed on July
1, 2019. This bill would revise the affirmative defense to include a defendant who is prosecuted
for unlawful possession of marijuana in the second degree if the defendant used the cannabidiol
(CBD) because he or she was diagnosed with a debilitating medical condition, as defined in
the bill, by a physician with whom he or she had a bona fide physician-patient relationship
and the CBD provides the defendant with therapeutic or pallative...
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SB215
SB215 By Senators Holley, Dial and Scofield ENROLLED, An Act, Authorizing automated enforcement
related to overtaking a school bus in counties and municipalities as a civil offense; authorizing
a county or municipal board of education to approve, in their respective jurisdiction, a civil
process of automated detection device of a school bus violation enforcement; requiring certain
procedures to be followed by a county or municipal board of education using automated school
bus enforcement; making the owner of the vehicle involved in a violation presumptively responsible
for payment of a civil fine, but providing procedures to contest responsibility or transfer
responsibility to another person; providing for jurisdiction in district courts and in municipal
courts over the civil offenses; providing for procedures for administrating this act; allowing
a law enforcement agency or a local governing entity to enter agreements with contractors
providing automated devices; providing for the...
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HB40
Rep(s). By Representative Johnson (R) HB40 ENGROSSED A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT Relating
to the Natural Death Act; to amend Sections 22-8A-2, 22-8A-3, 22-8A-7, and 22-8A-8, Code of
Alabama 1975; to add Section 22-8A-4.1 to the Code of Alabama 1975, to authorize health care
providers under certain conditions to follow a physician's do not attempt resuscitation order
duly entered in the medical record anywhere in the state, even if the person subject to the
order has become incapacitated and is unable to direct his or her medical treatment. BE IT
ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:Section 1. Sections 22-8A-2, 22-8A-3, 22-8A-7, and 22-8A-8,
Code of Alabama 1975, are amended to read as follows: §22-8A-2. "The Legislature finds
that competent adult persons have the right to control the decisions relating to the rendering
of their own medical care, including, without limitation, the decision to have medical procedures,
life-sustaining treatment, and artificially provided nutrition and...
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SB138
SB138 By Senator Waggoner ENROLLED, An Act, Relating to the Natural Death Act; to amend Sections
22-8A-2, 22-8A-3, 22-8A-7, and 22-8A-8, Code of Alabama 1975; to add Section 22-8A-4.1 to
the Code of Alabama 1975, to authorize health care providers under certain conditions to follow
a physician's do not attempt resuscitation order duly entered in the medical record anywhere
in the state, even if the person subject to the order has become incapacitated and is unable
to direct his or her medical treatment. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:Section
1. Sections 22-8A-2, 22-8A-3, 22-8A-7, and 22-8A-8, Code of Alabama 1975, are amended to read
as follows: §22-8A-2. "The Legislature finds that competent adult persons have the right
to control the decisions relating to the rendering of their own medical care, including, without
limitation, the decision to have medical procedures, life-sustaining treatment, and artificially
provided nutrition and hydration provided, withheld, or...
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SB331
174926-1:n:03/01/2016:PMG/th LRS2016-886 SB331 By Senator Ward RFD Health and Human Services
Rd 1 08-MAR-16 SYNOPSIS: Under existing law, certain specified federally qualified health
care centers are authorized to compound and dispense prescriptions, excluding controlled substances,
at one location and courier the medication to clinics for patient pick-up. This bill would
allow any entity that meets the definition of a federally qualified health center under the
Social Security Act to compound and dispense prescriptions, excluding controlled substances,
at one location and courier the medication to clinics for patient pick-up. A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT Relating to prescription drugs; to amend Section 34-23-70, Code of Alabama 1975, to
allow an entity that meets the definition of a federally qualified health center under the
Social Security Act to compound and dispense prescriptions, excluding controlled substances,
at one location and courier the medication to clinics for patient...
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HB181
173937-1:n:02/10/2016:FC*/cj LRS2016-597 HB181 By Representative Martin RFD Insurance Rd 1
11-FEB-16 SYNOPSIS: Under existing law, insurance adjusters are defined to be representatives
of the insurance company and not of the insured. This bill would provide for the licensing
and regulation of public adjusters of insurance claims on behalf of insureds. A BILL TO BE
ENTITLED AN ACT Relating to insurance; to provide for the qualifications and procedures for
the licensing of public adjusters; to provide definitions and exceptions to the licensing
and registration requirements; to require public adjusters to take and pass a written examination,
with exception; to provide for nonresident licensing; to require public adjusters to complete
a minimum of 24 hours of continuing education on a biennial basis; to provide standards of
conduct for public adjusters; to require public adjusters to report administrative action
taken against them in other jurisdictions; to give the Commissioner of...
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