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SB334
164253-3:n:03/01/2016:PMG/mfc LRS2015-233R2 SB334 By Senators Orr and Bussman RFD Finance and
Taxation Education Rd 1 08-MAR-16 SYNOPSIS: Under existing law, a high school student may
take college courses if it fits into his or her schedule. This bill would establish a program
allowing eligible 11th and 12th grade students admitted unconditionally to an eligible Alabama
public postsecondary institution to take all courses at the eligible public institution and
receive high school credit for the coursework with the goal of completing graduation and high
school diploma requirements. This bill would authorize the Department of Education to pay
an institution of higher learning for courses taken pursuant to the program through appropriation
of state funds, the amount being the lesser of either the actual cost of tuition or the amount
the student would have earned for the local school system had the student been in equivalent
instructional programs in the school system. This bill would...
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HB292
173599-2:n:02/09/2016:JET/th LRS2016-317R1 HB292 By Representative Rowe RFD Military and Veterans
Affairs Rd 1 24-FEB-16 SYNOPSIS: Existing law does not provide a specific remedy for the state
to pursue damages sustained when a person or entity commits false or fraudulent acts against
the state. This bill would establish the Alabama Medicaid False Claims Act, to provide a remedy
for fraudulent claims in the Alabama Medicaid program. This bill would provide that certain
persons who make false claims or commit fraud against the Medicaid program would be liable
to the state for three times the amount of damage sustained, a civil penalty, and any associated
costs, including attorneys' fees. This bill would provide for the responsibilities of the
Attorney General and private individuals in investigating and proceeding against violators
in civil actions. This bill would prohibit any employer from taking retaliatory action or
preventing an employee from disclosing information to government or...
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HB389
175422-1:n:03/08/2016:PMG/th LRS2016-1030 HB389 By Representatives Patterson, Hanes, Pettus,
Whorton (R), Ledbetter, Rowe, Treadaway and Ball RFD State Government Rd 1 10-MAR-16 SYNOPSIS:
Existing law provides a defined benefit retirement plan for any public employee who is first
hired on or after January 1, 2013, by an employer who participates in the Teachers' Retirement
System or the Employees' Retirement System. This bill would redefine the term "Tier I
Plan Member" to include any person who, regardless of his or her date of employment,
is employed as a correctional officer, firefighter, law enforcement officer, or state policeman.
This bill would also redefine the term "Tier II Plan Member" to exclude a person
hired as a correctional officer, firefighter, law enforcement officer, or state policeman.
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT To amend Sections 36-27-1, 36-27-16, and 36-27-24, Code of Alabama
1975, relating to retirement; to define certain terms relating to the Retirement Systems...
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SB116
173256-1:n:02/01/2016:PMG/th LRS2016-287 SB116 By Senator Ward RFD Banking and Insurance Rd
1 02-FEB-16 SYNOPSIS: This bill would establish the Alabama Right to Shop Act. This bill would
require a health care provider to provide, upon a patient's request, an estimate of the allowed
amount or charge for health care services if the health care provider is in the patient's
health benefit plan network or amount or charge if the health care provider is out-of-network
and to assist a patient in obtaining information about the patient's out-of-pocket costs.
This bill would require a health benefit plan to establish a toll-free number and website
to provide information to enrollees about health care costs and to provide a binding estimate
for the maximum allowed amount or charge for in-network and out-of-network services for a
proposed admission, procedure, or service and the estimated amount the enrollee will be responsible
to pay for a proposed admission, procedure, or service that is a...
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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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SB216
173599-2:n:02/09/2016:JET/th LRS2016-317R1 SB216 By Senator Ward RFD Judiciary Rd 1 11-FEB-16
SYNOPSIS: Existing law does not provide a specific remedy for the state to pursue damages
sustained when a person or entity commits false or fraudulent acts against the state. This
bill would establish the Alabama Medicaid False Claims Act, to provide a remedy for fraudulent
claims in the Alabama Medicaid program. This bill would provide that certain persons who make
false claims or commit fraud against the Medicaid program would be liable to the state for
three times the amount of damage sustained, a civil penalty, and any associated costs, including
attorneys' fees. This bill would provide for the responsibilities of the Attorney General
and private individuals in investigating and proceeding against violators in civil actions.
This bill would prohibit any employer from taking retaliatory action or preventing an employee
from disclosing information to government or law enforcement agencies...
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SB397
176806-1:n:04/11/2016:JMH/tj LRS2016-1495 SB397 By Senator Reed RFD Health and Human Services
Rd 1 12-APR-16 SYNOPSIS: Under existing law, the State Medicaid Agency may contract with an
alternate care provider only in limited circumstances such as if no regional care organization
has been certified in the region or if a regional care organization loses its probationary
certification. Under existing law, a regional care organization has until October 1, 2016,
to obtain its full certification, and all probationary certifications expire on October 1,
2016. This bill would authorize the State Medicaid Agency to establish a later date for obtaining
regional care organization certification and would authorize probationary certification to
be extended beyond October 1, 2016. A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT Relating to the State Medicaid
Agency; to amend Sections 22-6-156, 22-6-159, and 22-6-162, to authorize the agency to provide
further for the time frame for an organization to obtain regional...
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SB63
172701-2:n:01/28/2016:JMH/cj LRS2015-3366R1 SB63 By Senator Dial RFD Health and Human Services
Rd 1 02-FEB-16 SYNOPSIS: Under existing law, the State Board of Health licenses emergency
medical personnel and adopts rules relating to emergency medical services. An advisory board
recommends the establishment of rules and standards relating to emergency medical services
and the licensing of emergency medical service personnel. Under existing law, the board meets
at least once a year and at the call of the State Health Officer. This bill would specify
that one member of the advisory board would be designated by the Alabama Emergency Medical
Services Association in lieu of the existing designation and would expand the membership of
the advisory board by adding a member designated by the Alabama Council on EMS and a member
designated by the Alabama Air Ambulance. This bill would also specify that only members of
the advisory board who hold a current EMSP license would be able to vote on...
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HB86
172899-1:n:01/08/2016:JMH/th LRS2015-3292 HB86 By Representative Johnson (R) RFD Insurance
Rd 1 03-FEB-16 SYNOPSIS: This bill would prohibit a state regulated health benefit plan that
covers intravenously administered, or injected anticancer therapies and orally administered
anticancer therapies from requiring the insured to pay a higher copayment, deductible, or
coinsurance amount for a patient-administered anticancer medication than is required for an
anticancer medication that is injected or otherwise administered intravenously by a health
care provider, regardless of the formulation or benefit category determination of the medication
in the health benefit plan. This bill would also prohibit a health insurance plan from circumventing
this prohibition by increasing the copayment, deductible, or coinsurance amount for an intravenous
or injected chemotherapy drug that is covered under the health insurance plan or by reclassifying
the anticancer benefits under the plan. A BILL TO BE...
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SB309
172899-1:n:01/08/2016:JMH/th LRS2015-3292 SB309 By Senator Reed RFD Health and Human Services
Rd 1 01-MAR-16 SYNOPSIS: This bill would prohibit a state regulated health benefit plan that
covers intravenously administered, or injected anticancer therapies and orally administered
anticancer therapies from requiring the insured to pay a higher copayment, deductible, or
coinsurance amount for a patient-administered anticancer medication than is required for an
anticancer medication that is injected or otherwise administered intravenously by a health
care provider, regardless of the formulation or benefit category determination of the medication
in the health benefit plan. This bill would also prohibit a health insurance plan from circumventing
this prohibition by increasing the copayment, deductible, or coinsurance amount for an intravenous
or injected chemotherapy drug that is covered under the health insurance plan or by reclassifying
the anticancer benefits under the plan. A BILL TO BE...
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