HB373
Rep(s). By Representatives Weaver and McCutcheon HB373 ENGROSSED A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT Relating to terminally ill minors; to amend Sections 22-8A-2, 22-8A-3, and 22-8A-7, as last amended by Act 2016-96, 2016 Regular Session, Code of Alabama 1975; to add Sections 22-8A-15 to 22-8A-18, inclusive, to the Code of Alabama 1975; to create the Alex Hoover Act; to provide for palliative and end of life individual health plans to be created by the parents or guardians of a minor with a terminal illness; to provide civil and criminal immunity to individuals, health care providers, and schools, who undertake to follow the directives of a palliative and end of life individual health plan; to establish a task force to work in conjunction with the Department of Public Health to establish a Physician Order for Pediatric Palliative and End of Life (PPEL) Care form; to require the State Board of Education to promulgate rules establishing a palliative and end of life individual health plan form...
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HB577
184087-1:n:04/19/2017:JET/th LRS2017-1148 HB577 By Representative Todd RFD Agriculture and Forestry Rd 1 02-MAY-17 SYNOPSIS: Under existing law, the Alabama Water Resources Act, the Office of Water Resources is the state agency responsible for coordinating the water resources of this state including the administration of programs for river basin management, river assessment, water supply assistance, water conservation, flood mapping, the National Flood Insurance Program, and water resources development. This bill would create the Alabama Water Conservation and Security Act. This bill would amend the Alabama Water Resources Act to facilitate the coordination of the plans, laws, regulations, and decisions pertaining to water allocation in the state with those pertaining to water quality and to implement measures to preserve the flows and levels in all water sources as necessary to protect the appropriate biological, chemical, and physical integrity of water sources. This bill would: (1)...
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HB605
185103-1:n:04/28/2017:KMS/tgw LRS2017-1650 HB605 By Representative Martin RFD Local Legislation Rd 1 16-MAY-17 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT To amend Section 45-11-230, Code of Alabama 1975, relating to Chilton County, to provide further for the compensation of the sheriff; and to provide further for the qualifications of the sheriff. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:Section 1. Section 45-11-230 of the Code of Alabama 1975, is amended to read as follows: §45-11-230. "(a) The sheriff shall receive, in addition to his or her present compensation, an expense allowance of two thousand four hundred dollars ($2,400.00) per annum which shall be paid each month from the funds of Chilton County, Alabama. In the event the sheriff is required to use his or her personal automobile in the performance of his or her duties as Sheriff of Chilton County, Alabama, he or she shall be compensated in the sum of not less than twenty cents ($.20) per mile for each mile traveled in the performance...
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SB118
SB118 SYNOPSIS: Under existing law, students attending public and nonpublic K-12 schools are permitted to self-administer certain approved medications while on school property and the State Department of Education is required to develop and anaphylaxis preparedness program to recognize, prevent, and respond to severe allergic reactions on public school campuses. This bill would name the self-administration law and the anaphylaxis preparedness program law together as the Kyle Graddy Act. This bill would specifically allow the possession and self-administration of single dose autoinjectable epinephrine by a school student. This bill would also provide further for the definition of single dose autoinjectable epinephrine. A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT To amend Sections 16-1-39 and 16-1-48, Code of Alabama 1975, relating to the administration of medications on K-12 school campuses; to name the code sections together as the Kyle Graddy Act; to allow the possession and self-administration of...
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SB12
SB12 ENGROSSED By Senator Pittman A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT To amend Sections 15-18-82 and 15-18-82.1, Code of Alabama 1975, to allow capital defendants to elect to be executed by nitrogen hypoxia. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:Section 1. Sections 15-18-82 and 15-18-82.1, Code of Alabama 1975, are amended to read as follows: §15-18-82. "(a) Where the sentence of death is pronounced against a convict, the sentence shall be executed at any hour on the day set for the execution, not less than 30 nor more than 100 days from the date of sentence, as the court may adjudge, by lethal injection unless the convict elects execution by electrocution or nitrogen hypoxia as provided by law. If electrocution or nitrogen hypoxia are held unconstitutional, the method of execution shall be lethal injection. "(b) Executions shall take place at the William C. Holman unit of the prison system at Atmore in a room or area arranged for that purpose. It shall be the duty of the Department...
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SB133
SB133 ENGROSSED By Senator Dial A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT Relating to the Board of Nursing; to amend Section 34-21-2, Code of Alabama 1975; to grant investigators of the board who meet the minimum standards of the Alabama Peace Officers' Minimum Standards and Training Commission authority to exercise the powers of law enforcement officers, except the power to make arrests, in investigating alleged violations perpetrated by licensees of the Nurse Practice Act. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:Section 1. Section 34-21-2, Code of Alabama 1975, is amended to read as follows: §34-21-2. "(a) There is created the Board of Nursing, which shall be composed of 13 members to be appointed and have the duties and powers enumerated in this section. The membership of the board shall be inclusive and reflect the racial, gender, geographic, urban/rural, and economic diversity of the state. In order to insure continuity of administration, the nine board members provided for by Section 3...
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SB140
SB140 By Senator Waggoner ENROLLED, An Act, Relating to the Department of Public Health; to amend Section 22-21-33, Code of Alabama 1975; to eliminate the requirement that the department publish and mail a directory of all licensed hospitals in the state to all licensed inpatient hospitals, licensed hospices, and certified home health agencies every three months. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:Section 1. Section 22-21-33, Code of Alabama 1975, is amended to read as follows: §22-21-33. "(a)(1) Any individual, association, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, or other business entity who operates or causes to be operated a hospital of any kind as defined in this article or any regulations rules promulgated hereunder, without having been granted a license therefor by the State Board of Health shall be guilty of a Class B misdemeanor upon conviction, except that any individual, association, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, or other...
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SB274
SB274 By Senators Smitherman, Singleton, Dunn, Coleman-Madison and Beasley ENROLLED, An Act, Relating to elder abuse; to amend Section 15-10-3, Code of Alabama 1975; to establish the Elder Abuse Protection Order and Enforcement Act; to provide for the issuance of elder abuse protection orders; to define terms; to authorize certain individuals in addition to the victim to petition for an elder abuse protection order; to provide penalties for violating an elder abuse protection order; and in connection therewith would have as its purpose or effect the requirement of a new or increased expenditure of local funds within the meaning of 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. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA: Section 1. Sections 1 to 11, inclusive, shall be known and may be cited as the Elder Abuse Protection Order and Enforcement Act. Section 2....
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SB328
182427-1:n:02/15/2017:PMG/th LRS2017-683 SB328 By Senator Glover RFD Health and Human Services Rd 1 16-MAR-17 SYNOPSIS: This bill would update provisions relating to the Office of the State Long Term Care Ombudsman Program to reflect new federal regulations. This bill would delete outdated and obsolete terms and provisions. A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT Relating to the Office of the Long Term Care Ombudsman Program; to amend Sections 22-5A-1 to 22-5A-7, Code of Alabama 1975; to update provisions to reflect new federal regulations; and to delete outdated and obsolete terms and provisions. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:Section 1. Sections 22-5A-1 to 22-5A-7, inclusive, of the Code of Alabama 1975, are amended to read as follows: §22-5A-1. "This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Long-term Residential Health Care Recipient Ombudsman Act." Office of the State Long Term Care Ombudsman Program Act. §22-5A-2. "For the purposes of this chapter, the following words...
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SB406
185759-1:n:04/25/2017:PMG/tj LRS2017-1877 SB406 By Senator Whatley RFD Finance and Taxation General Fund Rd 1 27-APR-17 SYNOPSIS: Under existing law, a health benefit plan is required to offer coverage for the treatment of Autism Spectrum Disorder for a child age nine or under for certain defined group insurance plans and contracts. This bill would require health benefit plans to cover the treatment of Autism Spectrum Disorder for all insureds under certain insurance plans and contracts, subject to a maximum annual benefit and subject to insurance premiums not increasing by more than a certain percentage as a result of covering this treatment. This bill would require the Department of Insurance to file an annual report with the Legislature on the costs of providing treatment for Autism Spectrum Disorder. This bill would also require the Alabama Medicaid program and the Children's Health Insurance Plan (ALL Kids) to provide coverage for the treatment of Autism Spectrum Disorder. A BILL...
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