35-11-371
Section 35-11-371 Perfection of lien. (a) For the purposes of this section, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (1) HEALTH CARE PAYOR. A health care insurer, health maintenance organization, or health care service plan organized under Article 6, Chapter 20, Title 10A, authorized to provide health care coverage in the state. (2) SATISFY THE CLAIM. Receipt by the hospital of either of the following: a. Full payment for services as billed. b. If the hospital has a contract with the injured person's health care payor, payment together with all credits, discounts, and contractual adjustments that the patient's bill would be entitled under the contract, including recoupments, between the hospital and the patient's health care payor which extinguish the patient's obligation for the services rendered. (b) Unless specifically contrary to any contractual agreement between the hospital and the injured person's health care payor or unless contrary to any statute or governmental...
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22-55-1
Section 22-55-1 Enactment of compact; terms. The Interstate Compact on Mental Health is hereby enacted into law and entered into by this state with all other states legally joining therein in the form substantially as follows: INTERSTATE COMPACT ON MENTAL HEALTH The contracting states solemnly agree that: Article I The party states find that the proper and expeditious treatment of the mentally ill and mentally deficient can be facilitated by cooperative action to the benefit of the patients, their families and society as a whole. Further, the party states find the necessity of and desirability for furnishing such care and treatment bear no primary relation to the residence or citizenship of the patient but that, on the contrary, the controlling factors of community safety and humanitarianism require that facilities and services be made available for all who are in need of them. Consequently, it is the purpose of this compact and of the party states to provide the necessary legal basis...
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12-15-101
Section 12-15-101 Purpose of the Alabama Juvenile Justice Act; short title; goals for the juvenile court. (a) This chapter shall be known as the Alabama Juvenile Justice Act. The purpose of this chapter is to facilitate the care, protection, and discipline of children who come under the jurisdiction of the juvenile court, while acknowledging the responsibility of the juvenile court to preserve the public peace and security. (b) In furtherance of this purpose, the following goals have been established for the juvenile court: (1) To preserve and strengthen the family of the child whenever possible, including improvement of the home environment of the child. (2) To remove the child from the custody of his or her parent or parents only when it is judicially determined to be in his or her best interests or for the safety and protection of the public. (3) To reunite a child with his or her parent or parents as quickly and as safely as possible when the child has been removed from the custody...
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12-15-210
Section 12-15-210 Notification to children of right to counsel; appointment of counsel by juvenile court. (a) In delinquency and child in need of supervision cases, a child and his or her parent, legal guardian, or legal custodian shall be advised by the juvenile court or its representative at intake that the child has the right to be represented at all stages of the proceedings by a child's attorney retained by them or, if they are unable to afford a child's attorney, by a child's attorney appointed by the juvenile court. (b) If a child's attorney is not retained by the child or a party in a juvenile court proceeding in which there is a reasonable likelihood such may result in a placement in an institution in which the freedom of the child is curtailed, a child's attorney shall be appointed to defend the child. (c) In delinquency and child in need of supervision proceedings, a juvenile court may appoint a guardian ad litem in addition to the child's attorney described in this section....
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12-15-212
Section 12-15-212 Conduct of delinquency and child in need of supervision hearings. (a) If the allegations are denied, the juvenile court shall proceed to hear evidence on the petition. If the juvenile court finds on proof beyond a reasonable doubt, based upon competent, material, and relevant evidence, that the child committed the acts by reason of which the child is alleged to be delinquent or in need of supervision, the juvenile court shall record its findings and proceed to determine whether the child is in need of care or rehabilitation. If the juvenile court finds that the allegations in the petition have not been established, the juvenile court shall dismiss the petition and order the child discharged from any detention or temporary care, theretofore ordered in the proceedings. (b) If the child admits to the allegations contained in the petition, the juvenile court shall record its findings and proceed to determine whether the child is in need of care or rehabilitation. (c) When...
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12-15-218
Section 12-15-218 Order requiring parent, legal guardian, or legal custodian to assist child in complying with terms of probation; penalties; exemptions. (a) In all cases where a child has been granted probation, the juvenile court, as a condition of granting probation to the child, may order the parent, legal guardian, or legal custodian of the child, if he or she is made a party to the proceedings, to assist the juvenile court in ensuring that the child complies with the terms of his or her probation. (b) Prior to granting probation, the juvenile court shall explain to the parent, legal guardian, or legal custodian and the child the terms of his or her probation, including the responsibility and the penalty which may be imposed on all parties for failure to comply with the terms of the probation. (c) A parent, legal guardian, or legal custodian, who after being made a party fails to assist the child in complying with the terms of the probation, may be held in civil or criminal...
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12-15-309
Section 12-15-309 Alleged dependent child to be released when continued shelter care not required; conditions imposed upon release; amendment of conditions or return of child to custody upon failure to conform to conditions imposed. (a) When the juvenile court finds that continued shelter care is not required for a child, the juvenile court shall order the return of the child, and in so doing, may impose one or more of the following conditions singly or in combination: (1) Return the child to the custody of the parent, legal guardian, or legal custodian and, if necessary, place the child under the supervision of the Department of Human Resources. (2) Place restrictions on travel, associations, or living conditions of the child pending the adjudicatory hearing. (b) An order releasing a child on any conditions specified may at any time be amended to impose additional or different conditions. (Act 2008-277, p. 441, §18.)...
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12-15-221
Section 12-15-221 Modification, extension or termination of orders of custody or probation generally. (a) An order awarding legal custody or an order of probation made by the juvenile court in the case of a child may be modified, revoked, or extended on motion by: (1) A child, whose legal custody has been transferred to a department, institution, agency, or person, requesting the juvenile court for a modification or termination of the order, alleging that the child is no longer in need of placement or probation and the department, institution, agency, or person has denied application for release of the child or has failed to act upon the application within a reasonable time; or (2) A department, institution, agency, or person vested with legal custody or responsibility for probation, requesting the juvenile court for a modification, an extension, or a termination of the order on the grounds that the action is in the best interests of the child or necessary to safeguard the welfare of...
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12-15-61
Section 12-15-61 Definitions; facilities to be used for detention or shelter care of children generally; when delinquent child, etc., may be detained in jail or other facility for detention of adults; notification of court, etc., when child received at facility for detention of adult offenders or persons charged with crimes; development of statewide system; department to subsidize detention in regional facilities, may contract for detention; transfer of child to detention facility, etc., when case transferred from juvenile court for criminal prosecution. THIS SECTION WAS AMENDED AND RENUMBERED AS SECTION 12-15-208 BY ACT 2008-277, EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2009. (Acts 1975, No. 1205, p. 2384, §5-122; Acts 1990, No. 90-674, p. 1304, §9; Acts 1991, No. 91-634, p. 1192, §1; Acts 1996, No. 96-570, p. 864, §1.)...
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12-15-308
Section 12-15-308 Filing of petition and conduct of 72-hour hearing as to necessity for continuation of shelter care of a child. (a) When a child alleged to be dependent has been removed from the custody of the parent, legal guardian, or legal custodian and has not been returned to same, a hearing shall be held within 72 hours from the time of removal, Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays included, to determine whether continued shelter care is required. (b) Notice of the 72-hour hearing requirement, either verbal or written, stating the date, time, place, and purpose of the hearing and the right to counsel shall be given to the parent, legal guardian, or legal custodian if he or she can be found. (c) At the commencement of the 72-hour hearing requirement, the juvenile court shall advise the parent, legal guardian, or legal custodian of the right to counsel and shall appoint counsel if the juvenile court determines he or she is indigent. If the juvenile court already has not done so, it...
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