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22-5B-4
Section 22-5B-4 Alabama Lifespan Respite Resource Network. There is created the Alabama Lifespan
Respite Resource Network as the statewide entity that shall do the following: (1) Address
issues relating to respite care in our state. (2) Maintain a statewide system that facilitates
the availability and use of high quality, cost-effective lifespan respite services that provide
caregivers the break they need from caring for a loved one with disability or chronic illness.
(3) Develop and coordinate the Alabama Lifespan Respite Coalition. (4) Work in collaboration
with the eligible state agency and the Governor's Office to access funding through the federal
Lifespan Respite Care Act of 2006 (PL109-442). (5) Identify statewide respite care providers.
(6) Maintain a directory of respite services in Alabama and link family caregivers with respite
care providers and other types of respite-related programs. (7) Provide technical assistance
to community-based organizations and other entities that...
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26-16-96
Section 26-16-96 Local child death review teams. (a) There are hereby created local child death
review teams. (b) Each county of the state shall be included in a local multidisciplinary,
multiagency child death review team's jurisdiction. The district attorney shall initiate the
establishment of local teams by convening a meeting of potential team members within 60 days
of September 11, 1997. In the absence of the initiation of a child death review team by the
district attorney within 60 days of September 11, 1997, the local public health representative
will initiate the first team meeting. During this meeting, participants shall recommend whether
to establish a team for that county alone or to establish a team with and for the counties
within that judicial circuit. (c) The local team shall include, but not be limited to, all
of the following members, the first five of whom are ex officio. The ex officio members may
designate representatives from their particular departments or offices...
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26-24-30
Section 26-24-30 Alabama Children's Policy Council. (a) The Alabama Children's Policy Council
is hereby created and shall consist of the following members: Three appointees from business
and industry made by the Governor; the Lieutenant Governor; the Speaker of the House of Representatives;
two members of the Alabama Senate, one appointed by the Lieutenant Governor and one appointed
by the President Pro Tempore of the Senate; two members of the House of Representatives appointed
by the Speaker of the House of Representatives; the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of
Alabama; the legal advisor to the Governor; the Attorney General; the President of the Juvenile
and Family Court Judges' Association; the Commissioner of the Department of Corrections; the
President of the District Attorneys' Association; the President of the Chief Juvenile Probation
Officers' Association; the Commissioner of the Department of Human Resources; the Administrative
Director of Courts; the Secretary of the...
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29-2-123
Section 29-2-123 Joint Legislative Advisory Committee - Duties. It shall be the duty of the
committee to review applications and recommend for approval any community services grants
made from any funds appropriated to the State Executive Commission on Community Services Grants
by the Legislature for the purpose of awarding community services grants. The committee shall
evaluate grant proposals based on the relevance of such proposals to the purposes for which
such grants shall be made; the extent to which such grant proposal advances the program objectives
of the grant-making agency; the ability of the grant recipient to fulfill the objectives of
the grant proposal; and the extent to which the grant proposal can benefit the greatest number
of citizens, without excluding any geographic regions of the state. All of the above information
may be ascertained by appropriate measures, which shall include interviews, audits, public
hearings, and recommendations by members of the Legislature....
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38-1-6
Section 38-1-6 State and local governments authorized to participate in programs to provide
assistance to the aged. (a) The state government and all county and municipal governments
in this state are hereby authorized to voluntarily participate in any program which is related
to any form of assistance for the aged, including, but not limited to, such programs as senior
citizens volunteers, foster grandparents, senior aids, various programs of the Federal Department
of Health, Education and Welfare and any other program supported by the federal government,
private foundations or other political or private organizations which establish assistance
programs for the aged. Participation in said old-age assistance programs may be in the form
of moneys, services rendered or any other form of voluntary participation available. (b) Nothing
contained in this section shall be construed to usurp the authority or affect the funding
of the Department of Human Resources under the public welfare laws...
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38-9A-5
Section 38-9A-5 State Support Council. (a) The State Support Council is created and shall be
comprised of not more than 15 consumer and family members. Of these, there will be three representatives
appointed by each regional support council. These shall include a regional council officer,
one other regional council member, and a community council member. Additionally, the following
individuals or their designees shall serve as nonvoting advisory members: The Chair of the
Developmental Disabilities Planning Council, the Commissioner of the Department of Human Resources,
the Commissioner of the Department of Mental Health, the State Superintendent of Education,
the Director of the Department of Rehabilitation Services, and the State Health Officer of
the Department of Public Health. The State Support Council shall provide a forum for the development
of a state plan for an individual and family support system reflecting the experiences and
needs of each region which shall be updated at...
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41-15B-2
Section 41-15B-2 Children First Trust Fund. (a) There is established a special fund in the
State Treasury to be known as the Children First Trust Fund. (b) The existence of the fund
is contingent upon the receipt by the state of tobacco revenues. (c) The fund shall consist
of tobacco revenues and any appropriations or revenues received from any other source. The
amounts provided for in Section 41-15B-2.1 shall be deposited into the fund from tobacco revenues
with the remainder of the tobacco revenues being distributed as provided in Division 1, Article
17, Chapter 10 of this title. (d) The council shall keep detailed permanent records of all
expenditures and distributions from the fund and shall file a monthly written report of all
transactions, and any other information requested, with the permanent Joint Legislative Oversight
Committee of the Children First Trust Fund. (e) The council shall prepare an annual report
to the Governor and the Legislature detailing the expenditures and...
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15-18-182
Section 15-18-182 Eligibility for continued grant funding; additional incentive funding; noncompliance
with plan. (a) In order to remain eligible for continued grant funding, a recipient must substantially
comply with the requirements of this article and the standards and administrative regulations
of the department promulgated pursuant to the Administrative Procedure Act defining program
effectiveness. Each recipient will participate in a substantive evaluation to determine local
and state program effectiveness. The form of this evaluation will be determined in collaboration
with the Office of the Governor. The standards, regulations, and evaluations of the department
are public records and shall be made available for inspection and copying upon request. (b)
Continued grant funding shall be based on demonstrated effectiveness in either reducing the
number of commitments of eligible offenders to state penal institutions or local jails which
would likely have occurred without the...
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28-11-5
Section 28-11-5 Tobacco prevention materials; funding. The board may use funding, if available,
from the Department of Mental Health, other state or federal agencies, grants, and private
or public organizations to enforce this chapter and to provide and distribute tobacco prevention
materials to retail tobacco merchants. The materials shall provide information regarding state
and federal laws that prohibit access to tobacco or tobacco products by minors and other appropriate
information. The board may also provide consultation services for establishing programs to
minimize or eliminate sales of tobacco or tobacco products to minors pursuant to the responsible
vendor program. (Acts 1997, No. 97-423, p. 721, ยง5.)...
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38-15-3
Section 38-15-3 Definitions. For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall have
the following meanings: (1) CHILD. A person under the age of 18 years. (2) COMMUNITY TREATMENT
FACILITY FOR YOUTHS. A religious, faith-based, or church nonprofit, other nonprofit, or for
profit youth residential facility that provides mental health treatment services to children
in a group setting and that has the capacity to provide secure containment. (3) DEPARTMENT.
The State Department of Human Resources. (4) DIRECTOR. The Director of the State Department
of Human Resources. (5) LONG TERM YOUTH RESIDENTIAL FACILITY. A religious, faith-based, or
church nonprofit, other nonprofit, or for profit long term residential facility, group care
facility, or similar facility as determined by the director, providing 24-hour nonmedical
care of youth in need of personal services, supervision, or assistance essential for sustaining
the activities of daily living or for the protection of the child and...
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