25-5-8
foregoing, the insurance association, organization, or corporation shall have first had its contract and plan of business approved in writing by the Commissioner of the Department of Insurance of Alabama and have been authorized by the Department of Insurance to transact the business of workers' compensation insurance in this state and under the plan. Notwithstanding any other provision of the law to the contrary, the obligations of employers under law for workers' compensation benefits for injury of employees may be insured by any combination of life, disability, accident, health, or other insurance provided that the coverages insure without limitation or exclusion the workers' compensation benefits of this state. (b) Option to operate as self-insurer. An employer subject to this chapter who elects not to insure his or her liability thereunder shall furnish satisfactory proof to the secretary of his or her financial ability to pay directly compensation in the amount and manner and...
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27-19-22
Section 27-19-22 Optional policy provisions - Relation of earnings to insurance. (a) There may be a provision as follows: "Relation of Earnings to Insurance: If the total monthly amount of loss of time benefits promised for the same loss under all valid loss of time coverage upon the insured, whether payable on a weekly or monthly basis, shall exceed the monthly earnings of the insured at the time disability commenced or his average monthly earnings for the period of two years immediately preceding a disability for which claim is made, whichever is the greater, the insurer will be liable only for such proportionate amount of such benefits under this policy as the amount of such monthly earnings or such average monthly earnings of the insured bears to the total amount of monthly benefits for the same loss under all such coverage upon the insured at the time such disability commences and for the return of such part of the premiums paid during such two years as shall exceed the pro rata...
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27-19-39
Section 27-19-39 Policies, etc., providing for reimbursement for visual service. Whenever any policy of insurance or any medical service plan or hospital service contract or hospital and medical service contract provides for reimbursement for any visual service in Alabama which is within the lawful scope of practice of a duly licensed optometrist, as defined in Section 34-22-1, the insured or other person entitled to benefits under such policy shall be entitled to reimbursement for such services, whether such services are performed by a duly licensed physician or by a duly licensed optometrist, whichever the insured selects, notwithstanding any provision to the contrary in any statute or in such policy, plan, or contract. Duly licensed optometrists shall be entitled to participate in such policies, plans, or contracts providing for visual services to the same extent as fully licensed physicians. (Acts 1967, No. 508, p. 1224.)...
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27-56-2
Section 27-56-2 Definitions. As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (1) COVERED PERSON. Any individual, family, or family member on whose behalf third-party payment or prepayment of health or medical expenses is provided under an insurance policy, plan, or contract providing for third-party payment or prepayment of health care or medical expenses. (2) EYE CARE PROVIDER. A licensed optometrist or a licensed ophthalmologist. (3) INSURANCE POLICY, PLAN, OR CONTRACT PROVIDING FOR THIRD-PARTY PAYMENT OR PREPAYMENT OF HEALTH OR MEDICAL EXPENSES. Includes an individual or group policy for accident or health insurance, an individual or group hospital or health care service contract, an individual or group health maintenance organization contract, an organized delivery system contract, or a preferred provider organization contract, and any other similar policy, plan, or contract. This term shall not include any employee welfare benefit plan, as defined...
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36-29-13
Section 36-29-13 Appropriations to board; recognition of Medicaid premiums paid by retiree. (a) There is hereby provided from the funds of the State Employees' Health Insurance Plan $1,592,605.00 (estimated) for the fiscal year beginning October 1, 1985. The State Employees' Insurance Board is hereby authorized to expend $22.35 per month per eligible retired employee towards coverage for said retired employee for the fiscal year beginning October 1, 1985. (b) It is the intent of the Legislature that subsequent appropriations to the State Employees' Insurance Board pursuant to this section shall be included in the appropriations made for active employees from employer funds pursuant to subsection (d) of Section 36-29-7 beginning with the fiscal year 1986-87 and each year thereafter and shall be increased to fully fund the employer's portion of the benefits provided for in Section 36-29-10. (c) The board shall recognize any Medicare premium paid by a retiree in determining any increases...
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36-29-5
Section 36-29-5 Expenses, treatment, etc., not to be included under plan. (a) Such health insurance shall not include any of the following: (1) Expenses incurred by or on account of an individual prior to the effective date of the plan. (2) Cosmetic surgery or treatment, except to the extent necessary for correction of damages caused by accidental injury while covered by the plan or as a direct result of disease covered by the plan. (3) Services received in a hospital owned or operated by the United States government for which no charge is made. (4) Services received for injury or sickness due to war or any act of war, whether declared or undeclared, which war or act of war shall have occurred after the effective date of this plan. (5) Expenses for which the individual is not required to make payment. (6) Expenses to the extent of benefits provided under any employer group plan other than the plan in which the state participates in the cost thereof. (7) Such other expenses as may be...
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36-34-2
Section 36-34-2 Local units authorized to participate in certain health insurance plan. As an alternative to the provisions of Section 36-34-1, the local units are authorized to participate in a health insurance plan developed by the State Employees' Insurance Board or the Alabama Retired State Employees' Association to provide health insurance coverage to retirees, designated beneficiaries, and surviving spouses of active members of the local units who are receiving benefits from the Employees' Retirement System. The costs of extending the health insurance to the retirees, designated beneficiaries, or surviving spouses under the aforementioned developed health insurance plan may be paid from any funds available to the local units which are otherwise unencumbered. (Acts 1995, No. 95-771, p. 1829, §2.)...
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16-22-8
Section 16-22-8 Dental insurance. (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that the annual allotments for hospital medical insurance made to educational personnel may be used to purchase dental insurance. (b) Local boards of education shall approve the plan and carrier for dental coverage. Employee review and evaluation of available policies shall be considered by the board before final approval of a plan. (Acts 1982, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 82-673, p. 106, §§1, 2.)...
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27-3A-3
Section 27-3A-3 Definitions. As used in this chapter, the following words and phrases shall have the following meanings: (1) DEPARTMENT. The Alabama Department of Public Health. (2) ENROLLEE. An individual who has contracted for or who participates in coverage under an insurance policy, a health maintenance organization contract, a health service corporation contract, an employee welfare benefit plan, a hospital or medical services plan, or any other benefit program providing payment, reimbursement, or indemnification for health care costs for the individual or the eligible dependents of the individual. (3) PROVIDER. A health care provider duly licensed or certified by the State of Alabama. (4) UTILIZATION REVIEW. A system for prospective and concurrent review of the necessity and appropriateness in the allocation of health care resources and services given or proposed to be given to an individual within this state. The term does not include elective requests for clarification of...
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45-8A-22.118
in the plan, then the defined benefit dollar limitation of subsection (b) shall be multiplied by a fraction, a. the numerator of which is the number of years, or part thereof, of participation in the plan, and b. the denominator of which is 10. However, in no event shall such fraction be less than 1/10th. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no adjustment shall be made to the defined benefit dollar limitation for a distribution on account of a participant becoming disabled by reason of personal injuries or sickness, or as a result of the death of a participant. For purposes of this section, a "year of participation" means each accrual computation period for which the following conditions are met: a. the participant is credited with a period of service for benefit accrual purposes, required under the terms of the plan in order to accrue a benefit for the accrual computation period, and b. the participant is included as a participant under the eligibility provisions of the plan for...
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