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27-1-17
Section 27-1-17 Limitation periods for payment of claims; overdue claims; retroactive
denials, adjustments, etc.; penalties. (a) Each insurer, health service corporation, and health
benefit plan that issues or renews any policy of accident or health insurance providing benefits
for medical or hospital expenses for its insured persons shall pay for services rendered by
Alabama health care providers within 45 calendar days upon receipt of a clean written claim
or 30 calendar days upon receipt of a clean electronic claim. If the insurer, health service
corporation, or health benefit plan is denying or pending the claim, the insurer, health service
corporation, or health benefit plan shall, within 45 calendar days for a written claim and
30 calendar days for an electronic claim, notify the health care provider or certificate holder
of the reason for denying or pending the claim and what, if any, additional information is
required to process the claim. Any undisputed portion of the claim...
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36-25A-2
Section 36-25A-2 Definitions. As used in and for determining the applicability of this
chapter, the following words shall have the following meanings solely for the purposes of
this chapter: (1) DELIBERATION. An exchange of information or ideas among a quorum of members
of a subcommittee, committee, or full governmental body intended to arrive at or influence
a decision as to how any members of the subcommittee, committee, or full governmental body
should vote on a specific matter that, at the time of the exchange, the participating members
expect to come before the subcommittee, committee, or full body immediately following the
discussion or at a later time. (2) EXECUTIVE SESSION. That portion of a meeting of a subcommittee,
committee, or full governmental body from which the public is excluded for one or more of
the reasons prescribed in Section 36-25A-7(a). (3) GENERAL REPUTATION AND CHARACTER.
Characteristics or actions of a person directly involving good or bad ethical conduct,...
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22-27-45
Section 22-27-45 State Solid Waste Management Plan. The Director of the Alabama Department
of Environmental Management, with the advice and consultation of the Solid Waste Management
Advisory Committee, is directed to prepare a State Solid Waste Management Plan. In developing
the state plan, the department will seek to achieve the following goals: (1) That solid waste
facilities and management systems are provided for in an orderly manner consistent with the
needs and plans of the state and its regions and local governments; (2) That alternative methods
of solid waste management are encouraged as a means of reducing the state's dependence on
landfilling; (3) That all aspects of local, regional and state planning, zoning, population
estimates, and economics are taken into consideration; and (4) That appropriate time schedules
are set for the phasing in of the required component parts of the system. Said plan shall
be developed in two phases: a. The first phase of the plan shall be...
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26-24-34
Section 26-24-34 County children's policy councils - Duties. The duties of the county
children's policy council shall include, but not be limited to, the following: Reviewing the
needs of children in the county and the responsibilities assigned each department or agency
by law; determining areas of responsibility and identifying areas of duplication or conflict
between departments and agencies in the county; identifying local resources and developing,
in conjunction with the Department of Early Childhood Education, and up-dating annually, a
local resource guide to services available to children which shall include procedural information
concerning how to access those local services; articulating and communicating to the local
community the needs of children; and submitting an annual report to the Department of Early
Childhood Education by July 1 of each year on the local services provided to children, local
needs of children, and recommendations of the county children's policy council...
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34-29-111
Section 34-29-111 Duties of board; Alabama Veterinary Professionals Wellness Committee;
liability. (a) It shall be the duty and obligation of the State Board of Veterinary Medical
Examiners to promote the early identification, intervention, treatment, and rehabilitation
of veterinary professionals licensed to practice veterinary medicine or veterinary technology
in Alabama who may be impaired by reason of illness, inebriation, excessive use of drugs,
narcotics, alcohol, chemicals, or other substances, or as a result of any physical or mental
condition. (b) In order to carry out this obligation the State Board of Veterinary Medical
Examiners may contract with any nonprofit corporation or medical professional association
for the purpose of creating, supporting, and maintaining a committee of veterinary professionals
to be designated the Alabama Veterinary Professionals Wellness Committee. The committee shall
consist of not less than 10 nor more than 15 veterinary professionals licensed...
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22-27-17
Section 22-27-17 Disposal fees; disposition of funds; exemptions; review of records;
biennial report. (a) Beginning on October 1, 2008, the following disposal fees are levied
upon generators of solid waste who dispose of solid waste at solid waste management facilities
permitted by the department subject to this chapter, which shall be collected in accordance
with subsection (b): (1) One dollar ($1) per ton for all waste disposed of in a municipal
solid waste landfill. (2) One dollar ($1) per ton or twenty-five cents ($0.25) per cubic yard
for all waste disposed of in public industrial landfills, construction and demolition landfills,
non-municipal solid waste incinerators, or composting facilities, which receive waste not
generated by the permittee. (3) Twenty-five cents ($0.25) per cubic yard for all waste disposed
of in a private solid waste management facility, not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000)
per calendar year. (4) Regulated solid waste that may be approved by the...
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22-6-151
Section 22-6-151 Regional care organizations; governing board of directors; citizen's
advisory committee; solvency and financial requirements; reporting; provider standards committee.
(a) A regional care organization shall serve only Medicaid beneficiaries in providing medical
care and services. (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a regional care organization
shall not be deemed an insurance company under state law. (c)(1) A regional care organization
and an organization with probationary regional care organization certification shall have
a governing board of directors composed of the following members: a. Twelve members shall
be persons representing risk-bearing participants in the regional care organization or organization
with probationary certification. A participant bears risk by contributing cash, capital, or
other assets to the regional care organization. A participant also bears risk by contracting
with the regional care organization to treat Medicaid beneficiaries...
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36-25-14
Section 36-25-14 Filing of statement of economic interests. (a) A statement of economic
interests shall be completed and filed in accordance with this chapter with the commission
no later than April 30 of each year covering the period of the preceding calendar year by
each of the following: (1) All elected public officials at the state, county, or municipal
level of government or their instrumentalities. (2) Any person appointed as a public official
and any person employed as a public employee at the state, county, or municipal level of government
or their instrumentalities who occupies a position whose base pay is seventy-five thousand
dollars ($75,000) or more annually, as adjusted by the commission by January 31 of each year
to reflect changes in the U.S. Department of Labor's Consumer Price Index, or a successor
index. (3) All candidates, provided the statement is filed on the date the candidate files
his or her qualifying papers or, in the case of an independent candidate, on the...
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16-5-10
Section 16-5-10 Additional powers and duties of commission. The commission shall exercise
the following powers and duties in addition to those otherwise specified in this article:
(1) To cause to be made such surveys and evaluations of higher education as are believed necessary
for the purpose of providing appropriate information to carry out its powers and duties. (2)
To recommend to the Legislature of Alabama the enactment of such legislation as it deems necessary
or desirable to insure the highest quality of higher education in this state taking into consideration
the orderly development and maintenance of the state system of public higher education to
meet trends in population and the change in social and technical requirements of the economy.
(3) To advise and counsel the Governor, at his request, regarding any area of, or matter pertaining
to, postsecondary education. (4) To establish definitions of a junior college, a community
college, a technical college or institute, a senior...
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41-4-323
Section 41-4-323 Purpose; employees; compensation and benefits; payment of expenses;
implementation; additional duties of director. (a) The Office of Indigent Defense Services
is established to carry out the administrative duties relating to the provision of indigent
defense services. The director shall use existing employees of the Department of Finance and
its existing offices, as assigned by the Director of Finance. The director's salary shall
not exceed the state salary paid to a district attorney and be paid at the same time and in
the same manner that salaries of other state employees are paid. The Director of the Office
of Indigent Defense Services shall be entitled to annual and sick leave, insurance, retirement,
and other state employee benefits, including cost-of-living raises authorized by the Legislature
for state employees. (b) The director may enter into contracts, and accept funds, grants,
and charitable donations from any public or private source to pay expenses...
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