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40-26B-70
Section 40-26B-70 Definitions. For purposes of this article, the following terms shall have
the following meanings: (1) ACCESS PAYMENT. A payment by the Medicaid program to an eligible
hospital for inpatient or outpatient hospital care, or both, provided to a Medicaid recipient.
(2) ALL PATIENT REFINED DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUP (APR-DRG). A statistical system of classifying
any non-Medicare inpatient stay into groups for the purposes of payment. (3) ALTERNATE CARE
PROVIDER. A contractor, other than a regional care organization, that agrees to provide a
comprehensive package of Medicaid benefits to Medicaid beneficiaries in a defined region of
the state pursuant to a risk contract. (4) CERTIFIED PUBLIC EXPENDITURE (CPE). A certification
in writing of the cost of providing medical care to Medicaid beneficiaries by publicly owned
hospitals and hospitals owned by a state agency or a state university plus the amount of uncompensated
care provided by publicly owned hospitals and hospitals...
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22-21-170
nursing homes, offices for persons engaged in the diagnosis, treatment or cure of sick or injured
persons or in preventive medicine and buildings to house or service equipment used for the
diagnosis or treatment of sick or injured persons or in preventive medicine or the records
of such diagnosis or treatment, or research with respect to any of the foregoing or dormitories
or residences for hospital personnel and students and other employee-related facilities, together
with: a. All real and personal properties for the location or better utilization of
any such buildings and facilities, such as parking structures and areas, garages, storage
facilities and out-buildings; and b. Machinery, equipment, furniture and fixtures useful or
desirable in the operation of any of the aforesaid buildings and facilities. (6) CHIEF EXECUTIVE
OFFICER. With respect to a county, the probate judge as ex officio principal judge of the
county commission or the president or chairman of such commission and,...
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33-1-5.2
Section 33-1-5.2 Life and health insurance for certain salaried officers and employees of state
docks. (a) The Alabama State Port Authority is hereby authorized to provide and establish
a plan of life and health insurance for the salaried officers and employees of Alabama state
docks who work full time for the Alabama state docks and receive their compensation on a bi-weekly
basis and also a plan of health insurance for the spouses and dependent children of such officers
and employees and to pay the costs and premiums of such life and health insurance from the
revenues of the Alabama State Port Authority. (b) Such health insurance plan may provide for
group hospitalization, surgical, medical and dental insurance against the financial costs
of hospitalization, surgical, medical and dental treatment and care, and may also include,
among other things, prescribed drugs, medicines, prosthetic appliances, hospital in-patient
and out-patient service benefits, including major medical benefits,...
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40-26B-60
Section 40-26B-60 Definitions. (a) For the purposes of this article the following words have
the following meanings unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: (1) DISPROPORTIONATE
SHARE HOSPITAL. A hospital meeting the requirements of Section 1923 of the Social Security
Act and other criteria adopted by the Alabama Medicaid Agency in its state plan for medical
assistance under Title XIX of the Social Security Act. (2) FISCAL YEAR. An accounting period
of 12 months beginning on the first day of the first month of the state fiscal year. (3) HOSPITAL.
A facility, which is licensed as a hospital under the laws of the State of Alabama, provides
24-hour nursing services, and is primarily engaged in providing, by or under the supervision
of doctors of medicine or osteopathy, inpatient services for the diagnosis, treatment, and
care or rehabilitation of persons who are sick, injured, or disabled. (4) PUBLICLY-OWNED HOSPITAL.
A hospital created and operating under the authority of a...
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6-5-542
institution, physician, dentist, hospital, or other health care provider as those terms are
defined in Section 6-5-481. (2) STANDARD OF CARE. The standard of care is that level of such
reasonable care, skill, and diligence as other similarly situated health care providers in
the same general line of practice, ordinarily have and exercise in like cases. A breach of
the standard of care is the failure by a health care provider to comply with the standard
of care, which failure proximately causes personal injury or wrongful death.
This definition applies to all actions for injuries or damages or wrongful death whether in
contract or tort and whether based on intentional or unintentional conduct. (3) FUTURE DAMAGES.
Damages for future medical treatment, care, or custody, loss of future earnings, future loss
of earning capacity, future loss of bodily function, future loss of consortium, or future
pain and suffering. (4) PERIODIC PAYMENT. The payment of money or delivery of other property...
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15-9-81
Section 15-9-81 Adoption and text of agreement on detainers. The agreement on detainers is
hereby enacted into law and entered into by the State of Alabama with any and all jurisdictions
legally joining therein, in the form substantially as follows: AGREEMENT ON DETAINERS The
contracting states solemnly agree that: Article I. The party states find that charges outstanding
against a prisoner, detainers based on untried indictments, informations or complaints and
difficulties in securing speedy trial of persons already incarcerated in other jurisdictions,
produce uncertainties which obstruct programs of prisoner treatment and rehabilitation. Accordingly,
it is the policy of the party states and the purpose of this agreement to encourage the expeditious
and orderly disposition of such charges and determination of the proper status of any and
all detainers based on untried indictments, informations or complaints. The party states also
find that proceedings with reference to such charges...
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22-50-1
Section 22-50-1 Definitions. For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall have
the meanings respectively ascribed to them by this section: (1) CLIENTS. Those persons identified
as receiving or needing services for an intellectual disability. (2) DEPARTMENT. The Department
of Mental Health. (3) INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY SERVICES. Evaluation for, amelioration of, habilitation
for, prevention of, and research into the causes of intellectual disability. (4) MENTAL HEALTH
SERVICES. Diagnosis of, treatment of, rehabilitation for, follow-up care of, prevention of
and research into the causes of all forms of mental or emotional illness, including, but not
limited to, alcoholism, drug addiction, or epilepsy in combination with mental illness or
an intellectual disability. (5) MENTAL ILLNESS OR SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT. The application
of professionally planned, managed, administered, or monitored clinical procedures or evidenced-based
interventions to identify, stabilize,...
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38-12B-2
Section 38-12B-2 Develpment and adminstration of program. (a) The State Department of Human
Resources shall develop and administer Fostering Hope, a scholarship program for designated
persons currently or formerly in the state foster care program, including children adopted
from the program at the age of 14 or older. Commencing with the 2016-2017 academic year, the
program, on behalf of participants, shall do either of the following: (1) Pay for tuition
and required fees at any public two-year or four-year institution of higher education in the
state. (2) Pay required fees for job training courses or skill certifications that are offered
by any public two-year or four-year institution of higher education in the state or other
publicly funded training programs in the state, and not considered an associate's degree,
if the courses or certifications are first approved by the department. (b) Payments of tuition
and required fees are considered program scholarships. (Act 2015-121, ยง2.)...
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34-9-6.1
Section 34-9-6.1 Mobile dental facilities or portable dental operations. (a) For purposes of
this section, the following words have the following meanings: (1) DENTAL HOME. The dental
home is the ongoing relationship between the dentist and the patient, inclusive of all aspects
of oral health care, delivered in a comprehensive, continuously accessible, coordinated, and
family-centered way. (2) MOBILE DENTAL FACILITY. Any self-contained facility in which dentistry
or dental hygiene is practiced which may be moved, towed, or transported from one location
to another. (3) OPERATOR. A person licensed to practice dentistry in this state or an entity
which is approved as tax exempt under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code which
employs dentists licensed in the state to operate a mobile dental facility or portable dental
operation. (4) PORTABLE DENTAL OPERATION. The use of portable dental delivery equipment which
is set up on site to provide dental services outside of a mobile...
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12-23-2
Section 12-23-2 Legislative findings and intent. The Legislature finds that the high incidence
of crimes which directly involve alcohol and drugs in this state is intolerable; that the
problems of alcohol and drug abuse among the citizens of Alabama are extensive and exist at
an unacceptable level; that alcohol and/or drug abuse or dependency have been identified as
contributing factors in the commission of many crimes; that a concentrated and coordinated
state and local effort is needed to address the needs of Alabamians regarding such problems;
that a specialized system for screening, evaluating, educating, and rehabilitating defendants
convicted of alcohol and drug related offenses is required to address such problems; and that
adequate funding should be provided for this purpose. It is therefore the intent of the Legislature:
To establish a specialized court referral officer program to promote the evaluation, education
and rehabilitation of persons whose use or dependency on...
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