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22-4-32
Section 22-4-32 Definitions. For purposes of this article, the following terms shall have the
following meanings: (1) CERTIFICATE OF NEED REVIEW BOARD. The board which reviews all certificate
of need applications as provided in Section 22-21-260(14). (2) COVERED HEALTH CARE REPORTER.
The term includes health care facilities as that term is defined in Section 22-21-260(6);
new institutional health services subject to review as defined in Section 22-21-263; a facility
or institution for the care or treatment of any kind of mental or emotional illness or substance
abuse or for providing services to persons with intellectual disabilities as defined in Section
22-50-17; and facilities and distinct units as defined in Section 22-21-263(c). (3) HEALTH
CARE REPORTS. The written reports to SHPDA which are required to be submitted by this article.
(4) HEALTH CARE INFORMATION AND DATA ADVISORY COUNCIL. The body created by this article which
is charged with advising and participating in the...
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22-5A-3
Section 22-5A-3 Duties of State Ombudsman and department. The State Ombudsman and the department
are hereby authorized to investigate complaints concerning health care, domiciliary and residential
care facilities. The State Ombudsman shall promote the well-being and quality of life of long-term
residential health care recipients and encourage the development of community ombudsman activities
at the local level. After appropriate training and approval by the department, community ombudsmen
shall be certified by the department and shall have the powers and responsibilities set forth
in Sections 22-5A-4 and 22-5A-6, subject to the procedures established by the State Ombudsman
pursuant to Section 22-5A-5. The State Ombudsman shall submit to the department an annual
written report documenting the kinds of complaints and problems reported so that the department
can make recommendations concerning needed policy, regulatory, and legislative changes. (Acts
1985, No. 85-657, p. 1029, §3.)...
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22-5A-5
Section 22-5A-5 Procedures for receiving complaints; informing recipients of ombudsman program.
The State Ombudsman shall establish written procedures for receiving complaints involving
long-term residential health care facilities and their employees. The Department of Senior
Services shall provide to health care, domiciliary and residential facilities written information
on the ombudsman program to be distributed to recipients at the time of admission, or rendering
of care and/or treatment at a facility. (Acts 1985, No. 85-657, p. 1029, §5.)...
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31-9B-3
Section 31-9B-3 Providing of information; requirements for emergency and disaster planning
provisions; immunity. (a) All appropriate agencies and community-based service providers,
including, but not limited to, home health care providers, hospices, community mental health
centers, and related facilities, but not including health care facilities which provide inpatient
care to include general and specialized hospitals including ancillary services, skilled nursing
facilities, intermediate care facilities, or any assisted living facility, shall provide information
on the number of individuals with medical needs and shall assist the State Health Department
in the establishment of programs to increase the awareness of medical needs shelters, and
in educating clients and sponsors or caregivers about the procedures that may be necessary
for their safety during disasters. (b) State agencies that regulate or contract with providers
of services, or both, for persons with disabilities or...
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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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40-26B-73
Section 40-26B-73 Hospital Assessment Account. (a)(1) There is created within the Health Care
Trust Fund referenced in Article 3 of Chapter 6 of Title 22 of a designated account known
as the Hospital Assessment Account. (2) The hospital assessments imposed under this article
shall be deposited into the Hospital Assessment Account. (3) If the Medicaid Agency begins
making payments under Article 9 of Chapter 6 of Title 22, while Act 2017-382 is in force,
the hospital intergovernmental transfers imposed under this article shall be deposited into
the Hospital Assessment Account. (b) Moneys in the Hospital Assessment Account shall consist
of: (1) All moneys collected or received by the department from privately operated hospital
assessments imposed under this article; (2) Any interest or penalties levied in conjunction
with the administration of this article; and (3) Any appropriations, transfers, donations,
gifts, or moneys from other sources, as applicable; and (4) If the Medicaid Agency...
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16-36-65
Section 16-36-65 Use of statewide textbook contracts. (a) The State Department of Education
in conjunction with the state Purchasing Agent shall furnish contracts from which state-adopted
textbooks for the pupils and teachers in classrooms and schools operated under the jurisdiction
and supervision of the Alabama Department of Mental Health can be purchased. These purchases
shall be made from appropriations to the state Department of Mental Health. The State Board
of Education may make and enforce regulations for the proper care and accounting for such
textbooks. (b) The State Department of Education in conjunction with the state Purchasing
Agent shall furnish contracts from which state-adopted textbooks for the pupils and teachers
in classrooms and schools operated under the jurisdiction of the Alabama Institute for Deaf
and Blind can be purchased. These purchases shall be made from appropriations to the Alabama
Institute for Deaf and Blind. The State Board of Education may make and...
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22-21-323
Section 22-21-323 Source of payment; security. (a) Securities issued by an authority shall
not be general obligations of the authority but shall be payable solely out of the revenues
from any health care facilities or other properties or assets (including, without limitation,
proceeds from such securities, investment income and insurance and condemnation proceeds)
owned or operated by it and the proceeds of any hospital tax appropriated, apportioned or
allocated to it or for its benefit, or any portion of either thereof, all as may be provided
or specified in the resolution of the board authorizing such securities or the indenture under
which issued. The principal of and interest (and premium, if any) on any securities issued
by the authority shall be secured by a pledge of the revenues or taxes (or both) out of which
the same are payable and may be secured by a trust indenture evidencing such pledge or by
a foreclosable mortgage, mortgage indenture or mortgage and trust indenture...
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22-21-324
Section 22-21-324 Use of proceeds. (a) The principal proceeds derived from any borrowing made
by an authority shall be used solely for the purpose or purposes for which such borrowing
was authorized to be made. If any securities are issued for the purpose of financing costs
of acquiring, constructing, improving, enlarging and equipping health care facilities, such
costs shall be deemed to include the following: (1) The cost of any land forming a part of
such health care facilities; (2) The cost of the labor, materials and supplies used in any
such construction, improvement or enlargement, including architectural and engineering fees
and the cost of preparing contract documents advertising for bids; (3) The purchase price
of, and the cost of installing, equipment for such health care facilities; (4) The cost of
landscaping the lands forming a part of such health care facilities and of constructing and
installing roads, sidewalks, curbs, gutters, utilities and parking places in...
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22-21-344
Section 22-21-344 Use of proceeds from hospital taxes. Nothing in this article shall be construed
to permit the use, by or for the benefit of any authority, of the proceeds of any hospital
tax for any purpose, at any place, or in connection with any health care facilities, not permitted
or described in the constitutional, statutory or other provision of law authorizing the imposition,
levy and collection of such hospital tax or the use of the proceeds therefrom. In order to
assure the lawful disposition of such hospital tax proceeds, the board may require the deposit
thereof into special funds or accounts established for that purpose and the accounting therefor
in such manner as the board may deem necessary. (Acts 1982, No. 82-418, p. 629, §35.)...
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