16-38A-2
Section 16-38A-2 Alabama Head and Spinal Cord Injury Trust Fund Advisory Board - Creation;
composition. There is created the Alabama Head and Spinal Cord Injury Trust Fund Advisory
Board to be appointed as herein provided. The following agencies and organizations shall appoint
one representative to the board: (1) The Alabama Medical Association. (2) The Alabama Head
Injury Foundation. (3) The Governor. (4) The Department of Public Health. (5) The Department
of Human Resources. (6) The Division of Special Education Services of the Department of Education.
(7) The Alabama Developmental Disabilities Planning Council. (8) The Department of Mental
Health. (9) The Injury Prevention Research Center at the University of Alabama in Birmingham.
(10) The Alabama Head Injury Task Force. (11) The Alabama Hospital Association. (12) The Insurance
Commissioner of Alabama. (13) The Epilepsy Foundation of North and Central Alabama. (14) The
Alabama Medicaid Agency. (15) The Alabama Coalition of Citizens...
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32-5A-191.2
Section 32-5A-191.2 Administration and disposition of funds in Alabama Head and Spinal Cord
Injury Trust Fund. (a) Beginning October 1, 1994, moneys in the Alabama Head and Spinal Cord
Injury Trust Fund shall be distributed to the Division of Rehabilitation Services in the State
Department of Education for the following purposes: (1) As a payer of last resort for the
costs of care provided in this state for citizens of this state who have survived neuro-trauma
with head or spinal cord injuries. Expenditures for spinal cord injury and head injury care
shall be made by the Division of Rehabilitation Services according to criteria established
by the Alabama Head and Spinal Cord Injury Trust Fund Advisory Board. Expenditures may include
but need not be limited to, post acute medical care, rehabilitation therapies, medication,
attendant care, home accessibility modification, and equipment necessary for activities of
daily living. (2) Public information, prevention education, and research...
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22-11C-8
Section 22-11C-8 Exchange of information with other registries. (a) The State Health Officer
may enter into agreements to exchange confidential information with other head and/or spinal
cord injury registries to obtain complete reports of Alabama residents diagnosed or treated
in other states and to provide information to other states regarding their residents diagnosed
or treated in Alabama. (b) The State Health Officer may furnish confidential information to
other states' head and/or spinal cord injury registries, federal head or spinal cord injury
prevention or rehabilitation agencies, or health researchers in order to collaborate in a
national head and/or spinal cord injury registry or to collaborate in head and/or spinal cord
injury prevention and rehabilitation research studies. (Act 98-611, p. 1343, §8.)...
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22-11C-11
Section 22-11C-11 Report of findings and recommendations. The State Health Officer, with input
from the advisory panel, shall prepare a report that describes findings from the Head and
Spinal Cord Injury Registry and make new recommendations for the prevention of head and spinal
cord injuries and provision of rehabilitative services for persons with head and spinal cord
injuries and transmit the report to the Legislature and make the report available to the public.
These findings shall be presented to an annual meeting of experts in the field of head and
spinal cord injury. (Act 98-611, p. 1343, §11.)...
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22-11C-1
Section 22-11C-1 Short title. This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Alabama
Head and Spinal Cord Injury Registry Act." (Act 98-611, p. 1343, §1.)...
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22-11C-3
Section 22-11C-3 Definitions. For purposes of this chapter, the following words shall have
the following meanings unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. (1) TRAUMATIC BRAIN
INJURY or HEAD INJURY. Hereinafter, referred to as "head injury." An occurrence
of injury to the head that is documented in a medical record, with one or more of the following
conditions attributed to head injury: a. Observed or self-reported decreased level of consciousness.
b. Amnesia. c. Skull fracture. d. Objective neurological or neuropsychological abnormality.
e. Diagnosed intracranial lesion. f. As an occurrence of death resulting from trauma, with
head injury listed on the death certificate, autopsy report, or medical examiner's report
in the sequence of conditions that resulted in death. This definition applies to an acquired
injury to the brain. This term does not include brain dysfunction caused by congenital or
degenerative disorders, nor birth trauma, but may include brain injuries caused by...
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16-38A-4
Section 16-38A-4 Priorities and criteria for disbursement of funds; report; recordkeeping.
(a) The board shall establish priorities and criteria for disbursement of monies in the Alabama
Head and Spinal Cord Injury Trust Fund and to assure maximum benefits from the trust. The
Division of Rehabilitation Services in the State Department of Education shall expend monies
from the trust fund in accordance with the priorities and criteria established by the board.
(b) The board shall investigate the needs of citizens with head injuries and spinal cord injuries,
identify the gaps in services to the citizens, and issue a report to the Legislature on the
first day of the 1994 Regular Session with recommendations for meeting the needs. (c) The
board shall keep full and complete written minutes of its proceedings. (Acts 1992, No. 92-586,
p. 1207, §2; Act 2016-259, §1.)...
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22-11D-6
Section 22-11D-6 Statewide registries. (a) The department shall establish a statewide trauma
registry and may establish other registries to collect and analyze data on the incidence,
severity, and causes of trauma, including traumatic brain injury and other health care illnesses,
such as stroke. The registries shall be used to improve the availability and delivery of pre-hospital
or out-of-hospital care and hospital trauma or other health care services. Specific data elements
of the registries shall be defined by rule of the department. Every health care facility that
is designated by the department as a trauma or health care center shall furnish data to the
registries. All other health care facilities shall furnish trauma or other health data as
required by rule of the department. (b) All data collected pursuant to this section shall
be held confidential pursuant to state and federal laws, rules, and policies. (Act 2007-299,
p. 541, §6; Act 2012-526, p. 1556, §1.)...
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22-8B-5
Section 22-8B-5 Liability for damages; wrongful death action; suspension or revocation of license.
(a) Any person, physician, or health care provider who deliberately violates this chapter
by aiding in dying shall be liable for damages. (b) If any person deliberately aids in dying
in violation of this chapter that results in death, the personal representative or administrator
of the estate of the decedent may bring an appropriate action for wrongful death. (c) Any
physician or other health care provider who deliberately aids in dying in violation of this
chapter shall be considered to have engaged in unprofessional conduct for which his or her
license to provide health care services in the state shall be suspended or revoked by the
appropriate licensing board. (Act 2017-231, §5.)...
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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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