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6-12-1
Section 6-12-1 Legislative findings. The Legislature of Alabama finds as follows: (1)
Cigarette smoking presents serious public health concerns to the state and to the citizens
of the state. The Surgeon General has determined that smoking causes lung cancer, heart disease,
and other serious diseases, and that there are hundreds of thousands of tobacco-related deaths
in the United States each year. These diseases most often do not appear until many years after
the person in question begins smoking. (2) Cigarette smoking also presents serious financial
concerns for the state. Under certain health care programs, the state may have a legal obligation
to provide medical assistance to eligible persons for health conditions associated with cigarette
smoking, and those persons may have a legal entitlement to receive such medical assistance.
(3) Under these programs, the state pays millions of dollars each year to provide medical
assistance for these persons for health conditions associated...
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27-61-1
Section 27-61-1 Surplus Lines Insurance Multi-State Compliance Compact. The Surplus
Lines Insurance Multi-State Compliance Compact Act is enacted into law and entered into with
all jurisdictions mutually adopting the compact in the form substantially as follows: PREAMBLE
WHEREAS, with regard to Non-Admitted Insurance policies with risk exposures located in multiple
states, the 111th United States Congress has stipulated in Title V, Subtitle B, the Non-Admitted
and Reinsurance Reform Act of 2010, of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection
Act, hereafter, the NRRA, that: (A) The placement of Non-Admitted Insurance shall be subject
to the statutory and regulatory requirements solely of the insured's Home State, and (B) Any
law, regulation, provision, or action of any State that applies or purports to apply to Non-Admitted
Insurance sold to, solicited by, or negotiated with an insured whose Home State is another
State shall be preempted with respect to such application;...
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22-11A-118
Section 22-11A-118 Health Care Data Advisory Council. (a) There is established the Health
Care Data Advisory Council to assist in developing regulations and standards necessary to
implement the provisions of this article, to review and serve as consultants to the board
on matters related to any reports or publications prior to a report or publication release
and to serve as consultants to the board on matters relating to the protection, collection,
and dissemination of health care facility acquired infection data. (b) The council shall consist
of 18 members and be constituted in the following manner: (1) Six hospital members to be appointed
by the Alabama Hospital Association, two of which shall be infection control professionals.
(2) Three members to be appointed by the Medical Association of the State of Alabama. (3)
Two members to be appointed by the Business Council of Alabama, at least one of whom represents
a small business, all of whom are purchasers of health care, and none of...
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22-11E-1
Section 22-11E-1 Legislative findings. (a) The Legislature finds the following: (1)
Concussions are one of the most commonly reported injuries in children and adolescents who
participate in sports and recreational activities. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
estimates that as many as 3,900,000 sports-related and recreation-related concussions occur
in the United States each year. A concussion is caused by a blow or motion to the head or
body that causes the brain to move rapidly inside the skull. The risk of catastrophic injuries
or death is significant when a concussion or head injury is not properly evaluated and managed.
(2) Concussions are a type of brain injury that can range from mild to severe and can disrupt
the way the brain normally works. Concussions can occur in any organized or unorganized sport
or recreational activity and can result from a fall or from participants colliding with each
other, the ground, or with obstacles. Concussions occur with or without...
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20-2-212
Section 20-2-212 Controlled substances prescription database program; powers and duties
of department; trust fund; advisory committee; review committee. (a) The department may establish,
create, and maintain a controlled substances prescription database program. In order to carry
out its responsibilities under this article, the department is granted the following powers
and authority: (1) To adopt regulations, in accordance with the Alabama Administrative Procedure
Act, governing the establishment and operation of a controlled substances prescription database
program. (2) To receive and to expend for the purposes stated in this article funds in the
form of grants, donations, federal matching funds, interagency transfers, and appropriated
funds designated for the development, implementation, operation, and maintenance of the controlled
substances prescription database. The funds received pursuant to this subdivision shall be
deposited in a new fund that is established as a separate...
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22-4-33
Section 22-4-33 Health Care Information and Data Advisory Council. (a) There is established
the Health Care Information and Data Advisory Council to give advice and guidance to SHPDA
in adopting rules necessary to implement this article, to review and serve as consultants
to SHPDA on matters related to any reports or publications prior to a report or publication
release, and to serve as consultants to SHPDA on matters relating to the protection, collection,
and dissemination of health care reports. (b) The council shall consist of the following members:
(1) Two members appointed by the Alabama Hospital Association. (2) Two members appointed by
the Alabama Nursing Home Association. (3) One member appointed by the Assisted Living Association
of Alabama. (4) Two members appointed by the Alabama Hospice and Palliative Care Association.
(5) One member appointed by the Home Care Association of Alabama. (6) One member appointed
by the Chair of the SHCC. (7) Two members appointed by the...
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25-11-3
Section 25-11-3 Definitions. When used in this chapter, the following words and phrases
shall have the following meanings: (1) CLAIM INFORMATION. Data related to whether an individual
is receiving, has received, or has made application for unemployment compensation, the amount
of such compensation being received or to be received by the individual, and the individual's
current or most recent home address. (2) COMMISSIONER. The Commissioner of the State of Alabama,
Department of Human Resources. (3) CUSTODIAN OF RECORDS. The person within the Department
of Labor authorized to maintain the data collected under this chapter, including, but not
limited to, all employment hiring data entered into the State Directory of New Hires, wage
information, and unemployment claim and compensation information. (4) DEPARTMENT. The State
of Alabama, Department of Industrial Relations. (5) EMPLOYEE. An individual in the employ
of another who performs a service for hire and receives wages. For purposes of...
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16-44B-1
Section 16-44B-1 Compact. ARTICLE I PURPOSE It is the purpose of this compact to remove
barriers to education success imposed on children of military families because of frequent
moves and deployment of their parents by: A. Facilitating the timely enrollment of children
of military families and ensuring that they are not placed at a disadvantage due to difficulty
in the transfer of education records from the previous school district(s) or variations in
entrance/age requirements. B. Facilitating the student placement process through which children
of military families are not disadvantaged by variations in attendance requirements, scheduling,
sequencing, grading, course content or assessment. C. Facilitating the qualification and eligibility
for enrollment, educational programs, and participation in extracurricular academic, athletic,
and social activities. D. Facilitating the on-time graduation of children of military families.
E. Providing for the promulgation and enforcement of...
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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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22-28-23
Section 22-28-23 Local air pollution control programs. (a) Except as provided in this
section, it is the intention of this chapter to occupy by preemption the field of air
pollution control within all areas of the State of Alabama. However, nothing in this section
shall be construed to limit or abrogate any private remedies now available to any person for
the alleviation, abatement, control, correction, or prevention of air pollution or restitution
for damage resulting therefrom. (b) Subject to the provisions of this section, each
municipal governing body which had municipal ordinances in effect on, or before, July 1, 1969,
which pertain to air pollution control and which provide for the creation and establishment
of an air pollution control board and each county board of health shall have the authority
to establish, and thereafter administer, within their jurisdictions, a local air pollution
control program which: (1) Provides, subject to subsection (d) of this section, by
ordinance,...
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