22-13A-5
Section 22-13A-5 Needs assessment; list of services and providers. (a) The department shall conduct a needs assessment to identify any or all of the following: (1) Research being conducted within the state. (2) Available technical assistance and educational materials and programs nationwide. (3) The level of public and professional awareness about osteoporosis. (4) The needs of osteoporosis patients, their families, and caregivers. (5) Needs of health care providers, including physicians, nurses, managed care organizations, and other health care providers. (6) The services available to the osteoporosis patient. (7) Existence of osteoporosis treatment programs. (8) Existence of osteoporosis support groups. (9) Existence of rehabilitation services. (10) The number and location of bone density testing equipment. (b) Based on the needs assessment, the department shall develop and maintain a list of osteoporosis-related services and osteoporosis health care providers with specialization in...
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30-7-6
Section 30-7-6 Perpetrator counseling programs. (a) The director, in consultation with the Alabama Coalition Against Domestic Violence, Incorporated or other qualified entity, as provided in subsection (b) of Section 30-7-2, the Alabama Network of Family Resource Centers, and the Alabama Department of Mental Health, shall establish the content of batterers' intervention programs in order to direct services to those persons who are adjudged to have committed an act of domestic violence, as defined in Section 30-5-2, those against whom an injunction for protection against domestic violence is entered, those referred by the court, and those who volunteer to attend such programs. (b) The facilitators, supervisors, and trainees of the program shall be certified to provide these programs through initial certification by the Department of Economic and Community Affairs, and the programs and personnel shall be annually recertified by the department to ensure that they meet specified standards....
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22-50-5
Section 22-50-5 Board of trustees - Membership; officers; initial appointments; terms. (a) In order to coordinate the activities of the Department of Mental Health and to advise with such department and to better acquaint the public with the needs and activities of such department, there is hereby created a board of trustees for the Department of Mental Health to be composed of 16 members. The Governor, the Commissioner of Mental Health, the Lieutenant Governor and the Speaker of the House of Representatives shall be ex-officio members of such board of trustees. The remaining 12 members shall be appointed by the Governor, one from each of the congressional districts and the remainder from the state at large. One of the state at large positions shall be selected from nominations offered by the Association for Retarded Citizens of Alabama and one of the state at large positions shall be selected from nominations offered by the Mental Health Association of Alabama. All appointed trustees...
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22-56-5
Section 22-56-5 Department to establish official standards for certification. In order to ensure that consumers of mental health services through state facilities, community mental health centers, and other providers under contract to the department receive individual treatment and that rights delineated in Section 22-56-4 and elsewhere in state and federal law are consistently observed within mental health programs operated by the providers, the department shall establish within 180 days of January 1, 1996, official standards for certification to be observed by all state facilities, community mental health centers, and other providers under contract to the department. These standards shall be developed with the active participation of mental health providers, consumers and family members of consumers. The department shall establish teams to monitor the compliance with these standards by state facilities, community mental health centers, and providers under contract to the department,...
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14-1-20
Section 14-1-20 Hiring and retention of correctional officers. (a) The Alabama Department of Corrections may establish a program designed to increase correctional officer hiring and retention by offering bonuses or training incentives, or a combination of both, to employees in specified correction officer classifications for remaining employed by the department for consecutive terms of employment. (b) The department may grant bonuses to employees of the department, to be paid incrementally, upon successful completion of certain training programs and upon the attainment of certain career milestones, provided the employee is an active employee of the department on the date the bonus payment is made, to be granted as follows: (1)a. Correctional Officer bonuses shall be awarded as follows: 1. A one thousand five hundred dollar ($1,500) bonus for successful completion of an Alabama Department of Corrections Training Academy class or successful completion of an Alabama Peace Officers' and...
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26-24-1
Section 26-24-1 Department established and renamed. (a) Commencing on August 1, 2015, the Department of Children's Affairs shall be known as the Department of Early Childhood Education. The department is a part of the Executive Department of state government, principally established to enable the Governor to effectively and efficiently coordinate efforts and programs to serve children throughout the state. (b) All references to the Department of Children's Affairs and to the Commissioner of the Department of Children's Affairs in this code are changed to the Department of Early Childhood Education and the Secretary of the Department of Early Childhood Education, respectively. All other laws, rules, regulations, and legal references of any kind to the Department of Children's Affairs or to the Commissioner of the Department of Children's Affairs shall be changed to the Department of Early Childhood Education or the Secretary of the Department of Early Childhood Education, respectively...
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29-2-105
Section 29-2-105 Coordination council - Composition; meetings; duties. (a) The committee shall convene a council composed of the chair of the committee or his or her designee and the commissioner or the commissioner's designee of each department of state government that administers services to children, youth, and their families, including, but not limited to, the Department of Education, the Department of Human Resources, the Department of Mental Health, the Department of Public Health, the Medicaid Agency, the Department of Youth Services, the Department of Rehabilitation Services, one member from the Alabama Association of County Directors of Human Resources appointed by that organization, one member from the Alabama Residential Child Care Association appointed by that organization, two members from the Alabama Foster Parent Association appointed by that organization, one member from the Juvenile Court Judges Association appointed by that organization, one guardian ad litem...
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34-27B-11
Section 34-27B-11 Additional activities permitted under chapter. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as preventing or restricting the practice, services, or activities of any of the following: (1) Any person who is licensed in Alabama or certified by an organization accredited by the National Commission for Certifying Agencies and acceptable to the state from engaging in the profession or occupation for which the person is licensed or certified. (2) Any person employed by the United States government who provides respiratory therapy solely under the direction or control of the United States government agency or organization. (3) Any person receiving clinical training while pursuing a course of study leading to registry or certification in a respiratory therapy educational program accredited by the Council on Allied Health Education Programs in collaboration with the Committee on Accreditation for Respiratory Care or their successor organizations. This person will be under direct...
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16-37-4
Section 16-37-4 Authority of state board as to vocational education. The State Board of Education shall have all necessary authority to cooperate with the federal Department of Health, Education and Welfare in the administration of the act of Congress accepted in Section 16-37-1; to administer any legislation pursuant thereto enacted by the State of Alabama and to administer the funds provided by the federal government and the State of Alabama, under the provisions of this chapter, for the promotion of vocational education in agricultural subjects, trade and industrial subjects and home economics subjects. It shall have full authority to formulate plans for the promotion of vocational education in such subjects as an essential and integral part of the public school system of education in the State of Alabama and to provide for the preparation of teachers of such subjects. It shall have authority to fix the compensation of such officials and assistants as may be necessary to administer...
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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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