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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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22-21-271.1
Section 22-21-271.1 Certificates of need - Fee increases. (a) Any law to the contrary
notwithstanding, the staff agency of the State Health Planning and Development Agency or its
executive director may not increase or set any fees otherwise authorized relating to the certificate
of need process pursuant to this article. (b) Any fee increase by the staff agency of the
State Health Planning and Development Agency or its executive director adopted after January
1, 1998, is rescinded and shall not be operative unless readopted in accordance with this
section. (c) Any fee increase related to the certificate of need process of the State
Health Planning and Development Agency shall be adopted as a rule pursuant to the Alabama
Administrative Procedure Act, Chapter 22 of Title 41. (d)(1) For the purpose of this section,
the term "State Health Planning and Development Agency" means the CON review board
which is defined as the State Health Planning and Development Agency (SHPDA) in subdivision...
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34-19-21
Section 34-19-21 Coverage or reimbursement for services not required. Nothing contained
in this chapter shall be construed to create a requirement that any health benefit plan, group
insurance plan, policy, or contract for health care services that covers hospital, medical,
or surgical expenses, health maintenance organizations, preferred provider organizations,
medical service organizations, physician-hospital organizations, or any other person, firm,
corporation, joint venture, or other similar business entity that pays for, purchases, or
furnishes group health care services to patients, insureds, or beneficiaries in this state,
including entities created pursuant to Article 6, commencing with Section 10A-20-6.01,
of Chapter 20, Title 10A, provide coverage or reimbursement for the services described or
authorized in this chapter. (Act 2017-383, §4.)...
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22-11A-117
Section 22-11A-117 Studies and publication. The department may undertake a reasonable
number of studies and publish information in collaboration with licensed health care providers
based upon the data obtained pursuant to the provisions of this article. One of the purposes
for such studies will be to provide specific comparative health care facility acquired infection
rates. The department shall allow all health care facilities that have submitted data which
will be used in any report to review and comment on the report prior to its publication or
release for general public use. The department shall include comments of a health care facility,
at the option of the health care facility, in the publication, if the department does not
change the publication based upon those comments. (Act 2009-490, p. 900, §8.)...
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22-21-41
Section 22-21-41 Duties of State Board of Health. When the State Board of Health receives
submittals of plans, drawings, and specifications for the construction, addition to, or alteration
of health care facilities for the purposes of review and approval, the State Board of Health
shall make reviews of submitted plans, drawings, and specifications and inspections or investigations
of the construction as it deems necessary. In addition, the State Board of Health shall make
a final inspection of the submitted project at the appropriate time. The State Board of Health
shall prescribe by rule the procedure for a licensee, applicant, or submitter to pay fees
required by this article and to submit plans, drawings, and specifications to the State Board
of Health for preliminary review or inspection and approval or recommendation with respect
to compliance with rules of the State Board of Health. In exchange for fees included in the
fee schedule provided herein, the State Board of Health shall...
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40-26B-21
Section 40-26B-21 Privilege assessment on nursing facilities. To provide further for
the availability of indigent health care, the operation of the Medicaid program, and the maintenance
and expansion of medical services: (a) There is levied and shall be collected a privilege
assessment on the business activities of every nursing facility in the State of Alabama. The
privilege assessment imposed is in addition to all other taxes and assessments, and shall
be at the annual rate of one thousand eight hundred ninety-nine dollars and ninety-six cents
($1,899.96) for each bed in the nursing facility. Beginning September 1, 2020, the privilege
assessment shall be increased from one thousand eight hundred ninety-nine dollars and ninety-six
cents ($1,899.96) for each bed in the nursing facility, by an addition to the privilege assessment
equal to three hundred twenty-seven dollars and forty-eight cents ($327.48) per annum. The
addition to the privilege assessment shall be paid in equal monthly...
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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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22-21-268
Section 22-21-268 Certificates of need - Emergency certificate prior to hearing. Any
person may apply, either independently and without notice under Section 22-21-267 or
as a part of an application filed under Section 22-21-267, for an emergency certificate
of need for the authorization of capital expenditures made necessary by unforeseen events
which endanger the health and safety of the patients. Emergency capital expenditures include,
but are not necessarily limited to, emergency expenditures to maintain quality care, to overcome
failure of fixed equipment, including heating and air conditioning equipment, elevators, electrical
transformers and switch gear, sterilization equipment, emergency generators, water supply
and other utility connections. Applications for emergency certificates of need shall include
a description of the work to be done and/or equipment to be purchased, the cost thereof, justification
for considering the capital expenditure as being of an emergency nature and...
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22-21B-4
Section 22-21B-4 Participation in a health care service that violates the conscience
of health care provider; written objection; liability. (a) A health care provider has the
right not to participate, and no health care provider shall be required to participate, in
a health care service that violates his or her conscience when the health care provider has
objected in writing prior to being asked to provide such health care services. (b) When objecting
in writing in accordance with this chapter, no health care provider shall be civilly, criminally,
or administratively liable for declining to participate in a health care service that violates
his or her conscience except when failure to do so would immediately endanger the life of
a patient. (c) It shall be unlawful for any person, health care provider, health care institution,
public or private institution, public official, or any board which certifies competency in
medical or health care specialties to discriminate against any health...
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22-11A-68
Section 22-11A-68 Immunity from liability for those involved in investigation. (a) Members
and staff of the State Board of Health, the State Committee of Public Health, the Board of
Medical Examiners, the Medical Licensure Commission, the Board of Nursing, the Board of Dental
Examiners, the Board of Podiatry, physicians, hospitals, other health care facilities, and
other entities and persons required to report or furnish information under this article and
any expert review panels, consultants to any expert review panel, and agents and employees
of the Alabama Department of Public Health shall not be subject to civil or criminal liability
for making reports or furnishing any information required by this article or for actions taken
or actions not taken in the line and scope of official or required duties during their investigations,
hearings, rulings, and decisions. (b) All information collected during the investigation of
an infected health care worker is privileged and shall be...
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