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45-2-171.20
Section 45-2-171.20 Definitions. For the purposes of this subpart, unless otherwise indicated,
the following terms shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them by this section:
(1) "Medically indigent person" means any natural person who is a resident of Baldwin
County and who is ill, injured, and suffering whose condition can be helped or relieved by
treatment in an approved hospital, but is certified as being unable to pay the cost of hospital
treatment, or who is able to pay only a portion of the cost of such hospital treatment. (2)
"County Commission" means the County Commission of Baldwin County, as it is duly
constituted on July 1, 1984, and any subsequently duly constituted governing body of Baldwin
County. (Act 84-733, p. 70, ยง1.)...
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22-21-219
Section 22-21-219 Payment of public funds to physicians prohibited; collection of costs, etc.,
from indigent patient, etc. No physician shall be entitled to receive any public funds as
a fee for attending or treating an indigent patient hospitalized under the provisions of this
article, it being the intent and purpose of this article that all such professional medical
services shall be furnished by such physician without cost to the state or any participating
county, but this shall not be construed as prohibiting any physician, hospital or other interested
party from collecting from such patient, or from relatives or others upon whom such patient
is legally dependent or from other third parties the amount of any charges for hospitalization
or professional medical services rendered to such patient; provided, that if any hospital
shall collect from any such indigent patient, or from relatives or others upon whom such patient
is legally dependent or from other third parties any charges...
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40-26B-70
Section 40-26B-70 Definitions. For purposes of this article, the following terms shall have
the following meanings: (1) ACCESS PAYMENT. A payment by the Medicaid program to an eligible
hospital for inpatient or outpatient hospital care, or both, provided to a Medicaid recipient.
(2) ALL PATIENT REFINED DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUP (APR-DRG). A statistical system of classifying
any non-Medicare inpatient stay into groups for the purposes of payment. (3) ALTERNATE CARE
PROVIDER. A contractor, other than a regional care organization, that agrees to provide a
comprehensive package of Medicaid benefits to Medicaid beneficiaries in a defined region of
the state pursuant to a risk contract. (4) CERTIFIED PUBLIC EXPENDITURE (CPE). A certification
in writing of the cost of providing medical care to Medicaid beneficiaries by publicly owned
hospitals and hospitals owned by a state agency or a state university plus the amount of uncompensated
care provided by publicly owned hospitals and hospitals...
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22-6-153
Section 22-6-153 Contract to provide medical care to Medicaid beneficiaries; enrollment; grievance
procedures; duties of Medicaid Agency. (a) Subject to approval of the federal Centers for
Medicare and Medicaid Services, the Medicaid Agency shall enter into a contract in each Medicaid
region for at least one fully certified regional care organization to provide, pursuant to
a risk contract under which the Medicaid Agency makes a capitated payment, medical care to
Medicaid beneficiaries. However, the Medicaid Agency may enter into a contract pursuant to
this section only if, in the judgment of the Medicaid Agency, care of Medicaid beneficiaries
would be better, more efficient, and less costly than under the then existing care delivery
system. The Medicaid Agency may contract with more than one regional care organization in
a Medicaid region. Pursuant to the contract, the Medicaid Agency shall set capitation payments
for the regional care organization. (b) The Medicaid Agency shall...
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22-11D-8
Section 22-11D-8 Rules and regulations. (a) In accordance with the Alabama Administrative Procedure
Act, the board, with the advice and after approval of the council, shall promulgate rules
to implement and administer this chapter. Rules promulgated by the board may include, but
are not limited to, the following: (1) Criteria to ensure that severely injured or ill people
are promptly transported and treated at designated trauma centers appropriate to the severity
of the injury. Minimum criteria shall address emergency medical service trauma triage and
transportation guidelines as approved under the board's emergency medical services rules,
designation of health care facilities as trauma centers, interhospital transfers, and a trauma
system governance structure. (2) Standards for verification of trauma and health care center
status which assign level designations based on resources available within the facility. Standards
shall be based upon national guidelines, including, but not...
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45-49-171.41
Section 45-49-171.41 Mobile County Indigent Care Board authorized. At the determination of
the county commission, there may be hereby established the Mobile County Indigent Care Board,
hereinafter referred to as the board, whose composition and duties shall be as follows: (1)
The county commission may appoint a Mobile County Indigent Care Board which shall consist
of three members who are duly qualified electors of Mobile County, but no member of such board
shall be employed by any hospital. Of the members of the board first appointed under this
section, one shall be appointed for a term of one year, one shall be appointed for a term
of three years, and one shall be appointed for a term of five years. Thereafter, their successors
shall be appointed for terms of five years and may be appointed to succeed themselves as members
of the board. The county commission shall appoint all members to the board. In the event the
county commission does not appoint the board, the duties and...
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30-6-6
Section 30-6-6 Establishment and funding of facilities. (a) In order to be certified, each
domestic violence center shall do all of the following: (1) Provide a facility that shall
serve as a center to receive and house persons who are victims of domestic violence. For the
purpose of this chapter, minor children and other dependents of a victim, when the dependents
are partly or wholly dependent on the victim for support or services, may be sheltered with
the victim in a domestic violence center. (2) Provide minimum services which shall include,
but not be limited to, information and referral services, counseling and case management services,
temporary emergency shelter for more than 24 hours for adult victims and their accompanying
children, a 24-hour hotline, training for law enforcement personnel, assessment and appropriate
referral of resident children, outreach services as defined by standards for counties without
a physical emergency shelter facility, and educational services for...
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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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27-54A-2
Section 27-54A-2 Treatment under certain policies and contracts. (a) As used in this section,
the following words have the following meanings: (1) APPLIED BEHAVIOR ANALYSIS. The design,
implementation, and evaluation of environmental modifications, using behavioral stimuli and
consequences, to produce socially significant improvement in human behavior, including the
use of direct observation, measurement, and functional analysis of the relationship between
environment and behavior. (2) AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER. Any of the pervasive developmental
disorders or autism spectrum disorders as defined by the most recent edition of the Diagnostic
and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) or the edition that was in effect at the
time of diagnosis. (3) BEHAVIORAL HEALTH TREATMENT. Counseling and treatment programs, including
applied behavior analysis that are both of the following: a. Necessary to develop, maintain,
or restore, to the maximum extent practicable, the functioning of an...
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22-13A-4
Section 22-13A-4 Establishment and promotion of program; duties of officer; strategies for
raising public awareness and educating consumers and professionals. (a) The State Department
of Health, hereinafter referred to as "the department," shall establish, promote,
and maintain an osteoporosis prevention and treatment education program in order to raise
public awareness, educate consumers, educate and train health professionals, teachers, and
human service providers, and for other purposes. (b) For purposes of administering this chapter,
the State Health Officer shall do all of the following: (1) Provide sufficient staff to implement
the Osteoporosis Prevention and Treatment Education Program. (2) Provide appropriate training
for staff of the Osteoporosis Prevention and Treatment Education Program. (3) Identify the
appropriate entities to carry out the program. (4) Base the program on the most up-to-date
scientific information and findings. (5) Work to improve the capacity of...
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