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16-13B-2
Section 16-13B-2 Exceptions to competitive bidding requirements. (a) Competitive bids shall
not be required for utility services for county or city boards of education, the rates for
which are fixed by law, regulation, or ordinance, and the competitive bidding requirements
of this chapter shall not apply to: (1) The purchase of insurance. (2) Contracts for securing
services of attorneys, physicians, architects, teachers, superintendents of construction,
artists, appraisers, engineers, consultants, certified public accountants, public accountants,
or other individuals possessing a high degree of professional skill where the personality
of the individual plays a decisive part. (3) Contracts of employment in the regular civil
service. (4) Contracts for fiscal or financial advice or services. (5) Purchases of products
made or manufactured by the blind or visually handicapped under the direction or supervision
of the Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind in accordance with Sections 21-2-1 to...
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27-20A-1
Section 27-20A-1 Definitions. The following words and phrases used in this chapter, and others
evidently intended as the equivalent thereof, shall, in the absence of clear implication otherwise,
be given the following respective interpretations herein: (1) ALCOHOLISM. A chronic disorder
or illness in which the individual is unable, for psychological or physical reasons, or both,
to refrain from the frequent consumption of alcohol in quantities sufficient to produce intoxication
and, ultimately, injury to health and effective functioning. (2) DETOXIFICATION. Supervised
physical withdrawal from alcohol. (3) INPATIENT TREATMENT FOR ALCOHOLISM. Care provided in
a licensed hospital and is normally limited to detoxification where severe medical or psychiatric
complications are present or may be anticipated. (4) SHORT TERM RESIDENTIAL ALCOHOLISM TREATMENT
FACILITY. A state certified facility which provides structured programs of intensive treatment
services for people addicted to alcohol....
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38-6-5
Section 38-6-5 Persons eligible for medical assistance. Medical assistance for the aged shall
be payable under this chapter on behalf of any needy person who has attained the age of 65
years and who: (1) Has made application therefor in the manner prescribed by the State Department
of Human Resources; (2) Has been certified by the appropriate medical profession to be in
need of medical assistance under this chapter; (3) Has not sufficient income and resources
(including insurance, workers' compensation, etc.) to meet the cost of necessary medical services;
(4) Is a resident of the state; (5) Has not directly or indirectly disposed of or deprived
himself of any property for the purpose of qualifying for the benefits of this chapter; (6)
Is not receiving an old age pension. Medical assistance for the aged shall be payable under
this chapter on behalf of any person who is a patient of an institution, public or private,
where such payments are matchable under the provisions of the Federal...
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40-26B-71
Section 40-26B-71 Assessment. (a) For state fiscal years 2020, 2021, and 2022, an assessment
is imposed on each privately operated hospital in the amount of 6.00 percent of net patient
revenue in fiscal year 2017, which shall be reviewed and updated annually, subject to limitations
in this article on the use of funds in the Hospital Assessment Account. The assessment is
a cost of doing business as a privately operated hospital in the State of Alabama. Annually,
the Medicaid Agency shall make a determination of whether changes in federal law or regulation
have adversely affected hospital Medicaid reimbursement during the most recently completed
fiscal year, or a reduction in payment rates has occurred. If the agency determines that adverse
impact to hospital Medicaid reimbursement has occurred, or will occur, the agency shall report
its findings to the Chair of the House Ways and Means General Fund Committee who shall propose
an amendment to this article during any legislative session...
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22-21-53
Section 22-21-53 Powers. (a) Any district or regional hospital association is hereby authorized
and empowered to exercise the following powers in addition to others granted in this article:
(1) To cooperate with the State Board of Health for the purpose of constructing, equipping,
maintaining and operating a hospital by making appropriate application to the State Board
of Health; to enter into a cooperative contract with the State Board of Health for this purpose;
(2) To act as an agent for the State Board of Health under a cooperative contract to prepare,
carry out and operate hospital projects; (3) To provide for the construction, reconstruction,
improvement, alteration or repair of any hospital, or any part thereof; (4) To take over,
by purchase, lease or otherwise, any hospital; (5) To manage, as agent of the State Board
of Health, any hospital constructed or owned by the association; (6) To arrange, with any
appropriate local or state agencies, for the opening or closing of...
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40-26B-82
Section 40-26B-82 Effectiveness and cessation. (a) The assessment imposed under this article
shall not take effect or shall cease to be imposed and any moneys remaining in the Hospital
Assessment Account in the Alabama Medicaid Program Trust Fund shall be refunded to hospitals
in proportion to the amounts paid by them if any of the following occur: (1) Expenditures
for hospital inpatient and outpatient services paid for by the Alabama Medicaid Program for
fiscal years 2020, 2021, and 2022, are less than the amount paid during fiscal year 2017.
Reimbursement rates under this article for fiscal years 2020, 2021, and 2022, are less than
the rates approved by CMS in Sections 40-26B-79 and 40-26B-80. (2) The Medicaid Agency makes
changes in its rules that reduce hospital inpatient payment rates, outpatient payment rates,
or adjustment payments, including any cost settlement protocol, that were in effect on September
30, 2019. (3) The inpatient or outpatient hospital access payments required...
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45-37-121.01
Section 45-37-121.01 Personnel board - Extent of authority. In and for each separate county
of the State of Alabama which has a population of 400,000 or more people according to the
last or any future federal census, there shall be a personnel board for the government and
control by rules and regulations and practices hereinafter set out or authorized of all employees
and appointees holding positions in the classified service of such counties and the municipalities
therein whose population according to the last federal census was 5,000 or more and the county
board of health, and such personnel board is vested with such power, authority, and jurisdiction.
Provided, however, that such board shall not govern any officers or appointees holding positions
in the unclassified service. The unclassified service shall include: All employees or appointees
of a city or county board of education, or a library board; persons engaged in the profession
of teaching in the public schools; officers...
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22-50-11
Section 22-50-11 Department - Additional and cumulative powers. The Department of Mental Health
is given hereby the following additional and cumulative powers through its commissioner: (1)
It is authorized and directed to set up state plans for the purpose of controlling and treating
any and all forms of mental and emotional illness and any and all forms of mental retardation
and shall divide the state into regions, districts, areas or zones, which need not be geographic
areas, but shall be areas for the purpose of establishing priorities and programs and for
organizational and administrative purposes in accordance with these state plans. (2) It is
designated and authorized to supervise, coordinate, and establish standards for all operations
and activities of the state related to mental health and the providing of mental health services;
and it is authorized to receive and administer any funds available from any source for the
purpose of acquiring building sites for, constructing,...
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27-1-17.1
Section 27-1-17.1 Payment of providers through electronic funds transfer methods. (a) As used
in this section, the following words shall have the following meanings: (1) ACH ELECTRONIC
FUNDS TRANSFER. An electronic funds transfer through the Health Insurance Portability and
Accountability Act (HIPPA) standard Automated Clearing House network. (2) COVERED HEALTH CARE
PROVIDER. A physician as defined in Section 34-24-50.1; a dentist as defined in Section 34-9-1;
a chiropractor as defined in Section 34-24-120; an individual engaged in the practice of optometry
as defined in Section 34-22-1; other licensed health care professionals as defined in Title
34; a hospital as defined in Section 22-21-20; and a health care facility, or other provider
who or that is accredited, licensed, or certified and who or that is performing within the
scope of that accreditation, license, or certification. (3) HEALTH INSURANCE PLAN. Any hospital
and medical expense incurred policy, health maintenance...
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34-27B-2
Section 34-27B-2 Definitions. As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the following
meanings: (1) BOARD. The Alabama State Board of Respiratory Therapy. (2) DIRECT CLINICAL SUPERVISION.
A situation where a licensed respiratory therapist or physician is available for the purpose
of communication, consultation, and assistance. (3) HEALTHCARE FACILITY. The definition shall
be the same as in Section 22-21-260. (4) MEDICALLY APPROVED PROTOCOL. A detailed plan for
taking specific diagnostic or treatment actions, or both, authorized by the treating physician
of the patient, all of which actions shall be: a. In a hospital or other inpatient health
care facility, approved by the supervising physician of the respiratory therapist or in an
outpatient treatment setting approved by the supervising physician of the respiratory therapist.
b. Except in cases of medical emergency, instituted following an evaluation of the patient
by a physician or otherwise directed by the supervising...
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