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22-13A-2
Section 22-13A-2 Legislative findings. (a) The Legislature finds all of the following: (1)
Osteoporosis, a bone-thinning disease, is a major public health problem that poses a threat
to the health and quality of life to as many as 25 million Americans. (2) The 1.5 million
fractures each year that result from osteoporosis cause pain, disability, immobility and social
isolation, affecting quality of life and threatening the ability of people to live independently.
(3) Because osteoporosis progresses silently and without sensation over many years, and many
cases remain undiagnosed, the first symptom of the disease is often a fracture, typically
of the hip, spine, or wrist. (4) One of two women and one of five men will suffer an osteoporotic
fracture in their lifetime. (5) A woman's risk of hip fracture is equal to her combined risk
of breast, uterine, and ovarian cancer. (6) The annual direct and indirect costs of osteoporosis
to the health care system are estimated to be as high as...
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22-21-357
Section 22-21-357 Definitions. As used in this division, the following terms shall have the
following respective meanings unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: (1) AUTHORITY.
Any public corporation now or hereafter organized or reincorporated, as the case may be, pursuant
to the provisions of the Health Care Authorities Act. (2) AUTHORIZING SUBDIVISION. Each county,
municipality, and educational institution with the governing body of which the application
for the incorporation of any authority under the Health Care Authorities Act or the reincorporation
of a public corporation under the Health Care Authorities Act was filed. (3) COUNTY. Any county
in the State of Alabama. (4) GOVERNING BODY. With respect to a county, its county commission
or other like governing body, and, with respect to a municipality, its city or town council,
board of commissioners or other like governing body, and, with respect to an educational institution,
its board of trustees, or other like governing...
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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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34-24-140.1
Section 34-24-140.1 Board of Chiropractic Examiners - Rulemaking authority. (a) The Legislature
finds and declares all of the following: (1) A primary goal of the provision of health care
is to prioritize patient safety and wellness. (2) The board is in the best position to determine
the practice of chiropractic that prioritizes patient safety and wellness. (3) The power to
make rules regulating the practice of chiropractic includes the power to prohibit unlicensed
persons from practicing chiropractic and the power to regulate how licensed persons practice
chiropractic. (4) It is the intent of the Legislature in enacting this section to immunize
the State Board of Chiropractic Examiners and its members from liability under state and federal
anti-trust laws for the adoption of a rule that prioritizes patient safety and wellness but
may be anti-competitive when the effect on public safety and wellness is clearly demonstrated
and documented by the State Board of Chiropractic Examiners....
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36-1A-2
Section 36-1A-2 Purpose. The Legislature finds that: (1) It is the policy of the state to lessen
the burden of government at both the state and local levels in meeting the needs of human
health, welfare and human care services by supporting charitable giving; (2) There is a need
to provide a single convenient channel through which public employees may support charitable
fund-raising federations and agencies of their choice while minimizing workplace disruption
and administrative cost to Alabama taxpayers; (3) It is necessary to establish a system to
plan and implement one annual charitable fund-raising campaign among state employees in order
to ensure that the funds will be collected and distributed in a responsible manner; and (4)
It is the policy of the state to permit time in the working day during the prescribed campaign
period sufficient for volunteers to participate in the state campaign, with the approval of
the department heads. (Acts 1991, No. 91-561, p. 1037, §2.)...
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16-17A-18
Section 16-17A-18 Legislative findings. In support of and in furtherance of the powers granted
in Section 16-17A-8, the Legislature hereby finds and declares all of the following: (1) Authorities
organized under this chapter and its university affiliates are performing essential public
functions on behalf of the state, the sponsoring university, and other governmental entities
in the state. (2) The nature and scope of the powers conferred on authorities and their university
affiliates by this chapter are such as may compel each authority and each university affiliate,
in the course of exercising its powers or by virtue of such exercise of such powers, to engage
in activities itself or in collaboration with public or private entities and individuals that
may be characterized as anticompetitive or may result in the acquisition or maintenance of
monopoly power within the meaning of state and federal antitrust laws or otherwise may have
the effect of displacing competition in the provision...
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12-23A-3
Section 12-23A-3 Legislative intent. (a) The Legislature recognizes that a critical need exists
in this state for the criminal justice system to more effectively address the number of defendants
who are involved with substance abuse or addiction. For the criminal justice system to maintain
credibility, court and community alternatives for the substance abuse and addiction involved
defendant must be expanded. A growing body of research demonstrates the impact of substance
abuse on public safety, personal health, and health care costs, the spread of communicable
disease, educational performance and attainment, work force reliability and productivity,
family safety, and financial stability. Requiring accountability and effective treatment,
in addition to or in place of, conventional and expensive incarceration, will promote public
safety, the welfare of the individuals involved, reduce the burden upon the State Treasury
and benefit the common welfare of this state. The goals of this...
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22-13A-6
Section 22-13A-6 Interagency Council on Osteoporosis. (a) The department shall establish an
Interagency Council on Osteoporosis. The State Health Officer, or his or her designee, shall
chair the interagency council. The council shall have representatives from appropriate state
departments and agencies, including, but not limited to, the entities with responsibility
for aging, health care reform implementation, education, public welfare, and programs for
women. (b) The council shall be responsible for all of the following: (1) Coordinate osteoporosis
programs conducted by or through the department. (2) Establish a mechanism for sharing information
on osteoporosis among all officials and employees involved in carrying out osteoporosis-related
programs. (3) Review and coordinate the most promising areas of education, prevention, and
treatment concerning osteoporosis. (4) Assist the department and other offices in developing
and coordinating plans for education and health promotion on...
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22-21-264
Section 22-21-264 Criteria for state agency review. The SHPDA, pursuant to the provisions of
Section 22-21-274, shall prescribe by rules and regulations the criteria and clarifying definitions
for reviews covered by this article. These criteria shall include at least the following:
(1) Consistency with the appropriate State Health Facility and services plans effective at
the time the application was received by the State Agency, which shall include the latest
approved revisions of the following plans: a. The most recent Alabama State Health Plan which
shall include updated inventories and separate bed need methodologies for inpatient rehabilitation
beds, inpatient psychiatric beds and inpatient/residential alcohol and drug abuse beds. b.
Alabama State Health Plan for services to the mentally ill. c. Alabama State Plan for rehabilitation
facilities. d. Alabama developmental disabilities plan. e. Alabama State alcoholism plan.
f. Such other State Plans as may from time to time be...
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34-9-43.2
Section 34-9-43.2 Legislative findings; rulemaking authority; liability; scope. (a) The Legislature
finds and declares all of the following: (1) The power to make rules regulating the practice
of dentistry and dental hygiene includes the power to prohibit unlicensed persons from practicing
dentistry and dental hygiene and the power to regulate how licensed persons practice the same.
(2) A primary goal of the provision of health care is to prioritize patient health, safety,
and welfare. (3) The board is in the best position to determine the dental practices that
affect and prioritize the health, safety, and welfare of the public. (4) It is the intent
of the Legislature in enacting this section to immunize the board, its members, employees,
and agents from liability under state and federal anti-trust laws for the adoption of a rule
that prioritizes patient health, safety, and welfare but appears to have elements that appear
anti-competitive or have an anti-competitive effect when the...
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