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16-25-11.9
Section 16-25-11.9 Purchase of credit for employment as court reporters, school support personnel,
or local mental health authority workers. (a) Any active and contributing member of the Teachers'
Retirement System of Alabama who, prior to October 1, 1993, was a regular full-time employee
as an official court reporter with a circuit court in the state or a full-time employee of
a local mental health authority or school support personnel, shall be eligible to receive
credit for such employment provided that the member claiming the credit shall have worked
not less than 10 consecutive years as an official court reporter, and complies with the conditions
prescribed in subsection (b). (b) A member eligible under subsection (a) may receive credit
for regular, full-time employment rendered as an official court reporter with a circuit court
in the state or service rendered to a local mental health authority provided that as conditions
precedent to the receipt of credit: (1) The member...
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22-5B-2
Section 22-5B-2 Legislative findings. (a) The legislative findings, purpose, and intent of
this chapter are to develop the infrastructure for a statewide network of lifespan respite
programs in Alabama and for Alabama Respite to be the statewide entity to address issues relating
to respite care in our state. (b) The Alabama Legislature makes the following findings: (1)
Respite is short term temporary relief that can make a world of difference for family caregivers
of both children and adults with disabilities and other health care needs. (2) Respite is
one of the home and community-based services most requested by family caregivers, yet remains
in short supply. (3) As of 2012, over 818,000 adults in Alabama are caregivers for a family
member. (4) Respite helps preserve families by reducing stress, supporting stability, preventing
situations that can lead to abuse and neglect, and reducing the incidence of divorce and out-of-home
placement. (5) Respite is a simple, cost-effective...
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22-5B-6
Section 22-5B-6 Meetings; coordination of activities; funding. (a) The Alabama Lifespan Respite
Resource Network shall be designated as the entity to facilitate a minimum of two meetings
per year for the Alabama Lifespan Respite Coalition and to coordinate activities and initiatives
of the coalition and that the Alabama Lifespan Respite Coalition shall be the statewide respite
coalition referred to in the Federal Lifespan Respite Care Act of 2006 (PL109-442). Alabama
Respite will work in coordination with the eligible state agency, as mandated by the act,
to develop a Memorandum of Agreement with the eligible state agency in order to allow Alabama
to compete for federal funding. (b) Should funding be obtained through the act, the coalition
will support Alabama Respite's efforts to actively develop and continue respite-related services
with funds utilized for the following mandated purposes: (1) Development or enhancement of
lifespan respite programs at state and local levels. (2)...
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27-21A-12
Section 27-21A-12 Protection against insolvency. (a) Unless otherwise provided below, each
health maintenance organization shall deposit with the commissioner, or with any organization
or trustee acceptable to him through which a custodial or controlled account is utilized,
cash, securities, or any combination of these or other measures acceptable to him in the amount
set forth in this section. (b) The amount for an organization that is beginning operation
shall be the greater of: (1) five percent of its estimated expenditures for health care services
for its first year of operation, (2) twice its estimated average monthly uncovered expenditures
for its first year of operation, or (3) $100,000. At the beginning of each succeeding year,
unless not applicable, the organization shall deposit with the commissioner, or organization,
or trustee, cash, securities, or any combination of these or other measures acceptable to
the commissioner, in an amount equal to four percent of its estimated...
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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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34-21-1
Section 34-21-1 Definitions. For purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall have the
respective meanings ascribed by this section: (1) ADVISORY COUNCILS. Advisory councils provided
for under the terms of this chapter. (2) BOARD. The Board of Nursing created hereunder. (3)
COMPACT. The Enhanced Nurse Licensure Compact provided in Article 7. (4) COORDINATED LICENSE
INFORMATION SYSTEM. A licensing integrated database and process for collecting, storing, and
sharing nurse licensure and enforcement information that includes all licensed registered
nurses and licensed practical/vocational nurses. The system includes all disciplinary history
of each nurse, as administered by a nonprofit organization and controlled by licensing boards.
(5) LICENSED PRACTICAL NURSE. A person who is currently licensed to practice practical nursing.
For the purposes of the Enhanced Nurse Licensure Compact, practical nursing includes practice
as a licensed practical nurse, licensed vocational nurse, or...
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36-1-6.1
Section 36-1-6.1 Professional liability coverage for state employees or agents; duties of Finance
Director; self-insurance; costs of insurance. (a) The various state agencies, departments,
boards, or commissions shall determine and report their needs for liability coverage to the
Finance Director, the Insurance Commissioner, and the Attorney General. The Finance Director,
with the advice of the Insurance Commissioner and Attorney General, shall then determine the
type of blanket policy needed to provide basic coverage for deaths, injuries, or damages arising
out of the negligent or wrongful acts or omissions committed by state employees or agents
of the state, including retired licensed physicians and dentists while they are voluntarily
serving at free health care clinics and individuals serving as foster parents licensed or
approved by the Department of Human Resources to maintain homes for a child or children under
the supervision of the department or serving as adult foster care...
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22-21-24
Section 22-21-24 License - Fees; expiration and renewal; accreditation. The application for
a license to operate a hospital other than an assisted living facility or a specialty care
assisted living facility rising to the level of intermediate care shall be accompanied by
a standard fee of two hundred dollars ($200), plus a fee of five dollars ($5) per bed for
each bed over 10 beds to be licensed in accordance with regulations promulgated under Section
22-21-28. Increase in a hospital's bed capacity during the calendar year is assessed at the
standard fee of two hundred dollars ($200) plus five dollars ($5) each for the net gain in
beds. The initial licensure fee and subsequent annual licensure renewal fee for an assisted
living facility and for a specialty care assisted living facility rising to the level of intermediate
care shall be two hundred dollars ($200) plus fifteen dollars ($15) for each bed. A license
renewal application for any hospital, as defined by this article, which is...
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22-21-318
Section 22-21-318 Powers of authority. (a) In addition to all other powers granted elsewhere
in this article, and subject to the express provisions of its certificate of incorporation,
an authority shall have the following powers, together with all powers incidental thereto
or necessary to the discharge thereof in corporate form: (1) To have succession by its corporate
name for the duration of time, which may be in perpetuity, specified in its certificate of
incorporation or until dissolved as provided in Section 22-21-339; (2) To sue and be sued
in its own name in civil suits and actions, and to defend suits and actions against it, including
suits and actions ex delicto and ex contractu, subject, however, to the provisions of Chapter
93 of Title 11, which chapter is hereby made applicable to the authority; (3) To adopt and
make use of a corporate seal and to alter the same at pleasure; (4) To adopt, alter, amend
and repeal bylaws, regulations and rules, not inconsistent with the...
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22-4-7
Section 22-4-7 Statewide Health Coordinating Council - Establishment; composition; qualifications,
appointment and terms of office of members; officers; meetings; vacancies; appointment of
consultants and task forces; compensation of members of council and members of task forces.
There shall be established an advisory council, to be designated the Statewide Health Coordinating
Council, which shall advise and consult with the State Board of Health as the designated health
planning and development agency in the administration of the health planning and resource
development functions set forth in this article. The council shall have not less than 16 members
appointed by the Governor from a list of not less than five nominees submitted by each health
systems agency which falls, in whole or in part, within the state. Each health systems agency
shall be entitled to not less than two members of the council, and each shall have the same
number of members. Of the representatives of a health...
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