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27-1-10.1
Section 27-1-10.1 Insurance coverage for drugs to treat life-threatening illnesses. (a) The
Legislature finds and declares the following: (1) The citizens of this state rely upon health
insurance to cover the cost of obtaining health care and it is essential that the citizens'
expectation that their health care costs will be paid by their insurance policies is not disappointed
and that they obtain the coverage necessary and appropriate for their care within the terms
of their insurance policies. (2) Some insurers deny payment for drugs that have been approved
by the Federal Food and Drug Administration, hereafter referred to as FDA, when the drugs
are used for indications other than those stated in the labelling approved by the FDA, off-label
use, while other insurers with similar coverage terms do pay for off-label use. (3) Denial
of payment for off-label use can interrupt or effectively deny access to necessary and appropriate
treatment for a person being treated for a...
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36-27-20
Section 36-27-20 Increase in maximum retirement allowance of certain state, etc., employees
- 1971 five percent increase. (a) On or after October 1, 1971, there is hereby provided to
any state employee who retired prior to October 1, 1971, an increase in his maximum retirement
allowance by an amount of up to five percent, excluding that part of five percent provided
by any other legislation in 1971. (b) On or after October 1, 1971, there is hereby provided
to any employee who was retired prior to October 1, 1971, as an employee participating in
the Employees' Retirement System of Alabama under the provisions of Section 36-27-6 an increase
in his maximum retirement allowance by an amount of up to five percent, excluding that part
of five percent provided by any other legislation in 1971. The employer participating under
said Section 36-27-6 as described in this subsection shall provide the funds necessary to
pay the increase in retirement allowances as described in this subsection. (c)...
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2-8-383
Section 2-8-383 Rulemaking authority; disposition of funds; powers and duties of department.
(a) The department may adopt rules in accordance with the Alabama Administrative Procedure
Act, as necessary to administer an industrial hemp research program and to license growers
to grow industrial hemp pursuant to this article, including rules establishing reasonable
fees for licenses, permits, or other necessary expenses to defray the cost of implementing
and operating the industrial hemp research program in this state on an ongoing basis. All
revenue collected pursuant to rules adopted for the industrial hemp research under this section
shall be deposited in the State Treasury to the credit of the Agricultural Fund. (b) The department
or an institution of higher education may pursue any permits or waivers from the United States
Drug Enforcement Administration or appropriate federal agency that are necessary for the advancement
of the industrial hemp research program. (c) The department...
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22-10C-3
Section 22-10C-3 (Effective until September 30, 2021, unless extended by the Legislature.)
Purpose; meetings; reports; compensation. (a) The goal of the commission is to coordinate
research and distribute funding for research on the study of tick borne illness in Alabama
and to make suggestions for the treatment of and reduction and eradication of tick borne illness
in the state. Research may include methods of prevention, treatment, surveillance, diagnosis,
risk prediction, outreach, and intervention of tick borne illness. The commission may not
issue any recommendation that would create or define standards for the practice of medicine.
(b) Upon adjournment of the 2016 Regular Legislative Session, the commission shall schedule
an initial meeting to organize and discuss a plan of action and create criteria and an application
process for awarding research funds appropriated to the commission for such purposes, and
the commission shall meet as necessary thereafter to achieve its goals....
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27-1-16
Section 27-1-16 Standard health insurance claim form; electronic claims form; various claim
forms. (a)(1) The Commissioner of the Department of Insurance shall prescribe a standard health
insurance claim form to be used by all hospitals. The forms shall be prescribed in a format
which allows for the use of generally accepted diagnosis and treatment coding systems by providers
of health care and payors. The standard form shall be accepted and used by all insurers doing
business in the State of Alabama and by all state agencies which pay providers of health care
for hospital services. (2) The Commissioner of the Department of Insurance shall also prescribe
a format for all health insurance claims transmitted or submitted for payment by electronic
or electro-mechanical means. Such a format shall be used by all insurers doing business in
the State of Alabama and by all state agencies which pay providers of health care for hospital
services. (b) An advisory committee of five persons, two...
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38-9B-1
Section 38-9B-1 Legislative findings. (a) The Legislature finds and declares the following:
(1) It is an essential function of state government to provide basic support for persons with
a mental or physical impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activities,
whether the impairment is congenital or occurs by reason of accident, injury, age, or disease.
(2) The cost of providing basic support for persons with a mental or physical impairment is
difficult for many citizens to afford, and they are forced to rely upon the government to
provide that support. (3) The families and friends of persons with a mental or physical impairment
desire to supplement, but not replace, the basic support provided by state government and
other governmental programs. (4) Medical, social, and other supplemental services are often
provided by family members and friends of persons with a mental or physical impairment, for
the lifetime of the impaired persons. (5) It is necessary and desirable...
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11-3-15
Section 11-3-15 Operation, etc., of bridges over navigable, etc., streams - Authorized generally;
expenditure of county funds therefor. The county commissions of the several counties of the
State of Alabama are vested with the following authority in connection with and in addition
to any authority, general or special, heretofore vested in them by law. For and on behalf
of the respective county which it represents, the county commission may contract for and take
over, by lease or otherwise, the operation of bridges over navigable or other streams and
may maintain the same as public highways and may expend county funds in the pursuance of such
contracts, whether for the purpose of such leases or for the payment of the cost of maintenance
or for liability accruing to such county or to the owners or lessors of such bridges on account
of accidents or injuries that may arise from such operations. (Acts 1923, No. 238, p. 230;
Code 1923, §6759; Code 1940, T. 12, §16.)...
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12-21-147
Section 12-21-147 Use of registered therapy dog in certain legal proceedings. (a) For purposes
of this section, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (1) ACTIVE MEMBER.
Therapy dog teams who have had recorded visits at facilities including hospitals, nursing
homes, libraries, and extended care facilities in the past 18 months. (2) REGISTERED HANDLER.
A volunteer registered by the court system as a therapy dog handler who has not been convicted
of sexual, animal, or domestic abuse or any felony, who has been registered by a qualifying
therapy dog organization, and has taken an oath of confidentiality. An officer of the court
may be a handler only if there is no expense to the state. (3) REGISTERED THERAPY DOG. a.
A trained emotional support dog that has been tested and registered by a nonprofit therapy
dog organization that sets standards and requirements for the health, welfare, task work,
and oversight for therapy dogs and their handlers, including at a minimum, all...
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12-21-5
Section 12-21-5 Copy of hospital records - Admissibility. When the original would be admissible
in any case or proceeding in a court in the state, a certified copy of the hospital records
of any hospital organized or operated under or pursuant to the laws of Alabama, including
records of admission, medical, hospital, occupational, disease, injury and disability histories,
temperature and other charts, X rays and written interpretations thereof, pictures, photographs,
files, written orders, directions, findings and reports and interpretations of physicians,
doctors, surgeons, pathologists, radiologists, specialists, dentists, technicians and nurses,
as well as of all employees of such hospital, forming a part of such hospital records as to
the health, condition, state, injuries, sickness, disease, mental, physical and nervous disorders,
duration and character of disabilities, diagnosis, prognosis, progress, wounds, cuts, contusions,
lacerations, breaks, loss of blood, incisions,...
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16-22A-33
Section 16-22A-33 Submission of additional reports; suitability determination. Upon request
of the State Superintendent of Education, the Department of Public Safety shall request and
obtain nationwide criminal history background information reports from the Federal Bureau
of Investigation and statewide criminal history background information reports from the Alabama
Bureau of Investigation for each current public certified employee and current public noncertified
employee within a reasonable time after receipt of the request. Within a reasonable time after
receipt of the reports, the Department of Public Safety shall submit both the nationwide and
statewide criminal history background information reports directly to the State Department
of Education. (1) If the criminal history background information reports pertain to a current
public certified employee, the State Superintendent of Education shall review the criminal
history record information reports and make a diligent effort to...
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