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29-2-20
Section 29-2-20 Creation; composition; duties. (a) A permanent legislative committee which
shall be composed of eight members, two of whom shall be ex officio members and six of whom
shall be appointed members, three each to be appointed by the President of the Senate and
Speaker of the House, who shall both serve as the ex officio members, shall be formed to assist
in realizing the recommendations of the Legislative Prison Task Force and examine all aspects
of the operations of the Department of Corrections. The chairman of the committee shall be
selected by and from among the membership. The committee shall make diligent inquiry and a
full examination of Alabama's present and long term prison needs and they shall file reports
of their findings and recommendations to the Alabama Legislature not later than the fifteenth
legislative day of each regular session that the committee continues to exist. (b) The committee
shall study and address mental health issues for prisoners reentering...
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38-9-8
Section 38-9-8 Reports by physicians, etc., of physical, sexual, or emotional abuse, neglect,
or exploitation - Required; contents; investigation. (a) All physicians and other practitioners
of the healing arts or any caregiver having reasonable cause to believe that any protected
person has been subjected to physical abuse, neglect, exploitation, sexual abuse, or emotional
abuse shall report or cause a report to be made as follows: (1) An oral report, by telephone
or otherwise, shall be made immediately, followed by a written report, to the county department
of human resources or to the chief of police of the city or city and county, or to the sheriff
of the county if the observation is made in an unincorporated territory, except that reports
of a nursing home employee who abuses, neglects, or misappropriates the property of a nursing
home resident shall be made to the Department of Public Health. The requirements to report
suspicion of suspected abuse, neglect, or misappropriation of...
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38-9A-5
Section 38-9A-5 State Support Council. (a) The State Support Council is created and shall be
comprised of not more than 15 consumer and family members. Of these, there will be three representatives
appointed by each regional support council. These shall include a regional council officer,
one other regional council member, and a community council member. Additionally, the following
individuals or their designees shall serve as nonvoting advisory members: The Chair of the
Developmental Disabilities Planning Council, the Commissioner of the Department of Human Resources,
the Commissioner of the Department of Mental Health, the State Superintendent of Education,
the Director of the Department of Rehabilitation Services, and the State Health Officer of
the Department of Public Health. The State Support Council shall provide a forum for the development
of a state plan for an individual and family support system reflecting the experiences and
needs of each region which shall be updated at...
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38-9D-4
Section 38-9D-4 Powers and duties. The council shall have the following duties and authority:
(1) Define the roles and responsibilities of all participating agencies. (2) Adopt rules for
the internal operation of the council. (3) Recommend to the Commissioner of the Department
of Senior Services appointment of additional members to serve on the council as deemed necessary
and appropriate. (4) Develop a long-range plan, reviewed semi-annually, for addressing the
needs of those at risk for elder abuse, which, to the extent practical, is derived from scientific
based research and nationally recognized best practices. The council shall provide a copy
of the plan and a detailed summary of any progress toward implementation of the plan to the
Governor and the Legislature on or before the 10th legislative day of each regular session.
The plan should include, but not be limited to, all of the following: a. The elimination of
barriers to identifying and reporting elder abuse such as duplicative...
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41-9-1060
Section 41-9-1060 Creation; composition; meetings. (a) The Commission on Girls and Women in
the Criminal Justice System is created. (b) The commission shall be composed of all of the
following members: (1) Three members of each house, to be appointed by the presiding officer
in each house. One member of each house shall be designated the co-chairperson of the commission.
(2) The Director of the Board of Pardons and Paroles or his or her designee. (3) The Commissioner
of the Department of Corrections or his or her designee. (4) The Executive Director of the
Alabama Department of Youth Services or his or her designee. (5) The Commissioner of the Department
of Human Resources or his or her designee. (6) The Commissioner of the Department of Mental
Health or his or her designee. (7) The Executive Director of the Alabama Sentencing Commission
or his or her designee. (8) The State Health Officer of the Alabama Department of Public Health
or his or her designee. (9) The Chancellor of...
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44-1-51
Section 44-1-51 Composition; compensation; records. (a) The Governor shall be the ex officio
Chair of the Youth Services Board. (b) The board shall be composed of 18 voting members, five
of whom shall be the Commissioner of the State Department of Human Resources, the State Superintendent
of Education, the Commissioner of Mental Health, the State Health Officer, and the Director
of the Alabama Law Enforcement Planning Agency, each of whom may delegate his or her vote
to an agent or employee by written notification 10 days prior to a meeting of the board. (c)
The chair, vice chair, and secretary of the board shall be elected by the members thereof.
The chair shall vote only in the case of a tie. (d) The Speaker of the Alabama House of Representatives
shall appoint two members to be selected from the membership of the House and the Presiding
Officer of the Alabama Senate shall appoint two members to be selected from the membership
of the Senate. The President of the Alabama Council of...
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45-19-141.11
Section 45-19-141.11 Disposition of funds. The association shall retain five percent of the
gross proceeds from each district to be used, after approval by a majority vote of member
departments in good standing, for countywide fire protection, fire prevention, and emergency
medical services to include, but not be limited to, fire or emergency medical equipment, fire
or emergency medical supplies, training, buildings, capital improvements, insurance, dues,
and professional services. These proceeds shall not be used for salaries, entertainment, or
fund-raising purposes. Any proceeds from the association's five percent share of the fees
collected that are unexpended or not appropriated at the end of the fiscal year shall remain
in the association's treasury for appropriation and use during any fiscal year thereafter.
These proceeds shall be administered by the association in compliance with all applicable
requirements of the Department of Examiners of Public Accounts. The association...
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12-15-319
Section 12-15-319 Grounds for termination of parental rights; factors considered; presumption
arising from abandonment. (a) If the juvenile court finds from clear and convincing evidence,
competent, material, and relevant in nature, that the parents of a child are unable or unwilling
to discharge their responsibilities to and for the child, or that the conduct or condition
of the parents renders them unable to properly care for the child and that the conduct or
condition is unlikely to change in the foreseeable future, it may terminate the parental rights
of the parents. In a hearing on a petition for termination of parental rights, the court shall
consider the best interests of the child. In determining whether or not the parents are unable
or unwilling to discharge their responsibilities to and for the child and to terminate the
parental rights, the juvenile court shall consider the following factors including, but not
limited to, the following: (1) That the parents have abandoned...
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14-14-2
Section 14-14-2 Definitions. For purposes of this chapter, the following words shall have the
following meanings: (1) COMMISSIONER. The Commissioner of the Department of Corrections. (2)
DEPARTMENT. The Department of Corrections. (3) GERIATRIC INMATE. A person 55 years of age
or older convicted in this state of a non-capital felony offense and sentenced to the penitentiary,
who suffers from a chronic life-threatening infirmity, life-threatening illness, or chronic
debilitating disease related to aging, who poses a low risk to the community, and who does
not constitute a danger to himself or herself or society. (4) PERMANENTLY INCAPACITATED INMATE.
A state inmate who possesses a permanent, irreversible physical or mental health condition
that prevents him or her from being able to perpetrate a violent physical action upon another
person or self or initiate or participate in a criminal act. The medical or mental health
treatment or need for assistance of such individual must require...
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15-16-41
Section 15-16-41 Determination of necessity for hearing as to involuntary commitment of defendant
found not guilty by reason of insanity; subsequent proceedings. If a defendant in a criminal
case is found not guilty by reason of insanity, the court shall forthwith determine whether
the defendant should be held for a hearing on the issue of his involuntary commitment to the
Alabama State Department of Mental Health. If the court determines that there is probable
cause to believe that the defendant is mentally ill and as a consequence of such mental illness
poses a real and present threat of substantial harm to himself or to others, the court shall
order the defendant into the custody of the sheriff until a hearing can be held to determine
whether the defendant shall be involuntarily committed. If the court does not make such a
determination, then the defendant shall be forthwith released from custody. (Acts 1981, No.
81-708, p. 1189, ยง1.)...
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