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22-6-11
Section 22-6-11 Breast and cervical cancer prevention and treatment. (a) This section
shall be known and may be cited as the "2009 Breast and Cervical Cancer Prevention and
Treatment Act." (b)(1) Medicaid eligibility and coverage shall be extended to a woman
who has been determined to be eligible to participate in and has been screened for breast
or cervical cancer by any health care provider or entity, or both, that satisfies any of the
following: a. Receives direct payment for screening services by National Breast and Cervical
Cancer Early Detection Program (NBCCEDP) Title XV funds. b. Is funded at least in part by
NBCCEDP grantee Title XV funds for screening services. c. Is not funded at all by NBCCEDP
grantee Title XV funds but has been identified by the Department of Public Health as part
of the Alabama Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program and operates consistently
within its guidelines. (2) Coverage under this section shall be limited to any woman
screened and...
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36-30-50
Section 36-30-50 Supplemental insurance coverage for firefighters with cancer. (a) For
the purposes of this section, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
(1) CANCER. Includes bladder, blood, brain, breast, cervical, esophageal, intestinal, kidney,
lymphatic, lung, prostate, rectum, respiratory tract, skin, testicular, and thyroid cancer,
leukemia, multiple myeloma, Hodgkin's lymphoma, and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. (2) CAREER FIREFIGHTER.
Any person employed with the state, a county or municipal government, an airport authority,
or a fire district who has obtained certification as a firefighter through and as defined
by the Alabama Firefighters' Personnel Standards and Education Commission, or a firefighter
employed by the Alabama Forestry Commission who has been certified by the State Forester as
having met the wild land firefighter training standard of the National Wildfire Coordinating
Group, and is offered typical employment benefits, including health insurance...
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22-6-10
Section 22-6-10 Women's right to health care. (a) This section shall be known
and may be cited as the "Women's Right to Health Care Act." (b) Any state program
funded under Title XIX of the federal Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. Section 1396 et
seq., and any other publicly funded state health care program which provides coverage for
mastectomy surgery shall also provide coverage for reconstruction of the breast on which surgery
has been performed and surgery and reconstruction of the other breast to produce a symmetrical
appearance if the patient is eligible for Medicaid and elects reconstruction within two years
of the mastectomy surgery and in the manner chosen by the patient and the physician, in accordance
with guidelines consistent with Medicare and other third party payers. Reimbursement is allowed
only for breast reconstructive surgery following a medically necessary mastectomy when performed
for the removal of cancer. As used in this section, the term "reconstruction"
shall...
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22-13-70
Section 22-13-70 Standardized summary of treatment methods, reconstruction options,
and availability of coverage. (a) The Alabama Department of Public Health shall develop a
standardized written summary, in plain nontechnical language, which shall contain all of the
following: (1) An explanation of the alternative medically viable methods of treating breast
cancer including, but not limited to, hormonal, radiological, chemotherapeutic, or surgical
treatments, or combinations thereof. (2) Information on breast reconstructive surgery including,
but not limited to, the use of breast implants, their side effects, risks, and other pertinent
information to aid a person in deciding on a course of treatment. (3) An explanation of the
special provisions relating to mastectomy, lymph node dissection, lumpectomy, and breast reconstructive
surgery coverage, and second opinion coverage, including out-of-network options, under the
insurance law, Section 22-6-10, Section 22-6-11, and Chapter 50,...
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27-14-11.1
Section 27-14-11.1 Contents of policies - Denial or reduction of benefits due to Medicaid
eligibility void. (a) For purposes of this section, "private insurer" is
defined as any of the following: (1) Any commercial insurance company offering health or casualty
insurance to individuals or groups, including both experience-rated contracts and indemnity
contracts. (2) Any profit or nonprofit prepaid plan offering either medical services or full
or partial payment for the diagnosis or treatment of an injury, disease, or disability. (3)
Any organization administering health or casualty insurance plans for professional associations,
unions, fraternal groups, employer-employee benefit plans, and any similar organization offering
these payments or services, including self-insured and self-funded plans. (4) Any health insurer,
including group health plans, as defined in Section 607(1) of the Employee Retirement
Income Security Act of 1974, self-insured plans, service benefit plans, managed care...
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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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22-13-51
Section 22-13-51 Establishment and purpose of programs. The department shall establish
programs for breast, cervical, and colorectal cancer awareness for the following purposes:
(1) Reducing morbidity and mortality from breast, cervical, and colorectal cancer through
prevention, early detection, and treatment. (2) Making breast, cervical, and colorectal cancer
screening services available to underserved and uninsured individuals throughout the state,
especially those whose economic circumstances or geographic locations limit access to screening
facilities. (3) Raising public awareness about breast, cervical, and colorectal cancer. (4)
Collecting, classifying, and analyzing relevant research information and data concerning breast,
cervical, and colorectal cancer. (5) Serving as a resource for information regarding breast,
cervical, and colorectal cancer. (Act 2010-587, p. 1318, §2.)...
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16-25A-5
Section 16-25A-5 Authorization for health insurance plan; election of optional or supplemental
coverage. (a) The board is hereby empowered and authorized to establish a fully insured or
self-insured health insurance plan for employees and, under certain conditions, retired employees
and to adopt and promulgate rules and regulations for the administration of such plan subject
to such limitations as may be contained in this article. Such plan may provide for group hospitalization,
surgical, medical, cancer, cash indemnity, and dental insurance against the financial costs
of hospitalization, surgical, and medical treatment and care and may also include, among other
things, prescribed drugs, medicines, prosthetic appliances, hospital inpatient and outpatient
service benefits, and hospital/medical expenses indemnity benefits, including major medical
benefits or such other coverage or benefits as may be deemed appropriate and desirable by
the board, within the limits of such funds as may be...
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22-6-14
Section 22-6-14 Autism Spectrum Disorder coverage and reimbursement under Alabama Medicaid
program. In the administration of and provision of benefits for the Alabama Medicaid program,
the Alabama Medicaid Agency, on and after December 31, 2018, shall provide coverage and reimbursement
for the treatment of Autism Spectrum Disorder in the same manner and same levels as health
benefit plans. (Act 2017-337, §2.)...
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40-18-140
Section 40-18-140 Contribution designations. (a)(1) Each Alabama resident individual
income taxpayer desiring to contribute to any of the programs listed in subsection (b) may
designate an amount of his or her refund, rounded off in whole dollars, in an appropriate
box on the state income tax return form, to be credited to the program. (2) All future check-offs,
duly enacted by the Legislature subsequent to April 17, 2006, shall be accorded an appropriate
box on the state income tax return forms, subject to the terms and conditions prescribed herein,
without the requirement that they be added by amendment to this section. (b) Contributions
received for the following authorized charitable and nonpolitical income tax check-off recipients,
less costs of administration to the Department of Revenue not to exceed five percent, shall
be distributed and appropriated as provided herein: (1) Contributions to the Alabama Aging
Program shall be deposited with the State Treasurer into the Alabama...
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