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22-5A-2
Section 22-5A-2 Definitions. For the purposes of this chapter, the following words shall
have the meanings ascribed to them by this section: (1) ADMINISTRATOR. Any person charged
with the general administration or supervision of a health care, domiciliary or residential
facility without regard to whether such person has an ownership interest in such facility
or to whether such person's functions and duties are shared with one or more other persons.
(2) COMMUNITY OMBUDSMAN. A person selected by an area agency on aging who is then trained
and certified as such by the commission pursuant to Section 22-5A-4. (3) DEPARTMENT.
Department of Senior Services. (4) HEALTH CARE FACILITY. Any skilled nursing facility, intermediate
care facility, domiciliary, boarding home facility or hospital now or hereafter subject to
regulation or licensure by the Bureau of Licensure and Certification of the State Department
of Health or a county department of health which provides any generally accepted facet...
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22-6-6.1
Section 22-6-6.1 Assignment to state of recipients' rights to payments for medical care;
authorization to release needed information. (a) Every recipient of medical assistance under
the Alabama Medicaid Program shall be deemed to have made assignment to the State of Alabama
of any and all rights of his to medical support or payments for medical care from any person,
firm or corporation, together with the rights of any other individuals eligible for medical
assistance for whom he can legally make assignment. This assignment shall be effective to
the extent of the amount of medical assistance actually paid by the Medicaid Agency. The recipient
shall cooperate fully with the Medicaid Agency in its efforts to secure such rights, and shall
execute and deliver all instruments and papers needed by the Medicaid Agency in this regard.
(b) Every recipient of medical assistance under the Alabama Medicaid Program shall be deemed
to have authorized all third parties, including insurance companies...
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38-15-8
Section 38-15-8 Rulemaking authority; authority of department to act in loco parentis;
registration approval required; performance of services in accordance with religious beliefs.
(a) On or before January 1, 2018, the department shall adopt rules to implement this chapter,
in consultation with interested parties, including representatives of any institution with
any combination of organizational characteristics defined by this section, former residents
of long-term youth residential facilities, advocates for youth, and private concerned parties.
Until rules are adopted by the department and become effective any existing child or youth
residential organization, facility, institution, boarding school, or program operating in
this state shall be governed by the rules applicable to residential care facilities regulated
by the Department of Human Resources pursuant to published minimum standards for residential
child care facilities. Any institution, facility, or program subject to this...
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38-11A-2
Section 38-11A-2 Establishment of a welfare employment program; eligibility. (a) The
Department of Human Resources shall establish and administer a welfare employment program
for persons applying for, or receiving, public assistance in the State of Alabama. The department
shall develop program policy, criteria, requirements, and procedures and issue rules and regulations
for governance of the program, insofar as federal guidelines permit, and shall assume program
management responsibilities including budget planning, cost accounting, data collecting and
reporting, evaluation and assessment of program performance, and standards for effective use
of distributed funds. The program shall include development of employment strategies, employment-related
programs and activities and family support services directed toward affecting the intent and
goals of this chapter. (b) As a condition of eligibility for Temporary Assistance for Needy
Families (TANF) an applicant shall have applied for at...
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31-9B-3
Section 31-9B-3 Providing of information; requirements for emergency and disaster planning
provisions; immunity. (a) All appropriate agencies and community-based service providers,
including, but not limited to, home health care providers, hospices, community mental health
centers, and related facilities, but not including health care facilities which provide inpatient
care to include general and specialized hospitals including ancillary services, skilled nursing
facilities, intermediate care facilities, or any assisted living facility, shall provide information
on the number of individuals with medical needs and shall assist the State Health Department
in the establishment of programs to increase the awareness of medical needs shelters, and
in educating clients and sponsors or caregivers about the procedures that may be necessary
for their safety during disasters. (b) State agencies that regulate or contract with providers
of services, or both, for persons with disabilities or...
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22-30-9
Section 22-30-9 General responsibilities of State Department. The responsibilities of
the department include the following: (1) The department may adopt procedures for granting
variances and is empowered to grant such variances. (2) The department, acting through the
commission, may promulgate, and may revise when appropriate, rules and regulations and may
enter into agreements to ensure that information obtained by the department regarding facilities
and sites for the treatment, storage and disposal of hazardous waste is available to the public
in substantially the same manner, and to the same degree, as would be the case under the Federal
Hazardous Waste Management Program administered by the United States Environmental Protection
Agency under authority of the RCRA and shall establish procedures to ensure that trade secrets
used by any person regarding methods of hazardous wastes handling and disposal are utilized
by the department, or any authorized representative of the department,...
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27-21A-10
Section 27-21A-10 Complaint system. (a)(1) Every health maintenance organization shall
establish and maintain a complaint system which has been approved by the commissioner, after
consultation with the State Health Officer, to provide reasonable procedures for the resolution
of written complaints initiated by enrollees. (2) Each health maintenance organization shall
submit to the commissioner and the State Health Officer an annual report in a form prescribed
by the commissioner, after consultation with the State Health Officer, which shall include:
a. A description of the procedures of such complaint system; b. The total number of complaints
handled through such complaint system and a compilation of causes underlying the complaints
filed; and c. The number, amount, and disposition of malpractice claims and other claims relating
to the service or care rendered by the health maintenance organization made by enrollees of
the organization that were settled during the year by the health...
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27-21A-4
Section 27-21A-4 Powers of health maintenance organizations. (a) The powers of a health
maintenance organization include, but are not limited to the following: (1) The purchase,
lease, construction, renovation, operation, or maintenance of hospitals, medical facilities,
or both, and their ancillary equipment; (2) The making of loans other than in the ordinary
course of business, to providers under contract with it in furtherance of its program or the
making of loans to a corporation or corporations in which it owns a majority interest for
the purpose of acquiring or constructing medical facilities and hospitals or in furtherance
of a program providing health care services to enrollees. (3) The furnishing of health care
services through providers which are under contract with or employed by the health maintenance
organization. (4) The contracting with any person for the performance on its behalf of certain
functions such as marketing, enrollment, and administration. (5) The purchase,...
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27-62-4
Section 27-62-4 Information security program. (a) Commensurate with the size and complexity
of the licensee, the nature and scope of the activities of the licensee, including its use
of third-party service providers, and the sensitivity of the nonpublic information used by
the licensee or in the possession, custody, or control of the licensee, each licensee shall
develop, implement, and maintain a comprehensive written information security program based
on the risk assessment of the licensee that contains administrative, technical, and physical
safeguards for the protection of nonpublic information and the information system of the licensee.
(b) The information security program of a licensee shall be designed to do all of the following:
(1) Protect the security and confidentiality of nonpublic information and the security of
the information system. (2) Protect against any threats or hazards to the security or integrity
of nonpublic information and the information system. (3) Protect...
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15-9-81
Section 15-9-81 Adoption and text of agreement on detainers. The agreement on detainers
is hereby enacted into law and entered into by the State of Alabama with any and all jurisdictions
legally joining therein, in the form substantially as follows: AGREEMENT ON DETAINERS The
contracting states solemnly agree that: Article I. The party states find that charges outstanding
against a prisoner, detainers based on untried indictments, informations or complaints and
difficulties in securing speedy trial of persons already incarcerated in other jurisdictions,
produce uncertainties which obstruct programs of prisoner treatment and rehabilitation. Accordingly,
it is the policy of the party states and the purpose of this agreement to encourage the expeditious
and orderly disposition of such charges and determination of the proper status of any and
all detainers based on untried indictments, informations or complaints. The party states also
find that proceedings with reference to such charges...
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